Mike Roarke

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: November 8, 1930 in West Warwick, RI us

Died: July 27, 2019 in Cranston, RI

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick, RI

High School: West Warwick HS (West Warwick, RI)

School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: April 19, 1961 (Age 30-162d, 11,828th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 33-330d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Michael Thomas Roarke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

491

113

.230

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.297

OPS

.594

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-29 / in Starts: 21-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 150 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	98 (50-34-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 150 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	93 (48-28-15)

Most Driven In
N Cash	4
Self	4
C FernÃ¡ndez	2
R Colavito	2
S Boros	1
D McAuliffe	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
B Bruton	2
D McAuliffe	1
B Osborne	1
S Boros	1
A Kaline	1
J Wood	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	87	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.73	-0.037	1.72	-0.05%	-0.34	C
2	88	2	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.58	-0.029	1.19	-0.04%	-0.27	C
3	89	3	Apr 14	DET		NYY	L,5-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	.78	0.018	1.67	0.02%	0.31	C
4	90	7 (3)	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	91	25 (17)	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8						C
6	92	38 (12)	May 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	8	.56	-0.058	1.35	-0.09%	-1.04	C
7	93	42 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	8	.85	0.089	2.56	0.16%	0.89	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	94	46 (3)	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-6	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	8	.30	-0.024	1.09	-0.05%	-0.77	PH C
9	95	48 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.158	.308	8	.50	-0.039	1.51	-0.07%	-0.38	C
10	96	51 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.130	.136	.267	8	.81	-0.061	2.59	-0.12%	-0.42	C
11	97	54 (2)	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.080	.115	.120	.235	8	1.32	-0.137	3.01	-0.19%	-1.11	C
12	98	56 (1)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,0-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.080	.115	.120	.235	8						C
13	99	58 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.138	.167	.241	.408	8	.40	0.033	.65	0.03%	0.33	C
14	100	59	Jun 17 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.281	.517	8	.42	0.064	.67	0.06%	0.61	C
15	101	60	Jun 19	DET		WSA	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.216	.257	.473	8	.25	-0.020	.33	-0.02%	-0.60	C
16	102	61	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.205	.243	.448	8	.78	-0.043	1.14	-0.04%	-0.62	C
17	103	62	Jun 21	DET		WSA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.341	.574	8	1.14	0.101	1.49	0.08%	0.70	C
18	104	63	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.318	.552	8	.70	-0.045	1.22	-0.05%	-0.80	C
19	105	65 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.216	.292	.507	8	.77	-0.084	1.27	-0.08%	-1.50	C
20	106	66	Jun 24	DET		NYY	L,7-9	GS-10	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.189	.232	.321	.553	8	1.47	0.212	2.91	0.25%	1.86	C
21	107	67	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.237	.309	.546	8	1.11	-0.027	1.86	-0.03%	-0.21	C
22	108	69 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.222	.288	.510	8	1.00	-0.100	1.72	-0.10%	-0.60	C
23	109	72 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.227	.339	.566	8	.52	-0.016	.93	-0.02%	1.32	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	110	75 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.232	.338	.570	8	.66	-0.008	1.40	-0.01%	-0.17	C
25	111	76	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.230	.343	.573	8	1.48	-0.179	3.38	-0.25%	-1.09	C
26	112	78 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG(13)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.347	.597	8	1.50	0.155	3.90	0.24%	0.66	C
27	113	81 (2)	Jul 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.250	.342	.592	8	.98	-0.036	1.44	-0.03%	-0.37	C
28	114	82	Jul 8 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.253	.341	.594	8	.35	-0.005	.50	0.00%	-0.68	C
29	115	85 (2)	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.247	.333	.581	8	1.28	-0.068	2.25	-0.07%	-0.52	C
30	116	87 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.195	.239	.322	.561	8	1.55	0.002	2.15	0.00%	0.14	C
31	117	89 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	LAA	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.234	.315	.549	8	.74	-0.036	.70	-0.02%	-0.38	C
32	118	90	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.232	.311	.543	9	3.84	-0.090	2.43	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
33	119	95 (4)	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.229	.308	.537	2	3.27	-0.093	1.60	-0.03%	-0.36	C
34	120	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.229	.308	.537	8						PR C
35	121	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.237	.315	.552	9	2.63	0.109	.87	0.02%	0.66	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	122	102 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	DET		KCA	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.196	.235	.320	.555	8	.65	-0.059	.23	-0.01%	-1.15	C
37	123	105 (2)	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.235	.320	.555	9						C
38	124	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.233	.316	.549	9	1.82	-0.046	.25	0.00%	-0.17	PH
39	125	107	Aug 5 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.224	.304	.528	8	.52	-0.057	.05	0.00%	-1.42	C
40	126	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.224	.304	.528	8						C
41	127	111 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-3	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.349	.599	8	.32	0.087	.02	0.00%	2.00	C
42	128	112	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.248	.342	.590	8	1.14	0.034	.08	0.00%	-0.17	C
43	129	117 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.256	.342	.598	8	1.27	0.025	.02	0.00%	0.31	C
44	130	123 (5)	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.264	.342	.606	8	.74	-0.036	.02	0.00%	0.52	C
45	131	125 (1)	Aug 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.270	.342	.612	8	3.25	0.070	.11	0.00%	0.34	C
46	132	130 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.264	.333	.597	8	1.18	-0.133	.23	-0.02%	-1.33	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	133	137 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.271	.358	.628	8	.44	0.139	.01	0.00%	1.01	C
48	134	139 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.270	.354	.624	8	.41	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.22	C
49	135	144 (4)	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,7-8	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.270	.354	.624	8						C
50	136	146 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.277	.354	.630	8	.86	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.30	C
51	137	148 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.275	.351	.626	8	3.01	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
52	138	153 (4)	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.275	.351	.626	8						C
53	139	156 (2)	Sep 23	DET	@	KCA	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.275	.351	.626	8						C
54	140	158 (1)	Sep 26	DET		LAA	L,5-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.275	.351	.626	8						C
55	141	160 (1)	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,3-2	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.288	.348	.636	8	1.86	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
56	142	161	Sep 30	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.287	.346	.632	8	.39	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
							27-29		150	136	11	29	4	1	4	14	13	2	18	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	.213	.287	.346	.632		.94	-0.497	1.16	-0.53%	-5.15

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