Saul Rogovin
[edit] Biography
Born on October 10, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, Saul Rogovin (Saul Walter Rogovin) played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 8 year career. Rogovin broke into the bigs on April 28, 1949 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 2.78 ERA in 216.2 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Saul Rogovin's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.85 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 121 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14.29
| 2
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 13
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 11
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 4.50
| 11
| 21
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 39
| 5
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 5.25
| 5
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 23
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 22
| 11
| 7
| 2.48
| 77
| 64
| 53
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 192.2
| 166
| 11
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 26
| 12
| 8
| 2.78
| 82
| 79
| 67
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 216.2
| 189
| 15
| 74
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 30
| 14
| 9
| 3.85
| 121
| 104
| 99
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 231.2
| 224
| 14
| 79
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 19
| 7
| 12
| 5.22
| 62
| 82
| 76
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 131
| 151
| 17
| 48
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 12
| 11
| 5
| 3
| 3.08
| 27
| 25
| 25
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 73
| 60
| 3
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 12
| 1
| 8
| 4.56
| 35
| 42
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 71
| 79
| 5
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1955
| Total
|
| 26
| 23
| 6
| 11
| 3.81
| 62
| 67
| 61
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 144
| 139
| 8
| 44
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| 22
| 18
| 7
| 6
| 4.98
| 48
| 65
| 59
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 106.2
| 122
| 22
| 27
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 29
| 12
| 9
| 4.41
| 75
| 98
| 92
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 187.2
| 193
| 26
| 47
| 6
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 112
| 92
| 36
| 39
| 3.97
| 313
| 337
| 307
| 35
| 7
| 2
| 696
| 695
| 57
| 261
| 1
| 10
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 150
| 121
| 48
| 48
| 4.06
| 388
| 435
| 399
| 43
| 9
| 2
| 883.2
| 888
| 83
| 308
| 7
| 14
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1949
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 29
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 35
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .824
|
| 1955
| Total
|
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 150
| 0
| 8
| 57
| 131
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 11
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 5
| .188
| .188
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .375
| .571
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 24
| 74
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| .203
| .253
| .243
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 29
| 81
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 2
| .210
| .264
| .272
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 84
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .202
| .247
| .274
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 37
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .135
| .273
| .135
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 13
| 24
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 4
| .250
| .308
| .458
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| 15
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .091
| .130
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| Total
|
| 28
| 46
| 7
| 8
| 1
| 5
| .174
| .224
| .283
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| 22
| 36
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 39
| 60
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 6
| .167
| .194
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 115
| 240
| 24
| 44
| 2
| 18
| .183
| .243
| .242
| 8
| 0
| 18
| 47
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 154
| 300
| 29
| 54
| 3
| 24
| .180
| .234
| .243
| 10
| 0
| 19
| 64
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Washington Senators (1944).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers (January 14, 1947).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Cain (May 15, 1951).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Connie Ryan and Rocky Krsnich to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Willard Marshall (December 10, 1953).
- Sent to Baltimore Orioles by Cincinnati Reds for future considerations (December, 1954).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 9, 1955).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (July 9, 1955).
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