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Full Name: Kenneth Scott Rogers Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200 First Game: April 6, 1989
Birthdate: November 10, 1964 MLB Experience: 18 years
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Born on November 10, 1964 in Savannah, Georgia, Kenny Rogers (Kenneth Scott Rogers) played for the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 18 year career. Rogers broke into the bigs on April 6, 1989 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 2.93 ERA in 73.2 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kenny Rogers's best season was 1998, when he posted a 3.17 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 138 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1989 TEX A 73 0 3 4 2.93 63 28 24 0 0 2 73.2 60 2 42 9 6 4
1990 TEX A 69 3 10 6 3.13 74 40 34 0 0 15 97.2 93 6 42 5 5 1
1991 TEX A 63 9 10 10 5.42 73 80 66 0 0 5 109.2 121 14 61 7 3 6
1992 TEX A 81 0 3 6 3.09 70 32 27 0 0 6 78.2 80 7 26 8 4 0
1993 TEX A 35 33 16 10 4.10 140 108 95 5 0 0 208.1 210 18 71 2 6 4
1994 TEX A 24 24 11 8 4.46 120 93 83 6 2 0 167.1 169 24 52 1 3 3
1995 TEX A 31 31 17 7 3.38 140 87 78 3 1 0 208 192 26 76 1 8 2
1996 NY A 30 30 12 8 4.68 92 97 93 2 1 0 179 179 16 83 2 5 8
1997 NY A 31 22 6 7 5.65 78 100 91 1 0 0 145 161 18 62 1 2 7
1998 OAK A 34 34 16 8 3.17 138 96 84 7 1 0 238.2 215 19 67 0 5 7
1999 OAK A 19 19 5 3 4.30 68 66 57 3 0 0 119.1 135 8 41 0 3 9
1999 NY N 12 12 5 1 4.03 58 35 34 2 1 0 76 71 8 28 1 1 4
1999 Total 31 31 10 4 4.19 126 101 91 5 1 0 195.1 206 16 69 1 4 13
2000 TEX A 34 34 13 13 4.55 127 126 115 2 0 0 227.1 257 20 78 2 1 11
2001 TEX A 20 20 5 7 6.19 74 88 83 0 0 0 120.2 150 18 49 2 4 8
2002 TEX A 33 33 13 8 3.84 107 101 90 2 1 0 210.2 212 21 70 1 5 6
2003 MIN A 33 31 13 8 4.57 116 108 99 0 0 0 195 227 22 50 5 6 11
2004 TEX A 35 35 18 9 4.76 126 117 112 2 1 0 211.2 248 24 66 0 2 9
2005 TEX A 30 30 14 8 3.46 87 86 75 1 1 0 195.1 205 15 53 1 0 8
2006 DET A 34 33 17 8 3.84 99 97 87 0 0 0 204 195 23 62 2 5 9
2007 DET A 11 11 3 4 4.43 36 36 31 0 0 0 63 65 8 25 0 1 1
Total NL 12 12 5 1 4.03 58 35 34 2 1 0 76 71 8 28 1 1 4
Total AL 729 432 205 142 4.20 1828 1586 1424 34 8 28 3053 3174 309 1076 49 74 114
Total 732 444 210 143 4.19 1886 1621 1458 36 9 28 3129 3245 317 1104 50 75 118

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1989 TEX A P 73 0 73.2 1 22 0 0 0 5 3 6 6 1.000
1990 TEX A P 69 3 97.2 5 22 2 1 0 3 6 1 1 .931
1991 TEX A P 63 9 109.2 5 15 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 .870
1992 TEX A P 81 0 78.2 4 17 2 0 0 3 2 3 1 .913
1993 TEX A P 35 33 208.1 18 46 4 4 0 3 4 11 5 .941
1994 TEX A P 24 24 167.1 9 33 4 4 0 2 4 6 3 .913
1995 TEX A P 31 31 208 11 35 2 3 0 0 5 5 3 .958
1996 NY A P 30 30 179 15 34 2 1 0 1 4 7 6 .961
1997 NY A P 31 22 145 13 42 2 3 0 1 3 6 7 .965
1998 OAK A P 34 34 238.2 20 66 2 4 0 1 5 9 6 .977
1999 OAK A P 19 19 119.1 6 43 3 2 0 1 5 5 5 .942
1999 NY N P 12 12 76 4 19 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 .958
1999 Total P 31 31 195.1 10 62 4 4 0 1 6 8 9 .947
2000 TEX A P 34 34 227.1 18 46 2 6 0 1 5 6 9 .970
2001 TEX A P 20 20 120.2 6 34 1 3 0 0 4 4 3 .976
2002 TEX A P 33 33 210.2 22 40 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 .954
2003 MIN A P 33 31 195 20 36 2 4 0 1 4 2 4 .966
2004 TEX A P 35 35 211.2 16 49 1 2 0 0 2 5 6 .985
2005 TEX A P 30 30 195.1 18 47 1 7 0 0 3 0 0 .985
2006 DET A P 34 33 204 14 38 5 2 0 0 1 6 2 .912
2007 DET A P 11 11 63 7 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .944
Total P 732 444 3129 232 694 43 54 1 22 62 89 76 .956

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1989 TEX A 73 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TEX A 69 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX A 63 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX A 81 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX A 24 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX A 31 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NY A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NY A 31 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK A 34 4 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK A 19 3 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NY N 12 25 2 3 0 1 .120 .185 .120 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 0
1999 Total 31 28 2 3 0 2 .107 .167 .107 0 0 2 11 0 3 0 0 0
2000 TEX A 34 4 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2001 TEX A 20 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TEX A 34 3 0 2 0 1 .667 .750 .667 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003 MIN A 33 4 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX A 35 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
2005 TEX A 30 3 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 DET A 34 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 DET A 11 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 12 25 2 3 0 1 .120 .185 .120 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 0
Total AL 721 40 3 6 0 3 .150 .190 .225 1 1 2 14 0 1 1 0 1
Total 733 65 5 9 0 4 .138 .188 .185 1 1 4 24 0 4 1 0 1

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982 - signed June 30, 1982).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 1995).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (December 30, 1995).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later (November 7, 1997); New York Yankees received Scott Brosius (November 18, 1997).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics to New York Mets in exchange for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez (July 23, 1999).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (December 29, 1999).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
  • Signed by Minnesota Twins (March 17, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2003).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (January 14, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 15, 2005).

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