Rocky Colavito Stats

Rocky Colavito was born on Thursday, August 10, 1933, in New York, New York. Colavito was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1955, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rocky Colavito baseball stats page.
"He (Rocky Colavito) was everything a ballplayer should be. Best of all, he had a nickname. Baseball fans love nicknames, especially when they fit." - Author Terry Pluto in The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump (Gray & Company Publishers, 04/13/2007, Page 12)
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#99)

Rocky Colavito Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#99)
 

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Birth Name:   Rocco Domenico Colavito
Nickname:   Rocky or The Rock
Born On:   08-10-1933  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Teddy Roosevelt High School (New York, NY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   09-10-1955 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-28-1968
Draft:   Not Applicable
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1958 25 Indians 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 3.0 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 -
1968 35 Yankees 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 2.2 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 2 0 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 5.2 23 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 -
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1955 22 Indians 5 9 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .667
1956 23 Indians 101 322 55 89 11 4 21 1 65 49 0 46 4 3 2 4 .276 .372 .531
1957 24 Indians 134 461 66 116 26 0 25 1 84 71 0 80 4 7 1 12 .252 .348 .471
1958 25 Indians 143 489 80 148 26 3 41 2 113 84 6 89 0 3 2 16 .303 .405 .620
1959 26 Indians 154 588 90 151 24 0 42 1 111 71 8 86 0 3 2 13 .257 .337 .512
1960 27 Tigers 145 555 67 138 18 1 35 0 87 53 4 80 1 3 4 17 .249 .317 .474
1961 28 Tigers 163 583 129 169 30 2 45 0 140 113 2 75 2 8 2 14 .290 .402 .580
1962 29 Tigers 161 601 90 164 30 2 37 1 112 96 7 68 1 7 2 18 .273 .371 .514
1963 30 Tigers 160 597 91 162 29 2 22 0 91 84 9 78 2 8 1 18 .271 .358 .437
1964 31 Athletics 160 588 89 161 31 2 34 0 102 83 4 56 1 4 5 16 .274 .366 .507
1965 32 Indians 162 592 92 170 25 2 26 0 108 93 11 63 0 7 3 14 .287 .383 .468
1966 33 Indians 151 533 68 127 13 0 30 1 72 76 4 81 0 2 3 25 .238 .336 .432
1967 34 Indians 63 191 10 46 9 0 5 0 21 24 0 31 0 0 1 6 .241 .329 .366
1967 34 White Sox 60 190 20 42 4 1 3 0 29 25 2 10 1 4 0 2 .221 .306 .300
1968 35 Dodgers 40 113 8 23 3 0 3 0 11 15 1 18 0 1 0 6 .204 .295 .310
1968 35 Yankees 39 91 13 20 2 2 5 0 13 14 0 17 0 0 1 1 .220 .330 .451
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,841 6,503 971 1,730 283 21 374 7 1,159 951 58 880 16 60 29 182 .266 .359 .489
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1955 Indians RF 2 0 51 8 4.0 8 7 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.24
1956 Indians RF 98 88 2,446 189 1.9 183 177 6 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.02
1957 Indians RF 130 125 3,380 289 2.2 278 266 12 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.22
1958 Indians 1B 11 9 234 88 8.0 84 84 0 4 5 n/a n/a n/a .955 9.69
1958 Indians LF 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1958 Indians P 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1958 Indians RF 129 127 3,399 253 2.0 248 234 14 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.97
1959 Indians RF 154 154 4,145 323 2.1 318 311 7 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.07
1960 Tigers RF 144 143 3,900 288 2.0 281 272 9 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.95
1961 Tigers LF 150 144 3,798 323 2.2 315 301 14 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.24
1961 Tigers RF 20 17 477 33 1.7 32 30 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.81
1962 Tigers LF 161 161 4,304 372 2.3 369 359 10 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.31
1963 Tigers LF 141 140 3,747 292 2.1 290 281 9 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.09
1963 Tigers RF 24 19 540 41 1.7 39 38 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.95
1964 Athletics LF 3 2 60 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1964 Athletics RF 157 157 4,173 298 1.9 290 277 13 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.88
1965 Indians LF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1965 Indians RF 162 162 4,278 269 1.7 269 258 11 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.70
1966 Indians RF 146 145 3,831 278 1.9 273 264 9 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .982 1.92
1967 Indians LF 28 20 498 29 1.0 27 27 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.46
1967 Indians RF 31 30 750 54 1.7 53 51 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.91
1967 White Sox LF 14 8 228 10 0.7 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.18
1967 White Sox RF 51 47 1,155 76 1.5 74 72 2 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.73
1968 Dodgers LF 21 20 495 28 1.3 28 26 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.53
1968 Dodgers RF 13 12 297 17 1.3 17 17 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.55
1968 Yankees LF 6 4 24 9 1.5 9 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.13
1968 Yankees P 1 0 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1968 Yankees RF 21 19 519 25 1.2 23 23 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .920 1.20
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 1,282 1,245 33,341 2,441 1.9 2,386 2,297 89 55 21 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.93
LF Totals 526 499 13,161 1,067 2.0 1,052 1,016 36 15 5 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.16
1B Totals 11 9 234 88 8.0 84 84 0 4 5 n/a n/a n/a .955 9.69
P Totals 2 0 17 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.59
14 Years 1,821 1,753 46,753 3,597 2.0 3,523 3,397 126 74 31 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.03
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1955 Indians 0 0 .000 2 2 n/a 0.0 4.5 0.0 - - -
1956 Indians 0 1 .000 5 4 n/a 15.3 7.0 5.0 - - -
1957 Indians 1 6 .143 6 0 n/a 18.4 5.8 5.5 - - -
1958 Indians 0 2 .000 7 0 n/a 11.9 5.5 4.3 0.33 3.00 9.00
1959 Indians 3 3 .500 0 0 n/a 14.0 6.8 5.3 - - -
1960 Tigers 3 6 .333 2 0 n/a 15.9 6.9 6.4 - - -
1961 Tigers 1 2 .333 2 0 n/a 13.0 7.8 4.2 - - -
1962 Tigers 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 16.2 8.8 5.4 - - -
1963 Tigers 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 27.1 7.7 6.6 - - -
1964 Athletics 3 1 .750 1 0 n/a 17.3 10.5 5.8 - - -
1965 Indians 1 1 .500 0 0 n/a 22.8 9.4 5.5 - - -
1966 Indians 2 1 .667 6 0 n/a 17.8 6.6 7.4 - - -
1967 Indians 2 2 .500 13 0 n/a 38.2 6.2 9.1 - - -
1967 White Sox 1 1 .500 3 0 n/a 63.3 19.0 6.6 - - -
1968 Dodgers 0 1 .000 7 0 n/a 37.7 6.3 10.3 - - -
1968 Yankees 0 0 .000 12 0 n/a 18.2 5.4 7.0 0.50 3.37 6.75
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 19 27 .413 67 6 n/a 17.4 7.4 5.6 0.40 3.18 7.94
Rocky Colavito

Rocky Colavito Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1955 Cleveland Indians 38 Undetermined - -
1956 Cleveland Indians 38 Undetermined - -
1957 Cleveland Indians 38 Undetermined - -
1958 Cleveland Indians 6 Undetermined - -
1959 Cleveland Indians 6 $28,000.00 Stats -
1960 Detroit Tigers 7 $35,000.00 - -
1961 Detroit Tigers 7 $35,000.00 Stats -
1962 Detroit Tigers 7 $54,000.00 Stats -
1963 Detroit Tigers 7 $54,000.00 - -
1964 Kansas City Athletics 7 $50,000.00 Stats -
1965 Cleveland Indians 21 $55,000.00 Stats -
1966 Cleveland Indians 21 $57,000.00 Stats -
1967 Cleveland Indians 21 $60,000.00 - -
1967 Chicago White Sox 18 "     "     - -
1968 Los Angeles Dodgers 16 $45,000.00 - -
1968 New York Yankees 29 "     "     - -


Did you know that Rocky Colavito was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Colavito was named one of the twenty-three outfielders.

Did you know that Rocky Colavito is one of only thirteen former Major League ballplayers who are undefeated pitchers (Wins >= 1) with a perfect earned run average (ERA = 0.00)?

Undefeated & Perfect ERA
Name MLB Debut

Stats
Elmer Bliss 09-28-1903

1-0, 0.00
Nestor Chavez 09-09-1967

1-0, 0.00
Rocky Colavito 09-10-1955

1-0, 0.00
John Dagenhard 09-28-1943

1-0, 0.00
Tom Dougherty 04-24-1904

1-0, 0.00
Jake Jaeckel 09-19-1964

1-0, 0.00
Tim Jones 07-26-1988

1-0, 0.00
George Kelly 08-18-1915

1-0, 0.00
John LeRoy 09-26-1997

1-0, 0.00
Brent Mayne 09-26-1966

1-0, 0.00
Stan Rees 06-12-1918

1-0, 0.00
Chris Saenz 04-24-2004

1-0, 0.00
Wilson Valdez 09-07-2004

1-0, 0.00

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