Dick
Rozek
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 27, 1927 in Usa, IA, CEDAR RAPIDS
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 STL NL   6 6 5 6 3 1 2 4 4 4
1951 24 STL NL   6 6 5 5 3 2 2 4 3 3
1952 25 STL NL   6 6 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
1953 26 STL NL   6 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5
1954 27 STL NL   6 6 6 6 3 2 2 6 5 5
1955 28 STL NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 9 9
1956 29 STL NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
1957 30 STL NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
1958 31 DET AL $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 7
1959 32 STL NL $ 525,714 5 7 7 7 3 2 2 4 4 4
1960 33 STL NL $ 525,714 5 7 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 5 5 3 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 525,714 6 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 24 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 25 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 26 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 27 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 28 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 29 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 30 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 31 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 32 STL NL $ 525,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 33 STL NL $ 525,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 525,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 23 A   4 2 .667 72 0 0 0 3 67.7 42 13 2 29 86 1.73 .179 .269 .234 .503  
1951 24 A   3 0 1.000 80 0 0 0 11 66.0 46 14 3 37 76 1.91 .196 .305 .285 .590  
1952 25 A   6 5 .545 81 0 0 0 8 67.0 43 23 5 30 65 3.09 .195 .291 .290 .580  
1953 26 A   2 0 1.000 61 0 0 0 3 53.7 28 4 1 22 52 0.67 .167 .263 .208 .471  
1954 27 AA   3 1 .750 55 0 0 0 2 50.3 37 20 8 28 56 3.58 .210 .319 .364 .682  
1955 28 STL NL 0 1 .000 16 1 0 0 3 25.3 19 10 1 33 18 3.55 .211 .419 .278 .697 1.4
    AA   8 7 .533 70 0 0 0 5 68.7 56 32 3 46 90 4.19 .222 .342 .298 .640  
1956 29 STL NL 6 11 .353 84 5 0 0 9 125.3 127 85 14 92 89 6.10 .267 .382 .418 .800 1.5
1957 30 STL NL 10 17 .370 36 36 4 1 0 227.3 189 89 11 136 167 3.52 .227 .336 .319 .655 23.3
1958 31 DET AL 9 7 .563 69 14 0 0 13 151.7 136 70 9 95 108 4.15 .241 .357 .356 .713 10.8
1959 32 DET AL 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 16.0 17 13 4 10 13 7.31 .279 .375 .590 .965 0.0
    AAA   7 5 .583 39 0 0 0 24 41.3 30 17 8 20 72 3.70 .203 .298 .385 .683  
1960 33 AAA   6 6 .500 48 0 0 0 31 60.0 51 28 7 36 79 4.20 .224 .330 .355 .685  
5 Years Sim 25 37 .403 218 56 4 1 25 545.7 488 267 39 366 395 4.40 .241 .358 .359 .717 37.0
2 Years AAA 13 11 .542 87 0 0 0 55 101.3 81 45 15 56 151 4.00 .215 .317 .367 .684  
2 Years AA 11 8 .579 125 0 0 0 7 119.0 93 52 11 74 146 3.93 .217 .333 .325 .657  
4 Years A 15 7 .682 294 0 0 0 25 254.3 159 54 11 118 279 1.91 .185 .284 .257 .541  
8 Years Minors 39 26 .600 506 0 0 0 87 474.6 333 151 37 248 576 2.86 .200 .304 .299 .603  
Season Average 5 7 .417 43 11 0 0 5 109.1 97 53 7 73 79 4.40 .241 .358 .359 .717  
Career Highs 10 17 .563 84 36 4 1 13 227.3 189 89 14 136 167 7.31 .279 .419 .590 .965  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   359 197 30 271 277   .250 .369 .373 .742
vs LH   129 70 9 95 118   .220 .328 .325 .654
Home 10 15 .400 108 28 1 1 9 277.7 233 130 19 188 210 4.21 .229 .349 .348 .697
Away 15 22 .405 110 28 3 0 16 268.0 255 137 20 178 185 4.60 .254 .366 .370 .736
Mar/Apr 2 7 .222 40 11 1 0 2 104.0 107 64 14 62 67 5.54 .266 .364 .445 .809
May 6 8 .429 33 13 0 0 3 102.0 87 61 5 76 69 5.38 .235 .365 .321 .685
June 4 5 .444 18 11 1 1 3 79.3 58 30 6 44 47 3.40 .202 .308 .303 .611
July 5 4 .556 34 6 0 0 4 75.0 62 34 2 52 58 4.08 .225 .349 .313 .661
August 5 5 .500 37 7 1 0 5 83.7 64 22 7 39 70 2.37 .217 .308 .346 .654
Sep/Oct 3 8 .273 56 8 1 0 8 101.7 110 56 5 93 84 4.96 .280 .418 .389 .807
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
1951 24 A   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1952 25 A   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1953 26 A   3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.3  
1954 27 AA   4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5  
1955 28 STL NL 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1956 29 STL NL 84 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .214 .313 .214 .527 0.8 0.0
1957 30 STL NL 36 74 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 .081 .081 .081 .162 -3.5 0.0
1958 31 DET AL 69 34 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -1.0 0.0
4 Years Sim 205 125 6 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 39 .104 .118 .104 .222 -3.9 0.0
1 Years AA 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5  
3 Years A 11 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.1  
4 Years Minors 15 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6  
162 Game Average 98 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 .104 .118 .104 .222 -3.1  
Career Highs 84 74 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .214 .313 .214 .527 0.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   76 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .145 .145 .145 .289 -0.7
vs LH   49 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .041 .078 .041 .119 -2.8
Home 99 56 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .125 .155 .125 .280 -0.5
Away 106 69 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 .087 .087 .087 .174 -3.0
RISP   25 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .080 .080 .080 .160 -1.2
Close/Late   7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Mar/Apr 27 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .069 .069 .069 .138 -1.6
May 13 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.9
June 11 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .200 .273 .200 .473 1.1
July 18 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
August 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7
Sep/Oct 41 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 28 STL NL P 16 1 25.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1956 29 STL NL P 84 5 125.3 7 26 0 1 1.000 2.37    
1957 30 STL NL P 36 36 227.3 12 42 0 4 1.000 2.14    
1958 31 DET AL P 69 14 151.7 6 25 0 2 1.000 1.84    
1959 32 DET AL P 13 0 16.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.13    
Career Totals   218 56 545.7 25 99 1 7 .992 2.05    
Career Highs   84 36 227.3 12 42 1 4 1.000 2.37    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1955 28 STL NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .222 .222 .222 .444
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1957-8-3.52
Losses
1957-8-17
Saves
1956-9-9
1958-5-13
Games Pitched
1956-2-84
1958-6-69
Walks Allowed
1957-3-136
Hits per 9IP
1957-7-7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
1957-9-6.6
OAVG
1957-7-.227
OSLG
1957-4-.319
OOPS
1957-6-.655
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 74th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1950
Earned first career win on 5/10/1956
Had first career hit on 6/4/1956, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 2/1/1958 (Going to STL: P Glen Hobbie. Going to DET: P Dick Rozek)
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $525,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 5/1/1959 (Going to STL: P Don Carlsen, P Bob Smith, P Dick Rozek. Going to DET: CF Richie Ashburn)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $525,714 through salary arbitration