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Rod Booker
Roderick Stewart Booker

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of California

Debut April 29, 1987
  vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game July 14, 1991
Born September 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        A true living legend and a man we can all look up to. He may not have been a .500 hitter, but he is when it comes to his sons.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 28 STL NL  44   47    9   13   1  1   0    8   2  0   7   7  .277  .370  .340   89   16   2   0   1   0   0
 1988 29 STL NL  18   35    6   12   3  0   0    3   2  2   4   3  .343  .410  .429  141   15   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 30 STL NL  10    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   42    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 31 PHI NL  73  131   19   29   5  2   0   10   3  1  15  26  .221  .301  .290   65   38   2   0   7   0   7
 1991 32 PHI NL  28   53    3   12   1  0   0    7   0  0   1   7  .226  .236  .245   37   13   1   1   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      173  274   38   68  10  3   0   28   7  3  27  44  .248  .315  .307   73   84   5   1   9   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        257   36   64   9  3   0   26   7  3  25  41  .248  .315  .307   73   79   5   1   8   0   7
 Career High     73  131   19   29   5  2   0   10   3  2  15  26                          38   2   1   7   0   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 28 STL NL   56   36    7   5.2   108| .277  .271| .370  .341| .340  .423| .710  .764|  89  .543  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1988 29 STL NL   39   25    6   6.5    90| .343  .257| .410  .321| .429  .378| .839  .699| 141  .708   2.1   0.2  50%
 1989 30 STL NL    8    6    1   4.5    93| .250  .257| .250  .325| .250  .383| .500  .708|  42  .547  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1990 31 PHI NL  148  112   10   2.4    97| .221  .263| .301  .329| .290  .395| .591  .724|  65  .247  -6.3  -0.6  75%
 1991 32 PHI NL   56   44    3   1.8    93| .226  .256| .236  .324| .245  .384| .481  .708|  37  .180  -4.5  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       307  223   27   3.2    97| .248  .262| .315  .329| .307  .395| .622  .725|  73  .368 -10.0  -1.1  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 28 STL NL 2B 18 24 24 2 3 .960 .982 2.67 4.44 6.03 5.18 5 71.7 3B 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 5.14 2.83 0 7.0 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 0 2.0 1988 29 STL NL 3B 13 2 14 2 0 .889 .947 1.23 2.35 2.07 2.78 6 69.7 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 18.00 5.40 0 1.0 1989 30 STL NL 2B 5 4 9 2 2 .867 .977 2.60 4.44 6.50 5.10 1 18.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1990 31 PHI NL SS 27 35 47 2 11 .976 .967 3.04 4.00 3.95 4.59 21 187.0 2B 23 17 22 1 4 .975 .982 1.70 4.28 3.98 5.01 5 88.3 3B 10 5 5 1 0 .909 .943 1.00 2.31 3.03 2.73 3 29.7 1991 32 PHI NL SS 20 16 29 0 2 1.000 .966 2.25 3.88 3.52 4.67 11 115.0 3B 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.30 3.75 2.78 1 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 28 STL NL 2B 18 24 24 2 3 .960 .982 2.67 4.44 6.03 5.18 5 71.7 1988 29 STL NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 18.00 5.40 0 1.0 1989 30 STL NL 2B 5 4 9 2 2 .867 .977 2.60 4.44 6.50 5.10 1 18.0 1990 31 PHI NL 2B 23 17 22 1 4 .975 .982 1.70 4.28 3.98 5.01 5 88.3 1987 28 STL NL 3B 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 5.14 2.83 0 7.0 1988 29 STL NL 3B 13 2 14 2 0 .889 .947 1.23 2.35 2.07 2.78 6 69.7 1989 30 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1990 31 PHI NL 3B 10 5 5 1 0 .909 .943 1.00 2.31 3.03 2.73 3 29.7 1991 32 PHI NL 3B 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.30 3.75 2.78 1 12.0 1987 28 STL NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 0 2.0 1990 31 PHI NL SS 27 35 47 2 11 .976 .967 3.04 4.00 3.95 4.59 21 187.0 1991 32 PHI NL SS 20 16 29 0 2 1.000 .966 2.25 3.88 3.52 4.67 11 115.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 48 51 77 2 13 .985 .967 2.67 3.95 3.79 4.62 32 304.0 2B* 47 46 56 5 9 .953 .982 2.17 4.36 5.13 5.09 11 179.0 3B* 31 9 26 3 2 .921 .946 1.13 2.33 2.65 2.77 10 119.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 126 106 159 10 24 .964 .970 2.10 3.70 3.96 4.40 53 602
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

April 5, 1983: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Minnesota Twins.

October 5, 1989: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 14, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 30, 1991: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988St. Louis Cardinals$70,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$140,000
Career (may be incomplete)$210,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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