Scott Rolen Stats

Scott Rolen was born on Friday, April 4, 1975, in Evansville, Indiana. Rolen was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 1, 1996, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Scott Rolen baseball stats page.

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"You know W.W.J.D., what would Jesus do? Here, it’s what would Scott do? He doesn't argue with the umpires, he runs every single ball out, he makes great plays, he makes routine plays, he gets the runner in when he needs to get him in, he gets the runner over when he needs to get him over. He just plays the game exactly how it should be played. You never second-guess anything he does." - Gomes, Jonny. Investment in Rolen Is Paying Off for the Reds. Kepner, Tyler. New York Times Staff Writer. 1 June 2010.

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Scott Rolen Autograph on a 1996 Best Baseball Card (#NNO)

Scott Rolen Autograph on a 1996 Best Baseball Card (#NNO)

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Birth Name:   Scott Bruce Rolen
Nickname:   None
Born On:   04-04-1975  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Evansville, Indiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Jasper High School (Jasper, IN)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   245
First Game:   08-01-1996 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-11-2012
Draft:   1993 : 2nd Round (46th)

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Scott Rolen Pitching Stats

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Scott Rolen Hitting Stats

1996 21 Phillies 37 130 10 33 7 0 4 0 18 13 0 27 0 2 1 4 .254 .322 .400
1997 22 Phillies 156 561 93 159 35 3 21 0 92 76 4 138 0 7 13 6 .283 .377 .469
1998 23 Phillies 160 601 120 174 45 4 31 0 110 93 6 141 0 6 11 10 .290 .391 .532
1999 24 Phillies 112 421 74 113 28 1 26 1 77 67 2 114 0 6 3 8 .268 .368 .525
2000 25 Phillies 128 483 88 144 32 6 26 1 89 51 9 99 0 2 5 4 .298 .370 .551
2001 26 Phillies 151 554 96 160 39 1 25 0 107 74 6 127 0 12 13 6 .289 .378 .498
2002 27 Phillies 100 375 52 97 21 4 17 0 66 52 2 68 0 3 8 12 .259 .358 .472
2002 27 Cardinals 55 205 37 57 8 4 14 0 44 20 2 34 0 0 4 10 .278 .354 .561
2003 28 Cardinals 154 559 98 160 49 1 28 1 104 82 5 104 0 7 9 19 .286 .382 .528
2004 29 Cardinals 142 500 109 157 32 4 34 0 124 72 5 92 1 7 13 8 .314 .409 .598
2005 30 Cardinals 56 196 28 46 12 1 5 0 28 25 1 28 0 1 1 3 .235 .323 .383
2006 31 Cardinals 142 521 94 154 48 1 22 1 95 56 7 69 0 8 9 10 .296 .369 .518
2007 32 Cardinals 112 392 55 104 24 2 8 0 58 37 2 56 0 7 5 13 .265 .331 .398
2008 33 Blue Jays 115 408 58 107 30 3 11 0 50 46 2 71 0 3 10 12 .262 .349 .431
2009 34 Blue Jays 88 338 52 108 29 0 8 0 43 26 1 42 0 5 4 2 .320 .370 .476
2009 34 Reds 40 137 24 37 7 1 3 0 24 19 0 20 0 3 3 2 .270 .364 .401
2010 35 Reds 133 471 66 134 34 3 20 0 83 50 3 82 0 8 8 12 .285 .358 .497
2011 36 Reds 65 252 31 61 20 2 5 0 36 10 0 36 0 3 4 4 .242 .279 .397
2012 37 Reds 92 294 26 72 17 2 8 0 39 30 0 62 0 0 3 5 .245 .321 .398
17 Years 2,038 7,398 1,211 2,077 517 43 316 4 1,287 899 57 1,410 1 90 127 150 .281 .364 .490

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Scott Rolen Fielding Stats

1996 Phillies 3B 37 37 966 87 2.4 83 29 54 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .954 2.32
1997 Phillies 3B 155 155 4,011 459 3.0 435 144 291 24 30 n/a n/a n/a .948 2.93
1998 Phillies 3B 159 159 4,257 468 2.9 454 135 319 14 28 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.88
1999 Phillies 3B 112 111 2,886 352 3.1 338 111 227 14 21 n/a n/a n/a .960 3.16
2000 Phillies 3B 128 127 3,240 344 2.7 334 89 245 10 14 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.78
2001 Phillies 3B 151 151 3,988 441 2.9 429 104 325 12 22 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.90
2002 Phillies 3B 100 100 2,622 295 3.0 287 81 206 8 23 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.96
2002 Cardinals 3B 55 54 1,458 189 3.4 181 52 129 8 18 n/a n/a n/a .958 3.35
2003 Cardinals 3B 153 152 4,017 420 2.7 407 109 298 13 23 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.74
2004 Cardinals 3B 141 139 3,684 428 3.0 418 93 325 10 23 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.06
2005 Cardinals 3B 56 55 1,458 178 3.2 172 22 150 6 17 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.19
2006 Cardinals 3B 142 141 3,648 428 3.0 413 93 320 15 32 n/a n/a n/a .965 3.06
2007 Cardinals 3B 112 108 2,805 321 2.9 311 85 226 10 22 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.99
2008 Blue Jays 3B 115 115 3,021 302 2.6 291 74 217 11 14 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.60
2009 Blue Jays 3B 88 87 2,337 235 2.7 230 62 168 5 16 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.66
2009 Reds 3B 39 38 1,017 93 2.4 93 29 64 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.47
2010 Reds 3B 130 125 3,222 350 2.7 342 83 259 8 28 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.87
2011 Reds 3B 63 60 1,641 161 2.6 157 38 119 4 11 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.58
2012 Reds 3B 87 80 2,158 194 2.2 184 45 139 10 6 n/a n/a n/a .948 2.30
3B Totals 2,023 1,994 52,436 5,745 2.8 5,559 1,478 4,081 186 355 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.86
17 Years 2,023 1,994 52,436 5,745 2.8 5,559 1,478 4,081 186 355 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.86

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Scott Rolen Miscellaneous Stats

1996 Phillies 0 2 .000 0 0 n/a 32.5 4.8 7.2 - - -
1997 Phillies 16 6 .727 0 1 0 26.7 4.1 6.1 - - -
1998 Phillies 14 7 .667 1 0 0 19.4 4.3 5.5 - - -
1999 Phillies 12 2 .857 1 0 0 16.2 3.7 5.5 - - -
2000 Phillies 8 1 .889 1 0 0 18.6 4.9 5.4 - - -
2001 Phillies 16 5 .762 0 0 0 22.2 4.4 5.2 - - -
2002 Phillies 5 2 .714 0 0 0 22.1 5.5 5.7 - - -
2002 Cardinals 3 2 .600 1 0 0 14.6 6.0 4.7 - - -
2003 Cardinals 13 3 .813 2 0 0 20.0 5.4 5.4 - - -
2004 Cardinals 4 3 .571 0 0 0 14.7 5.4 4.0 - - -
2005 Cardinals 1 2 .333 1 0 0 39.2 7.0 7.0 - - -
2006 Cardinals 7 4 .636 0 0 0 23.7 7.6 5.5 - - -
2007 Cardinals 5 3 .625 0 0 0 49.0 7.0 6.8 - - -
2008 Blue Jays 5 0 1.000 0 0 0 37.1 5.7 8.2 - - -
2009 Blue Jays 4 2 .667 0 0 0 42.3 8.0 7.9 - - -
2009 Reds 1 2 .333 1 0 0 45.7 6.9 5.7 - - -
2010 Reds 1 2 .333 7 0 0 23.6 5.7 5.7 - - -
2011 Reds 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 50.4 7.0 7.0 - - -
2012 Reds 2 1 .667 6 0 0 36.8 4.7 7.5 - - -
17 Years 118 49 .707 21 1 0 23.4 5.2 5.7 - - -

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Scott Rolen Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1996 Philadelphia Phillies 6 $109,000.00 - -
1997 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $150,000.00 - -
1998 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $750,000.00 - -
1999 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $1,000,000.00 - -
2000 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $2,750,000.00 - -
2001 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $5,500,000.00 - -
2002 Philadelphia Phillies 17 $8,600,000.00 Stats -
2002 St. Louis Cardinals 16, 27 "     "     - -
2003 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $7,625,000.00 Stats -
2004 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $7,780,956.00 Stats Stats
2005 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $10,715,509.00 Stats -
2006 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $12,456,336.00 Stats Stats
2007 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $12,311,637.00 - -
2008 Toronto Blue Jays 33 $11,625,000.00 - -
2009 Toronto Blue Jays 33 $11,625,000.00 - -
2009 Cincinnati Reds 27 "     "     - -
2010 Cincinnati Reds 27 $7,666,666.00 Stats -
2011 Cincinnati Reds 27 $8,166,667.00 Stats -
2012 Cincinnati Reds 27 $6,500,000.00 - -

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Scott Bruce Rolen was a Major League Baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies (1996-2002), St. Louis Cardinals (2002-2007), Toronto Blue Jays (2008-2009), and Cincinnati Reds (2009-2012). When Rolen made his big league debut on August 1, 1996, he became the first former Jasper High School (Jasper, IN) student to play in the majors.

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Scott Rolen Rookie Card | 1995 Bowman's Best Baseball Card (#87)
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The Major League Baseball rulebook states, "A player shall be considered a rookie unless he has exceeded any of the following thresholds in a previous season (or seasons): 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues." Why did we mention this here?

Scott Rolen recorded his one-hundred thirtieth at-bat on September 7, 1996, in the bottom of the first inning. In the bottom of the third, Rolen came to the plate, then was hit by a pitch — thrown by Steve Trachsel — that fractured Scott's right arm (ulna bone) and ended his season. A hit by pitch does not count as an at-bat, keeping Rolen a "rookie" in 1997, a year where he hit .283, smashed 21 home runs, drive in 92 runs, walked 76 times, and was named the National League Rookie of the Year, receiving every single possible first place vote, the first rookie in Phillies history to unanimously win the Jackie Robinson Award!

Scott Rolen collected forty-five doubles in 1998, the most in a season ever hit by a Phillies third baseman! He also made several spectacular plays at the hot corner, led all senior circuit third basemen in total chances and putouts, and won his first career Gold Glove Award, tying Brooks Robinson for youngest (23) third baseman in baseball history to receive the honor.

Scott Rolen hit his seventy-second career home run on July 2, 1999, in the first inning, his first and only inside-the-park homer. During that same game, he homered again, during the seventh inning. That combination of home runs made Rolen one-of-three Phillies, during that entire century, with a "regular" home run, and inside-the-park home run, during the same game! Who were the other two? [Answer 1 / Answer 2]

Scott Rolen homered in the top of the seventh inning off Octavio Dotel on April 7, 2000, the first regular season home run hit by any player in Enron Field (Minute Maid Park), home of the Houston Astros. When the season ended, Rawlings awarded Rolen with his second Gold Glove Award, the second third baseman in Phillies history to win at the hot corner more than once. The first, Mike Schmidt.

Scott Rolen hit a career high thirty-four home runs in 2004, and when he hit his thirtieth, he became part of a trio of Cardinals that each had thirty-or-more homers during the same season, a first in franchise history! The other two history making Red Birds were Jim Edmonds (42 HRs) and Albert Pujols (46 HRs).

Scott Rolen hit his fourth career grand slam on April 3, 2006, during an Opening Day game. Only one other player in Cardinals history had a grand slam on Opening Day! Who was it? [Answer]

Scott Rolen won his tenth, and final, Gold Glove Award at the end of the 2010 season. In baseball history, only two other third baseman at that time had more than Rolen, Mike Schmidt (10) and Brooks Robinson (16)!

Scott Rolen finished his career with 2,000+ hits, 1,200+ RBI, 500+ doubles, and 300+ home runs — joining two other third baseman who had also reached those plateaus; George Brett (HOF 1999) and Chipper Jones (HOF 2018). However, it seemed like the Baseball Writers’ Association of America were not impressed, writing his name on only 10.2% of the ballots in 2018. No player in baseball history had ever appeared on fewer than 15% of the ballots during their first year of eligibility, and made it the Hall of Fame via the writer's ballot. However, until Scott Rolen! His path to Cooperstown; 2019 (17.2%), 2020 (35.3%), 2021 (52.9%), 2022 (63.2%), and 2023 (76.3%).