Rocky Colavito

Right Field

1955—1968

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#30

Player Detail

Rocco Domenico
GIVEN NAME
Colavito
SURNAME
August 10, 1933, in New York, NY
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1955—1968
Playing Career
Played from 21-34
PLAYING AGE
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City A's
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Cleveland Indians
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
The Rock
NICKNAME
7
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-3 / 190
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 10, 1955
Major League Debut
September 28, 1968
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Rocky Colavito?

One of the most popular players in Cleveland history, a strong-armed, power-hitting outfielder known simply as “The Rock.”
Rocco was born in The Bronx, and his childhood hero was Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees.

60

HITTING

70

POWER

40

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1841
1730
374
1159
.266
9 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
40.8
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.848
.750
113.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.266
.359
.489

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Rocky Colavito Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Colavito
516
137
77
22
2
30
92
75
70
2
252
215
.266
.359
.489
848
AVG RF
531
138
72
22
5
17
57
80
7
221
199
.261
.334
.415
.750

Rocky Colavito Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
30
35
31
32
36
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
33
26
37
21
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Rocky Colavito PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
44.5
37.2
25.5
20.4
3.91
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Rocky Colavito
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
270.5
188.5
131.6
93.2
23.8
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Rocky Colavito
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF