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Name Team Age
Rocco Penson Retired (1986, Age 39) Died (2041, Age 94)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1965)		 C L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Don Newcombe League 0 17 years (138 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+ B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 7/12/1947
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 3
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (C) Alt Pos (SS)
A  (89.6 %) B+ (71.2 %) D- (6.8 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1965 Minors 69.00 11 / 15 8 / 13 8 / 9 13 / 13 2 / 4 6 / 9 2 / 6 50 / 69
1965 Pos (C) 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 162
1966 Minors 55.00 2 / 3 6 / 13 6 / 8 4 / 4 5 / 10 6 / 11 5 / 6 34 / 55
1966 Pos (C) 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 162
1967 Minors 67.00 1 / 4 8 / 11 6 / 8 9 / 13 5 / 10 6 / 14 1 / 7 36 / 67
1967 Pos (C) 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 162
1968 Minors 70.00 3 / 9 4 / 7 8 / 13 3 / 5 3 / 12 4 / 15 4 / 9 29 / 70
1968 Pos (C) 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 162
1969 Minors 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 5
1969 Majors 62.75 150 139 0 2 / 8 1 / 3 2 / 7 4 / 7 3 / 10 0 / 15 3 / 12 15 / 62
1969 Pos (C) 12.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 12
1970 Majors 65.59 162 153 0 4 / 9 5 / 7 5 / 13 5 / 8 1 / 5 0 / 9 4 / 14 24 / 65
1971 Majors 66.71 162 144 0 2 / 5 5 / 12 2 / 6 4 / 9 2 / 15 0 / 11 2 / 8 17 / 66
1972 Majors 67.39 162 144 0 1 / 11 2 / 7 2 / 7 1 / 7 4 / 15 0 / 8 5 / 12 15 / 67
1973 Majors 68.61 162 144 0 2 / 6 0 / 7 5 / 11 2 / 9 1 / 10 0 / 12 4 / 13 14 / 68
1974 Majors 67.62 162 144 0 2 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 11 1 / 16 0 / 13 0 / 3 8 / 67
1975 Majors 64.68 162 144 0 1 / 9 1 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 13 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 3 / 64
1976 Majors 65.66 162 155 0 1 / 6 1 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 13 3 / 65
1977 Majors 62.88 162 154 0 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 62
1978 Majors 63.29 162 155 0 0 / 10 0 / 3 1 / 17 1 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 11 2 / 63
1979 Majors 64.02 162 144 0 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 64
1980 Majors 62.78 162 145 0 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 7 2 / 12 2 / 62
1981 Majors 63.09 162 145 0 -3 / 11 -7 / 9 -1 / 5 -2 / 11 -4 / 10 -3 / 11 0 / 6 -20 / 63
1982 Majors 62.10 162 138 0 -3 / 12 -3 / 10 -3 / 10 -6 / 5 -5 / 13 -1 / 7 -4 / 5 -25 / 62
1983 Majors 55.33 162 101 0 -3 / 9 -3 / 10 -2 / 9 -5 / 9 -5 / 7 -1 / 6 -1 / 5 -20 / 55
1984 Majors 56.72 162 105 0 -1 / 10 -2 / 9 -3 / 4 0 / 9 -4 / 7 -2 / 9 -2 / 8 -14 / 56
1985 Majors 46.51 162 75 0 -2 / 9 -7 / 7 -2 / 4 -3 / 8 -8 / 5 -1 / 10 0 / 3 -23 / 46
1986 Minors 6.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 6
1986 Majors 46.02 132 97 0 -4 / 9 -3 / 7 -1 / 4 -4 / 5 -1 / 5 -4 / 7 -3 / 9 -20 / 46
Total 2874 2426 0 17 / 188 19 / 194 34 / 192 29 / 189 2 / 219 10 / 211 22 / 182 143 / 2035
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01Rocco Penson has retired from the Baltimore Black Birds
1986-06-01The Baltimore Black Birds have acquired Rocco Penson from the waiver wire.
1986-05-25The New York Red Foxx have promoted Winston Schreiber to the major league team. The New York Red Foxx have designated Rocco Penson for assignment.
1986-05-19The New York Red Foxx have promoted Rocco Penson to the major league team.
1986-05-12The New York Red Foxx have designated Rocco Penson for assignment.
1986-04-21The New York Red Foxx have promoted Rocco Penson to the major league team.
1986-03-25The New York Red Foxx have designated Rocco Penson for assignment.
1982-07-21A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Baltimore Black Birds. The Baltimore Black Birds receive Bill Darcy, Dave Naylor, Draft Pick 1984 Round 2 NYN (Denny Streuli) from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Rocco Penson.
1969-04-15The Baltimore Black Birds have promoted Rocco Penson to the major league team. The Baltimore Black Birds have sent Omar Mortez to the minors.
1965-04-25The Baltimore Black Birds have renamed Firpo Penson to Rocco Penson.