Buck Rodgers

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Full Name: Robert Leroy Rodgers	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: September 8, 1961
Birthdate: August 16, 1938	Final Game: October 1, 1969
Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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Buck Rodgers (Robert Leroy Rodgers) was born on August 16, 1938 in Delaware, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1961 for the Los Angeles Angels. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 6 home runs and 61 RBI. Rodgers played for the Los Angeles Angels and California Angels over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Buck Rodgers's best season was 1962, when he knocked in 61 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	LA	A	16	56	8	18	2	13	.321	.333	.464	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	3
1962	LA	A	155	565	65	146	6	61	.258	.309	.372	34	6	45	68	0	6	1	6	16
1963	LA	A	100	300	24	70	4	23	.233	.303	.293	6	0	29	35	2	7	2	2	6
1964	LA	A	148	514	38	125	4	54	.243	.299	.313	18	3	40	71	4	7	4	11	15
1965	CAL	A	132	411	33	86	1	32	.209	.271	.265	14	3	35	61	3	4	4	9	15
1966	CAL	A	133	454	45	107	7	48	.236	.281	.339	20	3	29	57	2	0	3	8	11
1967	CAL	A	139	429	29	94	6	41	.219	.277	.305	13	3	34	55	2	6	1	5	12
1968	CAL	A	91	258	13	49	1	14	.190	.244	.225	6	0	16	48	3	2	2	3	4
1969	CAL	A	18	46	4	9	0	2	.196	.288	.217	1	0	5	8	1	0	0	1	0
Total			932	3033	259	704	31	288	.232	.288	.312	114	18	234	409	17	32	17	45	82

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	LA	A	C	14	13	115.1	71	11	3	2	0	1	8	6	0	.965
1962	LA	A	C	150	144	1302.1	826	73	10	14	0	12	40	34	4	.989
1963	LA	A	C	85	77	695.1	416	48	10	5	0	12	23	16	3	.979
1964	LA	A	C	146	139	1255.2	884	87	13	14	0	4	36	33	8	.987
1965	CAL	A	C	128	112	1025.2	682	52	7	7	0	9	40	20	3	.991
1966	CAL	A	C	133	121	1103	662	69	6	7	0	11	47	34	6	.992
1967	CAL	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	CAL	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	CAL	A	C	133	121	1094.2	728	73	7	11	0	7	40	44	2	.991
1968	CAL	A	C	87	74	658	407	50	7	11	0	7	32	24	1	.985
1969	CAL	A	C	18	14	132	74	9	0	3	0	3	17	4	0	1.000
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	894	815	7382	4750	472	63	74	0	66	283	215	27	.988

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1956).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Detroit Tigers in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Released by California Angels (October 22, 1969).

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