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Rojas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 6, 1939 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972    1975   
Gold Glove 1968   
All-Star Selections 1967    1968    1971    1972    1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1963 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1964 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1965 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1966 27 CLN NL $ 2,307,143   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1967 28 CLN NL $ 3,021,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1968 29 CLN NL $ 7,100,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
1969 30 CLN NL $ 7,100,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1970 31 CLN NL $ 7,100,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1971 32 CLN NL $ 7,100,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 8 8
1972 33 CLN NL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 9 9 9
1973 34 CLN NL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1974 35 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1975 36 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1976 37 OAK AL $ 3,890,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 8 8 8
1977 38 MIA NL $ 3,890,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 23 CLN NL 75 244 24 63 12 0 4 21 0 0 10 13 .258 .292 .357 .648 23.8 3.4
    AAA   80 299 31 82 18 0 5 31 2 3 19 18 .274 .318 .385 .702 34.7  
1963 24 CLN NL 104 404 55 116 22 2 7 42 2 1 23 30 .287 .325 .403 .728 47.9 9.3
1964 25 CLN NL 151 547 63 156 19 0 10 54 2 2 37 48 .285 .328 .375 .702 65.7 13.2
1965 26 CLN NL 154 563 74 160 28 1 11 67 3 0 30 44 .284 .317 .396 .713 65.5 11.6
1966 27 CLN NL 155 613 96 186 28 0 21 95 1 0 42 39 .303 .344 .452 .796 89.3 19.4
1967 28 CLN NL 153 541 90 160 20 5 20 78 2 1 43 39 .296 .353 .462 .815 84.3 19.7
1968 29 CLN NL 151 589 107 179 27 3 13 71 1 1 57 56 .304 .363 .426 .790 88.4 20.3
1969 30 CLN NL 153 626 96 173 28 0 8 59 5 1 54 42 .276 .335 .359 .695 69.1 10.3
1970 31 CLN NL 145 499 67 138 20 1 11 87 1 0 47 36 .277 .335 .387 .721 67.4 10.4
1971 32 CLN NL 145 595 91 176 26 3 21 93 1 1 56 51 .296 .353 .455 .808 91.5 16.3
1972 33 CLN NL 155 625 102 178 42 3 23 88 0 0 69 50 .285 .358 .472 .830 99.0 19.8
1973 34 CLN NL 155 631 82 168 20 3 16 84 0 0 53 29 .266 .321 .384 .704 75.0 10.7
1974 35 CLN NL 100 396 60 110 25 2 13 68 1 1 37 28 .278 .338 .449 .787 57.3 11.3
  SEM AL 44 138 20 28 10 0 2 14 1 1 8 12 .203 .245 .319 .564 9.6 0.0
  TOT   144 534 80 138 35 2 15 82 2 2 45 40 .258 .315 .416 .730 66.8 11.3
1975 36 SEM AL 112 273 28 82 10 1 7 39 3 2 23 12 .300 .352 .421 .773 35.8 5.2
1976 37 OAK AL 155 591 64 159 34 4 16 68 2 0 31 61 .269 .302 .421 .723 73.5 11.6
1977 38 OAK AL 78 282 38 70 12 1 6 32 4 0 24 24 .248 .306 .362 .668 32.5 4.2
    AAA   57 227 25 57 9 1 7 19 1 1 16 23 .251 .300 .392 .692 26.6  
16 Years Sim 2185 8157 1157 2302 383 29 209 1060 29 11 644 614 .282 .333 .413 .747 1075.6 196.8
2 Years AAA 137 526 56 139 27 1 12 50 3 4 35 41 .264 .309 .388 .697 61.3  
162 Game Average 604 85 170 28 2 15 78 2 0 47 45 .282 .333 .413 .747 79.7  
Career Highs 155 631 107 186 42 5 23 95 5 2 69 61 .304 .363 .472 .830 99.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5283 753 1466 240 19 141 689 10 5 402 387 .277 .327 .410 .738 699.0
vs LH   2874 404 836 143 10 68 371 19 6 242 227 .291 .345 .419 .763 406.9
Home 1081 3918 569 1119 187 14 106 525 14 9 310 285 .286 .337 .422 .759 544.2
Away 1104 4239 588 1183 196 15 103 535 15 2 334 329 .279 .330 .405 .735 561.8
RISP   1857 0 528 98 6 50 799 0 0 162 144 .284 .331 .424 .755 263.3
Pinch Hitting   67 7 18 3 0 0 16 0 0 6 4 .269 .333 .313 .647 7.0
Close/Late   977 112 275 41 3 23 128 0 0 82 59 .281 .338 .400 .738 130.2
Mar/Apr 343 1348 196 411 56 8 39 189 7 1 97 105 .305 .349 .445 .794 202.8
May 357 1347 171 363 62 5 25 149 3 2 96 112 .269 .318 .379 .697 159.4
June 370 1392 194 397 73 4 32 180 5 3 117 97 .285 .336 .412 .749 191.0
July 364 1355 173 369 54 3 38 159 2 3 125 103 .272 .333 .401 .734 181.0
August 382 1371 218 381 74 3 36 204 8 1 107 93 .278 .332 .415 .747 184.7
Sep/Oct 369 1344 205 381 64 6 39 179 4 1 102 104 .283 .332 .427 .759 187.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 23 CLN NL CF 75 75 614.3 175 0 3 0 .983 2.56   1.8
1963 24 CLN NL 2B 84 82 721.0 187 310 9 75 .982 6.20   4.4
    CF 15 14 122.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.3
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1964 25 CLN NL 2B 147 139 1255.7 256 493 16 91 .979 5.37   6.5
    SS 4 0 9.0 1 9 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.1
1965 26 CLN NL 2B 136 129 1156.7 217 427 21 76 .968 5.01   4.7
    SS 11 7 73.0 12 26 0 6 1.000 4.68   0.5
    CF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1966 27 CLN NL 2B 151 146 1325.3 290 473 14 79 .982 5.18   5.6
    SS 3 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1967 28 CLN NL 2B 146 142 1280.7 274 539 12 118 .985 5.71   9.5
    SS 7 0 14.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 4.40   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 29 CLN NL 2B 145 137 1244.0 257 520 12 112 .985 5.62   9.1
    SS 3 2 25.7 5 11 0 3 1.000 5.61   0.2
    CF 2 1 14.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.1
1969 30 CLN NL 2B 149 148 1331.3 269 550 10 134 .988 5.54   8.3
    SS 4 0 9.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1970 31 CLN NL 2B 143 142 1263.7 240 510 12 107 .984 5.34   6.3
    SS 2 2 18.0 4 8 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1971 32 CLN NL 2B 142 142 1260.3 264 500 18 103 .977 5.46   5.2
    SS 2 1 10.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
1972 33 CLN NL 2B 154 153 1373.0 306 559 13 134 .985 5.67   6.9
1973 34 CLN NL 2B 149 147 1337.0 317 572 13 146 .986 5.98   8.1
    SS 4 0 9.0 1 1 2 1 .500 2.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 35 CLN NL 2B 83 83 800.3 161 378 8 85 .985 6.06   3.7
    SS 10 4 48.3 8 19 1 5 .964 5.03   0.2
    CF 6 4 41.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.0
  SEM AL 2B 37 36 268.6 54 127 3 29 .984 6.06   2.0
    SS 5 2 16.2 3 7 1 2 .909 5.56   0.1
    CF 3 2 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  TOT   2B 120 119 1068.9 215 505 11 114 .985 6.06   5.7
      SS 15 6 64.5 11 26 2 7 .949 5.16   0.3
      CF 9 6 55.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .97   0.0
1975 36 SEM AL 2B 88 70 626.0 121 274 8 52 .980 5.68   3.8
    SS 26 0 47.0 3 16 1 3 .950 3.64   0.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1976 37 OAK AL CF 129 129 1154.3 286 4 1 2 .997 2.26   4.9
    2B 23 17 158.0 39 64 1 13 .990 5.87   0.9
    RF 1 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1977 38 OAK AL CF 77 75 654.3 139 2 5 0 .966 1.94   1.5
    2B 3 0 13.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 4.15   0.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  2B 1780 1713 15414.5 3254 6300 170 1356 .983 5.58   85.0
  CF 314 300 2630.9 643 6 9 2 .986 2.22   8.7
  SS 83 18 292.5 42 114 5 25 .969 4.80   1.6
  RF 1 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
Career Totals   2178 2031 18342.6 3941 6420 184 1383 .983 5.08   95.3
Career Highs   154 153 1373.0 327 573 21 147 .995 5.95    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 25 CLN NL 13 48 4 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .250 .500
1965 26 CLN NL 7 24 2 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .333 .370 .458 .829
1966 27 CLN NL 17 62 10 17 5 0 3 8 0 0 8 6 .274 .357 .500 .857
1967 28 CLN NL 12 46 6 13 4 0 1 6 0 0 4 3 .283 .333 .435 .768
1968 29 CLN NL 20 82 10 18 1 0 3 10 0 0 5 6 .220 .273 .341 .614
1969 30 CLN NL 13 47 8 12 1 0 2 4 2 0 2 4 .255 .286 .404 .690
1970 31 CLN NL 7 20 1 5 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 3 .250 .360 .400 .760
1971 32 CLN NL 5 19 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .211 .318 .263 .581
1972 33 CLN NL 19 78 15 22 3 0 3 9 0 0 7 9 .282 .337 .436 .773
1973 34 CLN NL 5 18 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .278 .316 .389 .705
1974 35 SEM AL 6 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
1975 36 SEM AL 20 72 5 18 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 9 .250 .289 .333 .623
1976 37 OAK AL 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462
Career Post-Season Batting 148 540 64 139 20 0 15 61 3 0 41 50 .257 .309 .378 .687
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1966-6-.303
1967-7-.296
1968-4-.304
 On-Base Pct
1968-8-.363
 XR
1972-5-99.0
 Games
1972-7-155
 At-Bats
1966-2-613
1968-7-589
1969-2-626
1971-6-595
1972-1-625
1973-2-631
 Runs
1966-7-96
1967-6-90
1968-1-107
1969-4-96
1972-6-102
Hits
1966-2-186
1968-4-179
1969-5-173
1971-3-176
1972-3-178
1973-9-168
 Total Bases
1971-9-271
1972-5-295
 Singles
1964-1-127
1966-3-137
1967-8-115
1968-4-136
1969-1-137
1971-7-126
1973-5-129
CAR-36-1681
 Doubles
1972-2-42
 Triples
1967-6-5
 RBIs
1966-10-95
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  2. Jim Rice (917)
  3. Greg Gross (913)
  4. Bob Hazle (912)
  5. Cecil Cooper (909)
  6. Bob Nieman (905)
  7. Richie Zisk (903)
  8. Lee Mazzilli (898)
  9. Dusty Baker (897)
  10. Vada Pinson (896)
History
Injured on 4/18/1962 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/24/1962 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/4/1962, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1962, off Larry Sherry (STL)
Injured on 4/1/1963 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1966, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/23/1967
10/29/1967: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $7,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1968, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1968
Injured on 4/25/1970 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1971 with a Sore Back, out for one week
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/6/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/2/1972
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Toronto on 6/2/1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Seattle on 7/31/1974 (Going to SEM: 2B Cookie Rojas. Going to CLN: 2B Alan Bannister, RF Jose Ortiz)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/22/1975, off Sandy Koufax (DET)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/3/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $3,890,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1976, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Oakland to Miami on 7/1/1977 (Going to OAK: P Ray Burris, C Mike Sadek, 3B George Scott. Going to MIA: CF Cookie Rojas)
 
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