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| Name | Team | Age |
| Rich Rooks | Retired (2005, Age 36) | Died (2047, Age 78) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 8 (1989) |
CF | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Harmon Killebrew League | 0 | 10 years (152 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 10/21/1969 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (1B) |
| (97.7 %) | (88.3 %) | (42.9 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1989 | Majors | 18.26 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 5 / 18 |
| 1990 | Minors | 26.00 | 2 / 3 | 4 / 5 | 4 / 4 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 4 | 3 / 3 | 19 / 26 | |||
| 1990 | Majors | 6.65 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 5 / 6 |
| 1991 | Minors | 47.00 | 4 / 5 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 6 | 6 / 7 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 4 | 5 / 11 | 27 / 47 | |||
| 1992 | Minors | 28.00 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 5 / 7 | 3 / 5 | 15 / 28 | |||
| 1993 | Minors | 28.00 | 1 / 4 | 4 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 5 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 3 / 4 | 16 / 28 | |||
| 1993 | Majors | 2.15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 |
| 1994 | Minors | 13.00 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 13 | |||
| 1994 | Majors | 10.69 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 3 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 6 / 10 |
| 1994 | Pos (2B) | 20.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 20 | |||
| 1995 | Minors | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | |||
| 1995 | Majors | 24.38 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 0 / 3 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 3 / 4 | 7 / 24 |
| 1995 | Pos (2B) | 6.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 | |||
| 1996 | Majors | 28.56 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 5 | 10 / 28 |
| 1997 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 5 / 17 | |||
| 1997 | Majors | 14.80 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 14 |
| 1998 | Minors | 22.00 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 2 / 3 | 6 / 22 | |||
| 1998 | Majors | 10.49 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 10 |
| 1999 | Minors | 14.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 14 | |||
| 1999 | Majors | 31.60 | 108 | 31 | 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 31 |
| 2000 | Majors | 36.59 | 162 | 25 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 36 |
| 2001 | Majors | 30.87 | 126 | 19 | 36 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 30 |
| 2002 | Majors | 37.03 | 124 | 59 | 38 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 37 |
| 2003 | Majors | 57.02 | 162 | 90 | 0 | 0 / 9 | -6 / 3 | -2 / 11 | -2 / 16 | -5 / 8 | -3 / 4 | -3 / 6 | -21 / 57 |
| 2004 | Majors | 62.19 | 162 | 109 | 0 | -1 / 8 | -3 / 13 | -3 / 11 | -5 / 10 | -10 / 5 | -4 / 9 | -2 / 6 | -28 / 62 |
| 2005 | Majors | 26.33 | 162 | 19 | 0 | -5 / 5 | -5 / 2 | -5 / 2 | -2 / 5 | -7 / 2 | -3 / 9 | 0 / 1 | -27 / 26 |
| Total | 1698 | 405 | 74 | 8 / 78 | 5 / 86 | 11 / 79 | 16 / 102 | -12 / 77 | 8 / 85 | 23 / 81 | 60 / 614 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2005-11-01 | Rich Rooks has retired from the Minnesota Pocket Gophers |
| 2002-04-13 | Rich Rooks of the Minnesota Pocket Gophers is injured and is expected to be out 43 days. |
| 2001-08-05 | Rich Rooks of the Minnesota Pocket Gophers is injured and is expected to be out 40 days. |
| 1999-06-01 | The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have sent Al Rickey to the minors. |
| 1999-06-01 | A trade has been completed between the Atlanta Buckheads and the Minnesota Pocket Gophers. The Minnesota Pocket Gophers receive Carlos Dillon, Byron Clark, Rich Rooks, Al Leary, George Nichols, Tug Alcala, Rich Smith, Draft Pick 2001 Round 2 CHA (Enos Winchester), Draft Pick 2000 Round 2 CHA (Al Aponte), Draft Pick 2002 Round 2 ATL (Jim Elsh), Draft Pick 2001 Round 2 ATL (Brian McGriff), Draft Pick 2000 Round 2 ATL (John High) from the Atlanta Buckheads in exchange for Ken Tkachuk, Draft Pick 2000 Round 1 MIN (Alex Gray), Draft Pick 2001 Round 1 MIN (Jack Durham). |
| 1998-06-26 | The Atlanta Buckheads have promoted Tom Morris to the major league team. The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Rich Rooks for assignment. |
| 1998-05-05 | The Atlanta Buckheads have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Gorman Ens for assignment. |
| 1997-06-01 | The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Rich Rooks for assignment. |
| 1997-04-08 | The Atlanta Buckheads have acquired Rich Rooks from the waiver wire. |
| 1997-04-01 | The Detroit Mules have promoted Mark DeTore to the major league team. The Detroit Mules have promoted Hy Lathers to the major league team. The Detroit Mules have designated Chester Bulling for assignment. The Detroit Mules have designated Rich Rooks for assignment. |
| 1995-04-08 | The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. |
| 1994-08-16 | The Detroit Warthogs have sent Rich Rooks to the minors. The Detroit Warthogs have sent Al Hughes to the minors. |
| 1994-06-01 | The Detroit Warthogs have promoted John Moseley to the major league team. The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. |
| 1993-05-12 | The Detroit Warthogs have sent Rich Rooks to the minors. |
| 1993-04-28 | The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. |
| 1992-10-22 | A trade has been completed between the Chicago Gaseous Anomoli and the Detroit Dragoons. The Detroit Dragoons receive Tom Hogg, Dennis Melendez, Rich Rooks, Draft Pick - 1993 Round 3 (BOS), Draft Pick - 1994 Round 1 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1993 Round 1 (CHN) from the Chicago Gaseous Anomoli in exchange for Bill Gick, Bill Engel. |
| 1992-05-12 | The Chicago Gaseous Anomoli have acquired Rich Rooks from the waiver wire. |
| 1992-05-05 | The Detroit Dragoons have waived Rich Rooks. |
| 1990-05-19 | The Detroit Dragoons have promoted Dave Lowery to the major league team. The Detroit Dragoons have promoted Bill Rosenberg to the major league team. The Detroit Dragoons have sent Rich Rooks to the minors. The Detroit Dragoons have sent Tom Lefebvre to the minors. |
| 1989-04-03 | The Detroit Dragoons have promoted Rich Rooks to the major leagues. |