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Rocky
Colavito		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 10, 1933 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Gold Glove 1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 21 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 7 7 7
1956 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 8 7 7 7
1957 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 7
1958 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 8 7 7
1959 25 PIT NL $ 5,128,571   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 8
1960 26 PIT NL $ 5,128,571   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 8
1961 27 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 8
1962 28 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1963 29 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1964 30 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 7
1965 31 MON NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 6 7 7 7 7
1966 32 MON NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7
1967 33 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6
1968 34 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5
1969 35 BSN NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1970 36 BSN NL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 3
1971 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 8
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
1955 21 NYG NL 89 241 39 64 6 2 16 39 0 1 35 41 .266 .354 .506 .860 43.2 7.4
1956 22 NYG NL 136 307 47 70 15 0 19 61 0 0 44 53 .228 .320 .463 .783 48.7 7.3
1957 23 NYG NL 106 226 35 59 12 0 12 36 0 0 33 46 .261 .354 .473 .827 36.5 6.1
    AAA   2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7  
1958 24 NYG NL 69 175 38 52 6 2 13 33 0 0 13 24 .297 .344 .577 .921 32.5 6.6
  PIT NL 77 286 55 96 23 5 24 66 0 0 29 57 .336 .396 .703 1.099 69.3 16.0
  TOT   146 461 93 148 29 7 37 99 0 0 42 81 .321 .377 .655 1.032 101.7 22.5
1959 25 PIT NL 157 545 101 167 34 0 41 127 0 0 72 80 .306 .386 .594 .980 114.9 31.2
1960 26 PIT NL 155 537 75 151 28 4 27 88 0 0 66 62 .281 .358 .499 .857 95.9 17.8
1961 27 PIT NL 155 555 83 147 32 2 29 84 0 0 50 69 .265 .325 .486 .812 83.0 14.7
1962 28 PIT NL 147 537 80 166 33 1 21 71 0 0 64 53 .309 .381 .492 .873 92.3 24.7
1963 29 PIT NL 150 562 79 144 18 1 25 68 0 0 59 87 .256 .327 .425 .752 76.6 16.8
1964 30 PIT NL 137 431 48 113 17 2 13 33 0 1 34 67 .262 .316 .401 .718 49.7 8.3
1965 31 MON NL 90 261 25 61 11 0 11 39 0 0 24 52 .234 .297 .402 .700 29.1 4.7
1966 32 MON NL 101 257 28 80 16 2 8 43 0 0 24 34 .311 .367 .482 .850 40.7 9.9
1967 33 MIN AL 133 407 47 101 19 2 12 55 0 0 48 70 .248 .324 .393 .717 52.3 7.4
1968 34 MIN AL 155 510 56 123 18 1 13 58 0 0 51 120 .241 .311 .357 .668 55.9 9.2
1969 35 KCR AL 49 141 13 33 6 0 3 33 0 0 17 41 .234 .314 .340 .655 14.9 1.7
    AAA   30 105 9 24 3 0 5 17 0 1 9 23 .229 .289 .400 .689 12.3  
1970 36 BSN NL 138 486 61 112 19 1 17 66 1 0 40 108 .230 .288 .379 .667 54.4 6.9
1971 37 BSN NL 15 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   40 90 5 10 1 1 0 6 1 0 6 26 .111 .167 .144 .311 0.3  
17 Years Sim 2059 6483 911 1741 313 25 304 1002 1 2 703 1071 .269 .339 .465 .804 989.2 197.0
3 Years AAA 72 197 14 35 4 1 5 23 1 1 16 49 .178 .241 .284 .525 13.4  
162 Game Average 510 71 136 24 1 23 78 0 0 55 84 .269 .339 .465 .804 77.8  
Career Highs 157 562 101 167 34 7 41 127 1 1 72 120 .321 .386 .655 1.032 114.9  
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   3157 412 788 139 13 135 461 0 0 299 533 .250 .314 .430 .744 432.7
vs LH   3326 499 953 174 12 169 541 1 2 404 538 .287 .362 .498 .860 589.2
Home 1006 3136 422 818 147 11 146 456 0 1 340 513 .261 .332 .454 .786 477.3
Away 1053 3347 489 923 166 14 158 546 1 1 363 558 .276 .345 .475 .821 544.7
RISP   1539 0 412 74 9 68 654 0 0 206 283 .268 .345 .460 .805 252.9
Pinch Hitting   322 48 82 13 1 11 58 0 0 37 58 .255 .329 .404 .732 44.3
Close/Late   822 92 225 37 2 46 130 0 0 114 143 .274 .361 .491 .853 146.4
Mar/Apr 339 1056 144 267 66 2 46 169 1 1 123 180 .253 .328 .450 .778 158.3
May 381 1137 157 287 44 4 44 164 0 1 136 194 .252 .331 .414 .746 161.0
June 345 1058 156 284 45 3 61 162 0 0 119 170 .268 .341 .490 .831 177.0
July 343 1085 147 293 43 8 54 185 0 0 116 190 .270 .339 .474 .812 174.4
August 334 1112 170 321 59 3 60 192 0 0 110 171 .289 .352 .509 .861 193.0
Sep/Oct 317 1035 137 289 56 5 39 130 0 0 99 166 .279 .342 .456 .798 158.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1955 21 NYG NL RF 66 64 532.7 114 1 2 0 .983 1.94   1.3
1956 22 NYG NL RF 72 69 565.7 116 5 4 1 .968 1.93   1.5
    LF 10 2 42.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1957 23 NYG NL RF 55 55 449.3 94 1 2 0 .979 1.90   1.0
    LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1958 24 NYG NL RF 52 50 346.8 75 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   1.1
    LF 3 2 17.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
  PIT NL RF 57 56 585.4 127 3 1 1 .992 2.00   1.3
    LF 3 3 29.5 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.75   0.0
  TOT   RF 109 106 932.2 202 5 1 1 .995 2.00   2.4
      LF 6 5 47.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.0
1959 25 PIT NL RF 148 145 1259.7 240 12 9 4 .966 1.80   2.2
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1960 26 PIT NL RF 95 91 811.7 174 4 7 0 .962 1.97   4.0
    LF 56 55 481.0 96 4 0 0 1.000 1.87    
1961 27 PIT NL LF 86 83 747.0 126 1 3 0 .977 1.53   2.5
    RF 68 62 558.7 126 4 2 0 .985 2.09    
1962 28 PIT NL LF 98 95 841.3 173 10 2 1 .989 1.96   3.1
    RF 43 41 365.0 75 2 1 1 .987 1.90    
1963 29 PIT NL LF 146 142 1235.0 281 7 2 0 .993 2.10   3.0
    RF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1964 30 PIT NL LF 107 101 867.0 192 9 1 2 .995 2.09   1.3
    RF 18 5 67.7 9 2 0 1 1.000 1.46    
1965 31 MON NL RF 68 66 564.0 102 6 4 1 .964 1.72   1.2
1966 32 MON NL RF 64 57 517.3 72 2 0 1 1.000 1.29   1.1
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1967 33 MIN AL RF 119 103 917.7 192 10 10 3 .953 1.98   2.6
    LF 7 0 24.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.38    
1968 34 MIN AL RF 152 149 1277.7 261 4 8 1 .971 1.87   2.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 35 KCR AL LF 42 37 313.7 67 5 1 1 .986 2.07   1.1
    RF 5 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1970 36 BSN NL RF 106 103 902.7 208 8 5 0 .977 2.15   2.4
    LF 3 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1971 37 BSN NL RF 5 1 24.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.55   0.1
    LF 7 1 21.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  RF 1194 1117 9761.8 1996 66 55 14 .974 1.90   22.3
  LF 578 522 4653.0 970 37 9 4 .991 1.95   11.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1774 1639 14418.8 2967 103 64 18 .980 1.92   33.3
Career Highs   154 149 1305.7 282 12 10 4 1.000 2.76    
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
1956 22 NYG NL 9 21 5 7 1 0 3 6 0 0 2 3 .333 .391 .810 1.201
1957 23 NYG NL 9 26 2 7 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 3 .269 .321 .500 .821
1961 27 PIT NL 6 20 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 .150 .320 .350 .670
1962 28 PIT NL 18 67 5 10 2 0 3 5 0 0 5 10 .149 .205 .313 .519
1963 29 PIT NL 7 29 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .207 .207 .345 .552
1965 31 MON NL 9 33 4 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 .242 .286 .424 .710
1966 32 MON NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 60 198 22 42 11 0 10 28 0 0 16 33 .212 .270 .419 .689
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
1958-4-.321
1959-5-.306
1962-5-.309
 On-Base Pct
1959-2-.386
1962-5-.381
 Slugging Pct
1958-3-.655
1959-3-.594
1962-8-.492
 OPS
1958-3-1.032
1959-3-.980
1960-10-.857
1962-9-.873
 XR
1958-9-101.7
1959-3-114.9
1960-8-95.9
1962-7-92.3
 Games
1959-3-157
1960-9-155
Runs
1958-10-93
1959-6-101
 Hits
1959-5-167
1962-7-166
 Total Bases
1958-8-302
1959-5-324
1962-8-264
 Doubles
1959-5-34
1960-10-28
1961-6-32
1962-2-33
 Triples
1958-4-7
1960-10-4
 Homeruns
1958-8-37
1959-2-41
RBIs
1958-8-99
1959-2-127
 Walks
1959-8-72
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Norm Siebern (908)
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  6. Bobby Thomson (903)
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  8. Bob Horner (897)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Had first career hit (double) on 4/19/1955, off Bob Chipman (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1955, off Bob Chipman (DET)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 4/11/1957
Injured on 7/29/1957 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Friend. Going to PIT: RF Rocky Colavito, P Jim Owens)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1958, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1959, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1959, hitting .408 with 12 HR, 37 RBI
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/17/1962 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1963
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 4/2/1965 (Going to PIT: 3B Jerry Kindall, 1B R.c. Stevens, 3B Gene Leek. Going to MON: SS Mike De la hoz, RF Rocky Colavito)
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/1/1967 (Going to MON: RF Al Kaline. Going to MIN: RF Rocky Colavito)
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/25/1969 to a 2-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: LF Mike Hershberger, LF Dave Nicholson, 2B Johnny Goryl. Going to BSN: RF Rocky Colavito, 2B Julio Gotay, P Ed Rakow, CF Willie Davis)
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $400,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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