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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
B  C+ A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B- D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 10/21/1969
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (97.7 %) A  (88.3 %) C  (42.9 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1989 DET 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .619 .286 .333 .333
1990 DET 7 16 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 .971 .471 .500 .438
1993 DET 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .000 .000
1994 DET 18 34 7 12 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 .765 .353 .412 .353
1995 DET 46 46 4 8 1 1 1 3 1 9 0 1 0 .496 .191 .304 .174
1996 DET 73 64 7 14 1 0 1 6 7 13 1 2 0 .577 .296 .281 .219
1997 ATL 29 87 16 15 2 1 0 6 13 20 2 0 0 .503 .284 .218 .172
1998 ATL 23 54 5 14 2 1 0 6 5 13 2 0 3 .650 .317 .333 .259
1999 MIN 78 168 23 41 7 3 1 11 11 27 0 0 1 .630 .291 .339 .244
2000 MIN 95 140 16 27 2 0 3 16 17 24 2 0 0 .550 .278 .271 .193
2001 MIN 83 126 15 37 3 2 3 10 9 22 0 0 2 .759 .338 .421 .294
2002 MIN 100 256 39 78 4 5 4 28 31 44 5 1 9 .783 .377 .406 .305
2003 MIN 130 408 59 102 16 6 9 37 34 92 7 1 3 .693 .308 .385 .250
2004 MIN 123 472 53 104 18 4 6 43 45 91 2 0 2 .604 .290 .314 .220
2005 MIN 42 83 16 20 4 1 2 11 10 17 0 0 0 .712 .326 .386 .241
Total 859 1964 262 481 61 25 30 183 185 378 24 7 20 .657 .310 .347 .245
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2005-11-01Rich Rooks has retired from the Minnesota Pocket Gophers
2002-04-13Rich Rooks of the Minnesota Pocket Gophers is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
2001-08-05Rich Rooks of the Minnesota Pocket Gophers is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1999-06-01The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have sent Al Rickey to the minors.
1999-06-01A 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).
1998-06-26The Atlanta Buckheads have promoted Tom Morris to the major league team. The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Rich Rooks for assignment.
1998-05-05The Atlanta Buckheads have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team. The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Gorman Ens for assignment.
1997-06-01The Atlanta Buckheads have designated Rich Rooks for assignment.
1997-04-08The Atlanta Buckheads have acquired Rich Rooks from the waiver wire.
1997-04-01The 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.
1995-04-08The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team.
1994-08-16The Detroit Warthogs have sent Rich Rooks to the minors. The Detroit Warthogs have sent Al Hughes to the minors.
1994-06-01The Detroit Warthogs have promoted John Moseley to the major league team. The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team.
1993-05-12The Detroit Warthogs have sent Rich Rooks to the minors.
1993-04-28The Detroit Warthogs have promoted Rich Rooks to the major league team.
1992-10-22A 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.
1992-05-12The Chicago Gaseous Anomoli have acquired Rich Rooks from the waiver wire.
1992-05-05The Detroit Dragoons have waived Rich Rooks.
1990-05-19The 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.
1989-04-03The Detroit Dragoons have promoted Rich Rooks to the major leagues.