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John Rocker Braves

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
6 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3.2
Birth Date10-17-1974
Height6' 4"
Weight225 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1998 ATL 23 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.3
1999 ATL 24 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.1 1.5
2000 ATL 25 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.7 0.4
2001 ATL 26 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.5
2001 CLE 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.5
2002 TEX 27 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.1
2003 TBA 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 -0.1
Career2800000000000000000.000.000.000.0000.02.33.2

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1998 ATL MLB 47 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
1999 ATL MLB 74 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
2000 ATL MLB 59 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
2001 ATL MLB 30 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
2001 CLE MLB 38 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
2002 TEX MLB 30 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
2003 TBA MLB 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
CareerMLB0.000.000.000.000.000.0000.02.30.00.00.00.00.0

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1998 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.3
1999 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.1 1.5
2000 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.7 0.4
2001 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.5
2001 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.5
2002 TEX MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.1
2003 TBA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 -0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2002-07-04 2002-09-30 60-DL 88 80 Left Shoulder Inflammation Bursitis -
2000-06-30 2000-07-04 DTD 4 4 Left Thumb Blister Cracked Callous - -
2000-06-26 2000-06-29 DTD 3 2 Left Thumb Blister Callous - -
2000-06-19 2000-06-21 DTD 2 2 Left Thumb Blister Cracked Callous - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2002 TEX $2,500,000
2001 ATL, CLE $1,900,000
2000 ATL $290,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$4,690,000
3 yrTotal$4,690,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
Joe Sambito

Details
  • released 6/03 Double-A 5/03 after clearing waivers
  • designated for assignment 5/03 contract purchased 5/03 recalled 5/03 signed as a free agent from TEX 4/03 (minor-league contract), Triple-A
  • waived 10/02 recalled 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 5/02 recalled 4/02 arbitration-eligible after 01, lost arbitration ($1.9M-$2.98M)

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