Jim Rooker
1968–1980 · bats R / throws L · Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates
338G
.201AVG
.230OBP
.277SLG
More career statistics
122H
7HR
56RBI
3SB
103–109W–L
1,810.1IP
976K
3.46ERA
255GS
7SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 229 | 228 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 667 | 668 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338 | 667 | 606 | 54 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 21 | 229 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 168 | .201 | .230 | .277 | .507 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,810.3 | 319 | 255 | 66 | 103 | 109 | 7 | 1,694 | 814 | 696 | 128 | 703 | 976 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 1.324 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1969-08-11 to 1969-09-01
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1970-08-02 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1979-07-13 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1969-09-27 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 170 | 320 | 63 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 99 | .222 | .237 | .264 |
| Away | 168 | 348 | 59 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 129 | .183 | .193 | .289 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .192 | .193 | .250 |
| May | 69 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 43 | .149 | .148 | .198 |
| June | 64 | 105 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 30 | .208 | .238 | .281 |
| July | 63 | 149 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 52 | .197 | .208 | .323 |
| August | 51 | 115 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 38 | .276 | .296 | .371 |
| September | 52 | 129 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 47 | .182 | .194 | .223 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .200 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | .119 | .145 | .194 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .155 | .169 | .183 |
| new-york-mets | 25 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | .191 | .204 | .191 |
| san-francisco-giants | 20 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | .310 | .340 | .405 |
| montreal-expos | 19 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .182 | .205 | .182 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 17 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .294 | .324 | .324 |
| cincinnati-reds | 17 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | .188 | .182 | .281 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 16 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .133 | .129 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 4 |
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 35 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 8 | – | .281 | 158 | 108 |
| 1970 | Kansas City Royals | 41 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 13 | – | .200 | 203 | 117 |
| 1971 | Kansas City Royals | 21 | 10 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 54 | 31 |
| 1972 | Kansas City Royals | 18 | 20 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .100 | 72 | 44 |
| 1973 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 49 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .245 | 170 | 122 |
| 1974 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 95 | 29 | – | 8 | – | .305 | 262 | 139 |
| 1975 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 63 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 196 | 102 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 6 | – | .216 | 198 | 92 |
| 1977 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 70 | 13 | – | 5 | 1 | .186 | 204 | 89 |
| 1978 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 56 | 9 | – | 5 | 2 | .161 | 163 | 76 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 33 | 4 | – | – | – | .121 | 103 | 44 |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | .143 | 18 | 8 |