Kenny Rogers, baseball player, 1989-2008

Kenny Rogers

Born: 11/10/1964 in Savannah, GA, USA

MLB Debut: 1989-04-06 | Final Game: 2008-09-14

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 200 lbs

Full name: Kenneth Scott Rogers

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Biography

Kenny Rogers, born in 1964, established himself as a formidable pitcher during his career spanning from 1989 to 2008. Known for his impressive control and durability on the mound, Rogers finished his career with a record of 219 wins and 156 losses, alongside an earned run average (ERA) of 4.27. Over his two-decade-long tenure in Major League Baseball, he amassed a total of 1,968 strikeouts and secured 28 saves, showcasing his versatility as both a starter and a reliever. Rogers was selected to the All-Star Game four times, highlighting his status as one of the premier pitchers of his era. He played in a period that saw significant changes in the game, including the rise of offensive power and the evolution of pitching strategies. His contributions to various teams, including the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets, solidified his legacy as a reliable and skilled competitor. Rogers remains a respected figure in baseball history, remembered for his clutch performances and leadership on and off the field.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
219 156 762 474 36 9 28 3302.7 3457 1568 339 1175 1968 4.27 0

Career ERA 4.27 vs. league average 4.33 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1989 TEX AL 3 4 73 0 0 0 2 73.7 60 24 42 63 2.93 3.71 (+21%) 807.0
1990 TEX AL 10 6 69 3 0 0 15 97.7 93 34 42 74 3.13 3.86 (+19%) 1118.1
1991 TEX AL 10 10 63 9 0 0 5 109.7 121 66 61 73 5.42 3.91 (-38%) -3099.6
1992 TEX AL 3 6 81 0 0 0 6 78.7 80 27 26 70 3.09 3.75 (+18%) 1186.5
1993 TEX AL 16 10 35 33 5 0 0 208.3 210 95 71 140 4.10 4.19 (+2%) 1863.4
1994 TEX AL 11 8 24 24 6 2 0 167.3 169 83 52 120 4.46 4.51 (+1%) -154.5
1995 TEX AL 17 7 31 31 3 1 0 208.0 192 78 76 140 3.38 4.45 (+24%) -303.9
1996 NYY AL 12 8 30 30 2 1 0 179.0 179 93 83 92 4.68 4.61 (-1%) -
1997 NYY AL 6 7 31 22 1 0 0 145.0 161 91 62 78 5.65 4.39 (-29%) -
1998 OAK AL 16 8 34 34 7 1 0 238.7 215 84 67 138 3.17 4.43 (+29%) 3028.6
1999 OAK AL 5 3 19 19 3 0 0 119.3 135 57 41 68 4.30 4.71 (+9%) 1790.1
1999 NYN NL 5 1 12 12 2 1 0 76.0 71 34 28 58 4.03 4.71 (+14%) 905.5
2000 TEX AL 13 13 34 34 2 0 0 227.3 257 115 78 127 4.55 4.77 (+5%) 2584.9
2001 TEX AL 5 7 20 20 0 0 0 120.7 150 83 49 74 6.19 4.42 (-40%) -2354.1
2002 TEX AL 13 8 33 33 2 1 0 210.7 212 90 70 107 3.84 4.28 (+10%) -254.7
2003 MIN AL 13 8 33 31 0 0 0 195.0 227 99 50 116 4.57 4.40 (-4%) 774.8
2004 TEX AL 18 9 35 35 2 1 0 211.7 248 112 66 126 4.76 4.46 (-7%) 380.7
2005 TEX AL 14 8 30 30 1 1 0 195.3 205 75 53 87 3.46 4.29 (+19%) 1150.8
2006 DET AL 17 8 34 33 0 0 0 204.0 195 87 62 99 3.84 4.53 (+15%) -845.6
2007 DET AL 3 4 11 11 0 0 0 63.0 65 31 25 36 4.43 4.47 (+1%) -817.7
2008 DET AL 9 13 30 30 0 0 0 173.7 212 110 71 82 5.70 4.32 (-32%) -4014.2

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
763 66 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 4 25 0.136 0.186 0.182 0.368 0.0

Career AVG .136 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 48.5% below league average.

Career OBP .186 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 44.3% below league average.

Career SLG .182 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 56.2% below league average.

Career OPS 0.368 vs. league average 0.749 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1989 TEX AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 TEX AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 TEX AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 TEX AL 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1994 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 NYY AL 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1998 OAK AL 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1999 OAK AL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1999 NYN NL 12 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0.120 — — — — 0.0
2000 TEX AL 34 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
2001 TEX AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2002 TEX AL 34 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.667 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2004 TEX AL 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 TEX AL 30 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.333 — — — — 0.0
2006 DET AL 34 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.143 — — — — 0.0
2007 DET AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2008 DET AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.250

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2006 ALCS DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 ALDS1 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 WS DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 ALDS1 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 NLCS NYN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1999 NLDS2 NYN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1996 ALCS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALDS2 NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 WS NYA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 3 12 8 0 43.3 41 20 23 34 4.15

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2006 ALCS DET 1 0 1 1 0 7.3 2 0 2 6 0.00
2006 ALDS1 DET 1 0 1 1 0 7.7 5 0 2 8 0.00
2006 WS DET 1 0 1 1 0 8.0 2 0 3 5 0.00
2003 ALDS1 MIN 0 0 1 0 0 1.3 1 0 1 3 0.00
1999 NLCS NYN 0 2 3 1 0 7.7 11 5 7 2 5.87
1999 NLDS2 NYN 0 1 1 1 0 4.3 5 4 2 6 8.31
1996 ALCS NYA 0 0 1 1 0 3.0 5 4 2 3 12.00
1996 ALDS2 NYA 0 0 2 1 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 9.00
1996 WS NYA 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 5 5 2 0 22.50

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 762 474 258 743 44 65

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1989 TEX P 73 0 1 22 0 0
1990 TEX P 69 3 5 22 2 1
1991 TEX P 63 9 5 15 3 1
1992 TEX P 81 0 4 17 2 0
1993 TEX P 35 33 18 46 4 4
1994 TEX P 24 24 9 33 4 4
1995 TEX P 31 31 11 35 2 3
1996 NYA P 30 30 15 34 2 1
1997 NYA P 31 22 13 42 2 3
1998 OAK P 34 34 20 66 2 4
1999 OAK P 19 19 6 43 3 2
1999 NYN P 12 12 4 19 1 2
2000 TEX P 34 34 18 46 2 6
2001 TEX P 20 20 6 34 1 3
2002 TEX P 33 33 22 40 3 5
2003 MIN P 33 31 20 36 2 4
2004 TEX P 35 35 16 48 1 2
2005 TEX P 30 30 18 47 1 7
2006 DET P 34 33 14 38 5 2
2007 DET P 11 11 7 10 1 0
2008 DET P 30 30 26 50 1 11

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 762

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2006 Gold Glove P
2005 Gold Glove P
2005 Pitcher of the Month May
2004 Gold Glove P
2002 Gold Glove P
2000 Gold Glove P
1995 Pitcher of the Month May
1994 Player of the Week Week of 1994-07-30

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2008 DET AL $8,000,000
2007 DET AL $8,000,000
2006 DET AL $8,000,000
2005 TEX AL $3,500,000
2004 TEX AL $2,500,000
2003 MIN AL $2,000,000
2002 TEX AL $7,500,000
2001 TEX AL $7,500,000
2000 TEX AL $7,500,000
1999 OAK AL $5,000,000
1998 OAK AL $5,000,000
1997 NYA AL $5,000,000
1996 NYA AL $5,000,000
1995 TEX AL $3,750,000
1994 TEX AL $2,300,000
1993 TEX AL $1,000,000
1992 TEX AL $620,000
1991 TEX AL $287,500
1990 TEX AL $140,000
1989 TEX AL $68,000
Total Career Earnings $82,665,500

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2006 Cy Young Award AL 5th 3.0 140 0
2006 Most Valuable Player AL 26th 2.0 392 0