Rod Booker
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[edit] Biography
Rod Booker (Roderick Stewart Booker) was born on September 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 29, 1987 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 0 home runs and 10 RBI. Booker played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | STL | N | 44 | 47 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 8 | .277 | .370 | .340 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | N | 18 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .343 | .410 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | STL | N | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | N | 73 | 131 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 10 | .221 | .301 | .290 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 1991 | PHI | N | 28 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .226 | .236 | .245 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 173 | 274 | 38 | 68 | 0 | 28 | .248 | .315 | .307 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | STL | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1987 | STL | N | 2B | 17 | 5 | 71.2 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1987 | STL | N | 3B | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | STL | N | 3B | 13 | 6 | 69.2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1988 | STL | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | STL | N | 2B | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .867 |
| 1989 | STL | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1990 | PHI | N | 2B | 23 | 5 | 88.1 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1990 | PHI | N | 3B | 10 | 3 | 29.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .909 |
| 1990 | PHI | N | SS | 27 | 21 | 187 | 35 | 47 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1991 | PHI | N | 3B | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1991 | PHI | N | SS | 20 | 11 | 115 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | SS | 48 | 32 | 304 | 51 | 77 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .985 | ||
| Total | 2B | 46 | 11 | 179 | 46 | 56 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .953 | ||
| Total | 3B | 32 | 10 | 119 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1979).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
- Sold by Minnesota Twins to St. Louis Cardinals (April 5, 1983).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 5, 1989).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 14, 1989).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 30, 1991).
- Signed by Houston Astros (January 10, 1992).
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