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James Phillip Rooker

First name: Jim

Last name: Rooker

Birthdate: 1942-09-23

Bats: R   Throws: L

RetroID: rookj101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1968DET0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1969KCA0.80.00.81.11.3-0.54
1970KCA1.00.01.00.50.80.22
1971KCA0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
1972KCA0.30.00.30.00.00.20
1973PIT0.70.00.70.60.9-0.13
1974PIT1.30.01.31.51.8-0.66
1975PIT1.00.01.0-0.10.20.81
1976PIT1.00.01.00.81.1-0.13
1977PIT0.90.00.90.20.50.51
1978PIT0.80.00.80.10.30.51
1979PIT0.40.00.4-0.2-0.10.50
1980PIT0.10.00.10.10.20.00
Career8.50.08.54.57.01.621

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1968DET2000000000008.10.00.00.00.00
1969KCA59220000000688.70.90.00.00.90
1970KCA76-6-61-100000939.00.30.00.00.30
1971KCA13-2-200000001-18.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
1972KCA21-3-300000002-18.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
1973PIT57-4-41101000659.30.50.00.00.50
1974PIT10600000000011119.41.20.00.01.20
1975PIT75-11-110-1010008-38.8-0.30.00.0-0.30
1976PIT81-5-5-1200000959.10.60.00.00.60
1977PIT75-8-80-100000909.40.00.00.00.00
1978PIT58-7-70-1000007-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1979PIT36-6-60-1000004-39.4-0.30.00.0-0.30
1980PIT8000000000118.90.10.00.00.10
Career667-50-501-2020007324-2.70.00.02.70

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1968 DET AL 2 0.1 4.7 2 2 0 2.35 8.6 -0.26 -0.09 0 0.16 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0
1969 KCA AL 28 7.1 158.3 80 77 0 5.65 9.5 0.11 -0.09 -3 1.02 -3 -0.3 3.3 3.9 1.2 10
1970 KCA AL 38 9.0 203.7 99 92 -1 5.36 9.1 0.10 -0.03 -4 1.02 -4 -0.4 4.1 4.9 1.5 12
1971 KCA AL 20 2.4 54.0 35 24 -3 2.70 9.2 -0.25 -0.03 -10 0.95 -10 -1.1 0.1 2.3 -0.6 0
1972 KCA AL 18 3.2 72.0 37 27 -4 4.00 8.2 -0.02 -0.03 -7 0.99 -7 -0.9 0.7 2.5 -0.2 2
1973 PIT NL 41 7.7 170.3 59 75 2 4.15 8.6 -0.04 0.03 14 1.03 14 1.6 5.5 2.3 3.2 16
1974 PIT NL 33 11.6 262.7 92 112 4 7.96 8.2 0.09 0.03 19 1.00 19 2.3 8.1 3.5 4.7 24
1975 PIT NL 28 8.8 196.7 79 87 7 7.02 8.8 0.14 0.03 4 1.00 4 0.5 4.9 3.9 2.3 15
1976 PIT NL 30 8.9 198.7 83 88 3 6.62 8.8 0.09 0.03 5 1.01 5 0.6 5.0 3.8 2.4 15
1977 PIT NL 30 8.7 204.3 87 100 7 6.81 9.3 0.07 0.03 8 1.00 8 0.9 5.2 3.4 2.7 16
1978 PIT NL 28 7.1 163.3 94 76 -1 5.83 9.6 0.12 0.03 -14 1.00 -14 -1.5 2.1 5.1 0.0 6
1979 PIT NL 19 4.2 103.7 57 50 1 5.46 9.7 0.10 0.03 -6 1.00 -6 -0.6 1.5 2.7 0.3 4
1980 PIT NL 4 0.8 18.0 7 9 0 4.50 9.2 0.02 -0.04 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 2
Career 319 79.6 1810.4 811 819 15 8 8 1.3 41.2 38.6 18 122

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1968 DET 1 0.0 0
1969 KCA 27 0.0 0
1970 KCA 38 0.0 0
1971 KCA 8 -2.0 -2
1972 KCA 22 1.0 1
1973 PIT 36 1.0 1
1974 PIT 55 3.0 3
1975 PIT 44 1.0 1
1976 PIT 40 -1.0 -1
1977 PIT 35 -1.0 -1
1978 PIT 31 1.0 1
1979 PIT 17 0.0 0
1980 PIT 4 0.0 0
358 3.0 3

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1970 KCA LF 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LF 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1974PIT0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1975PIT0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1979PIT0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1974PIT2000000000008.50.00.00.00.00
1975PIT1000000000009.40.00.00.00.00
1979PIT2-1-100000000-18.7-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career5-1-100000000-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1974 PIT MLB 1 0.4 7.0 2 4 0 7.00 8.7 0.06 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1
1975 PIT MLB 1 0.2 4.0 4 2 -1 4.00 11.2 0.01 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
1979 PIT MLB 2 0.3 8.7 1 5 1 4.35 9.4 -0.06 0.00 3 0.69 3 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0.3 1
Career 4 0.9 19.7 7 11 0 4 4 0.4 0.8 0 0.6 2

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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