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Current Status

High Level

Major Leagues

Proper Name

Roderick Stewart Booker

Stat Years

1980-1992 [mlb] 1987-1991

Height/Weight

6-0 / 175

Bats/Throws

Left / Right

Positions

SS (805) ... 2B (270) ... 3B (136) ... OF (1)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1958-09-04 in Los Angeles, California [61.145]

Death

High School

Pasadena (Pasadena,CA)

Colleges

University of California (Berkeley, California), Pasadena City College (Pasadena, California)

Draft

Selected by the Minnesota Twins in Round #4 (#90 overall) of the 1980 Amateur Entry Draft (June-Reg Phase) 3 Draft Instances

Bonus

Signing Scouts

Lee Irwin

MLB Debut

1987-04-29 - Boxscore (Age: 28.237)

Service Time

Organizations

SLN [7] MIN [3] PHI [2] HOU [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 9001 ... retro id: bookr001 ... mlbam id: 111210

Relations

Father of Austin Booker

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Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

Fielding Positional Grid by Year

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1980	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Minor	-	-	-	-	1	102	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Minor	-	-	-	18	5	78	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Minor	-	-	-	28	29	72	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Minor	-	-	-	37	12	66	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	126	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Minor	-	-	-	52	1	60	-	-	-	-	-
1987	MLB	-	-	-	18	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Minor	-	-	-	16	7	14	-	-	-	-	-
1988	MLB	-	-	-	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Minor	-	-	-	71	-	41	-	-	-	1	-
1989	MLB	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Minor	-	-	-	1	8	85	-	-	-	-	-
1990	MLB	-	-	-	23	10	27	-	-	-	-	-
1991	MLB	-	-	-	-	3	20	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Minor	-	-	-	-	42	45	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	270	136	805	-	-	-	1	-

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1980	Visalia Oaks	Calif	A+	min	-	21	ss	---	1	69	242	45	68	5	4	0	26	9	4	37	35	4	1	3	0	0	.281	.381	.335	.716	287	81	9	.227	.054	.324	12.89	12.20	0.95	0.0	0.00	13.2
1981	Orlando Twins	Sou	AA	min	-	22	ss	---	2	111	331	56	85	8	3	0	33	10	7	58	44	1	2	2	1	0	.257	.367	.299	.666	394	99	11	.227	.042	.294	14.72	11.17	0.76	0.0	0.00	12.9
1982	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	min	-	23	ss	---	3	104	292	38	73	8	1	0	19	5	6	31	36	2	7	3	2	0	.250	.323	.284	.607	335	83	9	.137	.034	.282	9.25	10.75	1.16	0.0	0.00	12.3
1983	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	sln	-	24	ss	---	4	127	469	75	128	15	3	3	60	20	12	47	46	2	6	4	2	0	.273	.339	.337	.676	528	158	21	.181	.064	.295	8.90	8.71	0.98	156.3	0.57	16.4
1984	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	sln	-	25	ss	---	5	52	209	10	43	4	3	0	22	8	3	24	28	1	4	1	2	0	.206	.289	.254	.543	239	53	7	.187	.048	.236	10.04	11.72	1.17	0.0	0.00	16.3
1984	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	sln	-	25	2b	---	5	63	185	19	47	3	1	0	14	3	7	22	13	0	9	0	0	0	.254	.333	.281	.614	216	52	4	.124	.027	.273	10.19	6.02	0.59	0.0	0.00	8.5
1985	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	sln	-	26	ss	---	6	129	466	59	123	18	3	1	47	13	7	55	43	1	8	4	4	0	.264	.340	.322	.662	534	150	22	.189	.058	.286	10.30	8.05	0.78	466.0	0.19	17.9
1986	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	sln	-	27	ss	---	7	36	151	20	48	7	2	0	20	8	5	7	17	0	0	1	1	0	.318	.346	.391	.737	159	59	9	.139	.073	.356	4.40	10.69	2.43	0.0	0.00	18.8
1986	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	sln	-	27	2b	---	7	78	289	51	81	11	5	1	30	18	6	32	27	0	2	1	1	0	.280	.351	.363	.714	324	105	17	.235	.083	.305	9.88	8.33	0.84	289.0	0.31	21.0
1987	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	sln	-	28	2b-ss	---	8	34	135	25	47	3	1	1	21	5	7	20	24	0	1	1	0	0	.348	.429	.407	.836	157	55	5	.193	.059	.414	12.74	15.29	1.20	135.0	0.64	10.6
1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	5	28	2b	L-S-E-P	8	44	47	9	13	1	1	0	8	2	0	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	.277	.370	.340	.710	56	16	2	.255	.063	.325	12.50	12.50	1.00	0.0	0.00	15.4
1988	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	sln	-	29	2b-ss	---	9	111	370	50	96	12	1	4	31	15	7	45	44	0	2	2	3	0	.259	.338	.330	.668	419	122	17	.214	.071	.284	10.74	10.50	0.98	92.5	0.95	17.7
1988	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	10	29	3b	L-S-E-P	9	18	35	6	12	3	0	0	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.410	.429	.839	39	15	3	.200	.086	.375	10.26	7.69	0.75	0.0	0.00	25.0
1989	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	sln	-	30	ss	---	10	94	276	37	64	9	2	2	30	9	1	38	39	0	5	1	0	0	.232	.324	.301	.625	320	83	13	.236	.069	.263	11.88	12.19	1.03	138.0	0.63	20.3
1989	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	10	30	2b	L-S-E-P	10	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	2	0	.000	.000	.286	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1990	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	phi	37	31	ss-2b	L-S-E-P	11	73	131	19	29	5	2	0	10	3	1	15	26	0	2	0	7	7	.221	.301	.290	.591	148	38	7	.198	.069	.276	10.14	17.57	1.73	0.0	0.00	24.1
1991	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	phi	37	32	ss	L-S-E-P	12	28	53	3	12	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	7	0	1	1	1	1	.226	.236	.245	.481	56	13	1	.038	.019	.255	1.79	12.50	7.00	0.0	0.00	8.3
1992	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	hou	-	33	ss-3b	---	13	92	283	37	72	6	2	1	21	6	3	34	43	0	14	3	2	0	.254	.331	.300	.631	334	85	9	.177	.046	.293	10.18	12.87	1.26	283.0	0.30	12.5
MLB Totals (5 yrs)										173	274	38	68	10	3	0	28	7	3	27	44	0	5	1	9	8	.248	.315	.307	.622	307	84	13	.172	.059	.294	8.79	14.33	1.63	0.0	0.00	19.1
National League Totals (5 yrs)										173	274	38	68	10	3	0	28	7	3	27	44	0	5	1	9	8	.248	.315	.307	.622	307	84	13	.172	.059	.294	8.79	14.33	1.63	0.0	0.00	19.1
Minor League Totals										1100	3698	522	975	109	31	13	374	129	75	450	439	11	61	26	18	0	.264	.343	.320	.663	4246	1185	153	.193	.056	.294	10.60	10.34	0.98	284.5	0.31	15.7
Minor: A+ Totals										69	242	45	68	5	4	0	26	9	4	37	35	4	1	3	0	0	.281	.381	.335	.716	287	81	9	.227	.054	.324	12.89	12.20	0.95	0.0	0.00	13.2
Minor: AA Totals										455	1626	220	427	52	14	4	182	59	34	191	178	5	20	12	10	0	.263	.340	.319	.659	1854	519	70	.189	.056	.291	10.30	9.60	0.93	406.5	0.22	16.4
Minor: AAA Totals										576	1830	257	480	52	13	9	166	61	37	222	226	2	40	11	8	0	.262	.341	.320	.661	2105	585	74	.192	.058	.293	10.55	10.74	1.02	203.3	0.43	15.4
Philadelphia Phillies Totals (2 yrs)										101	184	22	41	6	2	0	17	3	1	16	33	0	3	1	8	8	.223	.284	.277	.561	204	51	8	.152	.054	.270	7.84	16.18	2.06	0.0	0.00	19.5
St. Louis Cardinals Totals (3 yrs)										72	90	16	27	4	1	0	11	4	2	11	11	0	2	0	1	0	.300	.376	.367	.743	103	33	5	.211	.067	.342	10.68	10.68	1.00	0.0	0.00	18.5

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1980	Visalia Oaks	Calif	A+	21	SS	68	0	0.0	91	198	18	36	307	289	.941	4.30	0.00	48.6	98.6	1
1981	Orlando Twins	Sou	AA	22	3B	1	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	1	.500	1.00	0.00	0.7	0.9	4
1981	Orlando Twins	Sou	AA	22	SS	102	0	0.0	145	303	29	61	477	448	.939	4.40	0.00	71.8	91.9	1
1982	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	23	2B	18	0	0.0	39	54	9	11	102	93	.912	5.20	0.00	12.9	17.3	4
1982	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	23	3B	5	0	0.0	1	7	1	0	9	8	.889	1.60	0.00	3.6	4.8	5
1982	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	23	SS	78	0	0.0	137	211	26	55	374	348	.930	4.50	0.00	55.7	75.0	1
1983	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	24	2B	28	0	0.0	42	87	2	17	131	129	.985	4.60	0.00	20.6	22.0	3
1983	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	24	3B	29	0	0.0	16	40	6	7	62	56	.903	1.90	0.00	21.3	22.8	2
1983	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	24	SS	72	0	0.0	95	216	11	43	322	311	.966	4.30	0.00	52.9	56.7	1
1984	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	25	SS	52	0	0.0	87	160	15	32	262	247	.943	4.80	0.00	38.2	100.0	2
1984	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	25	2B	37	0	0.0	71	114	4	27	189	185	.979	5.00	0.00	23.9	58.7	2
1984	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	25	3B	12	0	0.0	5	24	2	3	31	29	.935	2.40	0.00	7.7	19.0	3
1984	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	25	SS	14	0	0.0	24	29	2	9	55	53	.964	3.80	0.00	9.0	22.2	2
1985	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	26	SS	126	0	0.0	198	362	26	71	586	560	.956	4.40	0.00	94.0	97.7	1
1986	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	27	SS	36	0	0.0	66	121	10	21	197	187	.949	5.20	0.00	26.9	100.0	2
1986	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	27	2B	52	0	0.0	104	137	7	29	248	241	.972	4.60	0.00	36.6	66.7	2
1986	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	27	3B	1	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.7	1.3	5
1986	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	27	SS	24	0	0.0	47	67	3	17	117	114	.974	4.80	0.00	16.9	30.8	2
1987	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	28	2B	16	0	0.0	26	43	2	7	71	69	.972	4.30	0.00	11.4	47.1	3
1987	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	28	3B	7	0	0.0	3	14	1	1	18	17	.944	2.40	0.00	5.0	20.6	5
1987	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	28	SS	14	0	0.0	21	38	2	11	61	59	.967	4.20	0.00	10.0	41.2	4
1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	28	2B	18	0	0.0	24	24	2	3	50	48	.960	2.70	0.00	11.1	40.9	3
1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	28	3B	4	0	0.0	1	3	0	2	4	4	1.000	1.00	0.00	2.5	9.1	3
1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	28	SS	1	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.6	2.3	3
1988	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	29	2B	71	0	0.0	144	211	12	44	367	355	.967	5.00	0.00	50.0	64.0	1
1988	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	29	SS	41	0	0.0	52	119	8	18	179	171	.955	4.20	0.00	28.9	36.9	2
1988	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	29	OF	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.7	0.9	11
1988	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	29	2B	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.00	0.6	5.6	6
1988	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	29	3B	13	0	0.0	2	14	2	0	18	16	.889	1.20	0.00	8.0	72.2	4
1989	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	30	2B	1	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.00	0.7	1.1	5
1989	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	30	3B	8	0	0.0	4	5	0	0	9	9	1.000	1.10	0.00	5.5	8.5	4
1989	Louisville Redbirds	Amer	AAA	30	SS	85	0	0.0	119	225	14	42	358	344	.961	4.00	0.00	58.6	90.4	1
1989	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	30	2B	5	0	0.0	4	9	2	2	15	13	.867	2.60	0.00	3.1	50.0	3
1989	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	30	3B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	10.0	5
1990	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	31	2B	23	0	0.0	17	22	1	4	40	39	.975	1.70	0.00	14.2	31.5	4
1990	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	31	3B	10	0	0.0	5	5	1	0	11	10	.909	1.00	0.00	6.2	13.7	3
1990	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	31	SS	27	0	0.0	35	47	2	11	84	82	.976	3.00	0.00	16.7	37.0	2
1991	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	32	3B	3	0	0.0	1	4	0	0	5	5	1.000	1.70	0.00	1.9	10.7	4
1991	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	32	SS	20	0	0.0	16	29	0	2	45	45	1.000	2.30	0.00	12.3	71.4	2
1992	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	33	3B	42	0	0.0	23	68	9	9	100	91	.910	2.20	0.00	29.2	45.7	2
1992	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	33	SS	45	0	0.0	57	119	15	21	191	176	.921	3.90	0.00	31.3	48.9	2
MLB Totals - (2B)						47	0	0	46	56	5	9	107	102	.953	2.20	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (3B)						31	0	0	9	26	3	2	38	35	.921	1.10	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (SS)						48	0	0	51	77	2	13	130	128	.985	2.70	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AAA Totals - (2B)						195	0	0	384	561	34	118	979	945	.965	4.80	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AAA Totals - (3B)						75	0	0	36	119	13	13	168	155	.923	2.10	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AAA Totals - (SS)						301	0	0	457	808	70	173	1335	1265	.948	4.20	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AAA Totals - (OF)						1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AA Totals - (2B)						28	0	0	42	87	2	17	131	129	.985	4.60	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AA Totals - (3B)						30	0	0	16	41	7	7	64	57	.891	1.90	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AA Totals - (SS)						388	0	0	591	1162	91	228	1844	1753	.951	4.50	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
A+ Totals - (SS)						68	0	0	91	198	18	36	307	289	.941	4.30	0.00	0.0	0.0	0

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Fielding Positional Grid by Year