Rocky Colavito
1955–1968 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees
1,841G
.266AVG
.359OBP
.489SLG
More career statistics
1,730H
374HR
1,159RBI
19SB
1–0W–L
5.2IP
2K
0.00ERA
0GS
9Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Doubles | 283 | 282 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 880 | 883 |
| Batting · Runs | 971 | 972 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,159 | 1,160 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,841 | 7,559 | 6,503 | 971 | 1,730 | 283 | 21 | 374 | 1,159 | 951 | 880 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 60 | 3,177 | .266 | .359 | .489 | .848 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.059 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1961-06-02 to 1961-06-15
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Seven-Hit Game | 1962-06-24 | 1 in 27,955 games | box score ↗ |
| 89 | Four-Homer Game | 1959-06-10 | 1 in 11,770 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1962-06-24 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 927 | 3708 | 825 | 193 | 578 | 494 | 450 | .261 | .356 | .487 |
| Away | 914 | 3851 | 905 | 181 | 582 | 457 | 433 | .271 | .354 | .489 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 144 | 576 | 125 | 25 | 78 | 74 | 73 | .253 | .345 | .443 |
| May | 328 | 1336 | 277 | 61 | 187 | 200 | 175 | .248 | .357 | .455 |
| June | 330 | 1364 | 336 | 82 | 219 | 173 | 149 | .287 | .373 | .559 |
| July | 331 | 1378 | 334 | 75 | 241 | 153 | 159 | .276 | .353 | .521 |
| August | 384 | 1583 | 369 | 85 | 270 | 198 | 176 | .270 | .358 | .508 |
| September | 309 | 1260 | 279 | 46 | 162 | 145 | 144 | .254 | .337 | .421 |
| October | 15 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | .189 | .290 | .189 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 227 | 911 | 217 | 48 | 137 | 133 | 101 | .282 | .384 | .516 |
| new-york-yankees | 219 | 905 | 210 | 44 | 137 | 99 | 107 | .266 | .341 | .484 |
| baltimore-orioles | 217 | 870 | 198 | 39 | 126 | 92 | 110 | .256 | .333 | .461 |
| chicago-white-sox | 215 | 899 | 213 | 35 | 107 | 119 | 116 | .278 | .369 | .456 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 200 | 842 | 194 | 52 | 141 | 119 | 98 | .272 | .372 | .548 |
| detroit-tigers | 146 | 603 | 121 | 27 | 92 | 59 | 84 | .226 | .299 | .420 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 125 | 517 | 117 | 27 | 85 | 69 | 48 | .268 | .360 | .506 |
| minnesota-twins | 120 | 508 | 121 | 28 | 87 | 79 | 36 | .288 | .394 | .540 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Cleveland Guardians | 5 | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | .444 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 101 | 322 | 89 | 21 | 65 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 461 | 116 | 25 | 84 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 143 | 489 | 148 | 41 | 113 | – | .303 | 3 | 1 |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 588 | 151 | 42 | 111 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Detroit Tigers | 145 | 555 | 138 | 35 | 87 | 3 | .249 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 163 | 583 | 169 | 45 | 140 | 1 | .290 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 161 | 601 | 164 | 37 | 112 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers | 160 | 597 | 162 | 22 | 92 | – | .271 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Kansas City Athletics | 160 | 588 | 161 | 34 | 102 | 3 | .274 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 162 | 592 | 170 | 26 | 108 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 151 | 533 | 127 | 30 | 72 | 2 | .238 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 123 | 381 | 88 | 8 | 50 | 3 | .231 | – | – |
| 1968 | Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees | 79 | 204 | 43 | 8 | 24 | – | .211 | 2 | 1 |