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Jesse Orosco League
7-18-2215
Rollie Kerfeld Third Base
Retired (1974, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .293 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .822 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 3155 Age at Death 90 Date of Birth 09-28-1936
HR 341 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1954)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(88 games)
RBI 1367
SB 125
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D- Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 3
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 8
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 12
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 13
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1958 Away 81 325 0 80 14 1 4 22 35 55 0 0 0 .650 .318 .332 .086 .246
1958 Home 77 302 0 83 17 1 9 39 30 45 0 0 0 .771 .344 .427 .152 .275
1959 Away 78 310 0 92 14 2 7 40 39 46 0 0 0 .804 .381 .423 .126 .297
1959 Home 80 320 0 108 14 1 12 41 30 39 0 0 0 .898 .398 .500 .162 .338
1960 Away 79 320 0 91 17 1 5 39 39 46 0 0 0 .753 .362 .391 .106 .284
1960 Home 79 308 0 101 20 3 6 42 37 55 0 0 0 .870 .399 .471 .143 .328
1961 Away 67 289 0 88 14 4 7 31 34 46 0 0 0 .832 .378 .453 .149 .304
1961 Home 64 255 0 74 6 3 15 35 35 41 0 0 0 .890 .377 .514 .224 .290
1962 Away 49 327 0 86 12 0 8 41 49 39 0 0 0 .733 .360 .373 .110 .263
1962 Home 50 310 0 80 12 3 5 35 47 54 0 0 0 .720 .356 .365 .106 .258
1963 Away 3 326 0 89 12 1 10 30 44 46 0 0 0 .770 .362 .408 .135 .273
1963 Home 6 328 0 103 15 4 13 42 42 46 0 0 0 .897 .394 .503 .189 .314
1964 Away 78 330 0 104 11 1 14 45 46 43 0 0 0 .883 .401 .482 .167 .315
1964 Home 80 320 0 95 17 3 11 41 32 46 0 0 0 .834 .362 .472 .175 .297
1965 Away 77 333 28 104 17 3 13 50 42 47 0 0 2 .888 .390 .498 .186 .312
1965 Home 81 320 22 108 14 4 18 61 46 50 0 0 4 .996 .421 .575 .237 .338
1966 Away 75 335 56 89 16 3 9 30 34 53 0 0 8 .750 .338 .412 .146 .266
1966 Home 78 319 58 89 15 0 12 47 37 57 0 0 7 .793 .354 .439 .160 .279
1967 Away 78 338 55 111 19 4 7 33 39 59 1 0 8 .869 .399 .470 .142 .328
1967 Home 80 311 68 92 12 5 9 40 53 44 0 0 9 .857 .404 .453 .158 .296
1968 Away 79 345 66 102 15 5 8 42 42 58 0 0 7 .812 .374 .438 .142 .296
1968 Home 79 324 61 101 19 1 13 40 42 57 0 0 4 .889 .392 .497 .185 .312
1969 Away 77 348 69 120 19 7 18 66 35 48 11 5 8 .998 .404 .595 .250 .345
1969 Home 81 327 64 91 19 5 13 42 37 52 8 6 11 .837 .351 .486 .208 .278
1970 Away 78 333 62 96 16 5 16 54 46 54 10 6 7 .883 .373 .511 .222 .288
1970 Home 80 325 57 97 11 4 9 39 42 53 10 9 11 .822 .382 .440 .142 .298
1971 Away 77 330 61 99 20 4 13 45 40 48 0 0 7 .879 .376 .503 .203 .300
1971 Home 79 337 56 105 21 1 10 40 26 57 0 0 5 .829 .360 .469 .157 .312
1972 Away 77 324 57 96 17 5 6 35 34 56 7 6 10 .799 .364 .435 .139 .296
1972 Home 78 295 49 82 11 4 16 35 35 42 7 7 6 .862 .356 .505 .227 .278
1973 Away 77 305 39 83 14 1 5 41 27 57 8 6 3 .705 .331 .374 .102 .272
1973 Home 77 276 29 73 15 0 4 33 31 59 3 5 12 .701 .339 .362 .098 .264
1974 Away 79 304 30 71 10 3 7 42 29 62 9 4 8 .655 .299 .355 .122 .234
1974 Home 76 266 36 72 14 1 9 29 19 33 11 3 4 .754 .322 .432 .162 .271
Total Away 1209 5522 523 1601 257 50 157 686 654 863 46 27 68 .806 .366 .440 .150 .290
Total Home 1225 5243 500 1554 252 43 184 681 621 830 39 30 73 .838 .372 .466 .170 .296
Total 2642 10765 1837 3155 509 93 341 1367 1275 1693 125 107 274 .822 .369 .453 .160 .293
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Rollie Kerfeld has retired from the Texas Rangers
1973-11-01Rollie Kerfeld now holds the league record for career walks.
1973-09-20Rollie Kerfeld collected his 3000th career hit.
1966-06-26Rollie Kerfeld of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1962-10-08Rollie Kerfeld of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1961-08-16Rollie Kerfeld of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1957-10-04The Texas Rangers have promoted Manny Clack to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Rollie Kerfeld to the major league team.
1955-04-01A trade has been completed between the Texas Rangers and the Cincinnati RedLegs. The Cincinnati RedLegs receive Harry Compton, Harry Doran, Draft Pick 1956 Round 3 TEX (Marty Marquez), Draft Pick 1957 Round 3 TEX (Lynn McQuaid) from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Rollie Kerfeld, Marty Bailes, Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 CIN (Dick Downs), Draft Pick 1958 Round 1 CIN (Gene Thielman).