Kenny Rogers

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 200 lb

BornNovember 10, 1964 · Savannah, GA, USA

MLB debutApril 6, 1989

Final gameSeptember 14, 2008

Seasons20 (1989–2008)

Texas Rangers 1989–1995; New York Yankees 1996–1997; Oakland Athletics 1998; New York Mets 1999; Oakland Athletics 1999; Texas Rangers 2000–2002; Minnesota Twins 2003; Texas Rangers 2004–2005; Detroit Tigers 2006–2008

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified pitchers

11.5

17.2

10.3

14.9

SHO

212

19.5

110

4.6

25.3

1.1

41.4

173.7

12.6

ERA

5.70

4.6

WHIP

1.630

4.6

K/9

4.25

5.7

FIP

5.25

3.4

FIP-

118.5

4.6

ERA+

77.7

4.6

sWAR

-0.7

4.6

of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

107.4

65.8

sWAR

44.0

98.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1990	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1991	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6
1992	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1993	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1994	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1995	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.2
1996	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1997	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.8	-100.0	.000	-0.4
1998	34	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.2	-100.0	.000	5.9
1999	31	33	28	2	3	0	0	2	2	11	0	.107	.167	.107	.274	-30.5	-26.7	.140	2.7
2000	34	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160.0	151.7	.450	3.6
2001	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.9	-100.0	.000	-0.8
2002	34	4	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	290.3	270.6	.629	4.3
2003	33	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-25.3	-40.4	.146	1.9
2004	35	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-126.3	-100.0	.000	2.4
2005	30	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	237.5	228.4	.543	4.4
2006	34	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	-4.7	7.3	.180	3.7
2007	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.5	-100.0	.000	0.7
2008	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.7	-100.0	.000	-0.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1989	73	0	3	4	2	0	0	60	24	42	63	2	73.7	2.93	1.385	7.70	3.37	85.3	134.6	1.6
1990	69	3	10	6	15	0	0	93	34	42	74	6	97.7	3.13	1.382	6.82	3.41	86.9	125.3	1.9
1991	63	9	10	10	5	0	0	121	66	61	73	14	109.7	5.42	1.660	5.99	5.07	125.2	74.8	-0.6
1992	81	0	3	6	6	0	0	80	27	26	70	7	78.7	3.09	1.347	8.01	3.16	82.1	124.5	1.5
1993	35	33	16	10	0	5	0	210	95	71	140	18	208.3	4.10	1.349	6.05	3.86	91.9	102.3	2.3
1994	24	24	11	8	0	6	2	169	83	52	120	24	167.3	4.46	1.321	6.45	4.61	97.0	106.6	2.2
1995	31	31	17	7	0	3	1	192	78	76	140	26	208.0	3.38	1.288	6.06	4.54	94.2	142.9	5.2
1996	30	30	12	8	0	2	1	179	93	83	92	16	179.0	4.68	1.464	4.63	4.91	99.4	105.7	2.2
1997	31	22	6	7	0	1	0	161	91	62	78	18	145.0	5.65	1.538	4.84	5.11	114.4	79.1	-0.4
1998	34	34	16	8	0	7	1	215	84	67	138	19	238.7	3.17	1.182	5.20	4.03	88.1	144.4	5.9
1999	31	31	10	4	0	5	1	206	91	69	126	16	195.3	4.19	1.408	5.81	4.19	91.6	109.2	2.7
2000	34	34	13	13	0	2	0	257	115	78	127	20	227.3	4.55	1.474	5.03	4.42	87.1	111.5	3.6
2001	20	20	5	7	0	0	0	150	83	49	74	18	120.7	6.19	1.649	5.52	5.23	111.0	76.0	-0.8
2002	33	33	13	8	0	2	1	212	90	70	107	21	210.7	3.84	1.339	4.57	4.42	92.7	124.1	4.3
2003	33	31	13	8	0	0	0	227	99	50	116	22	195.0	4.57	1.421	5.35	4.31	94.1	100.2	1.9
2004	35	35	18	9	0	2	1	248	112	66	126	24	211.7	4.76	1.483	5.36	4.50	91.5	103.4	2.4
2005	30	30	14	8	0	1	1	205	75	53	87	15	195.3	3.46	1.321	4.01	4.10	89.7	132.1	4.4
2006	34	33	17	8	0	0	0	195	87	62	99	23	204.0	3.84	1.260	4.37	4.73	103.6	118.9	3.7
2007	11	11	3	4	0	0	0	65	31	25	36	8	63.0	4.43	1.429	5.14	5.06	110.6	103.3	0.7
2008	30	30	9	13	0	0	0	212	110	71	82	22	173.7	5.70	1.630	4.25	5.25	118.5	77.7	-0.7

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

763

RBI

.1364

OBP

.1857

SLG

.1818

OPS

.3675

Pitching

G (P)

762

73rd-most career G (P)

474

69th-most career GS

219

83rd-most career W

156

142nd-most career L

SHO

3,303

96th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,968

100th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,175

59th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.273

WHIP

1.4025

K/9

5.36

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	TB
2005-06-11	TEX @ MIA Gameday	3	1	0	1	1	0	3
2006-06-18	DET @ CHC Gameday	4	1	1	0	0	0	2
1999-08-04	NYM @ MIL Gameday	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
2002-06-16	TEX @ HOU Gameday	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
1996-10-23	NYY @ ATL Gameday	1	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1993-07-08	TEX @ TOR Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1
1999-10-01	PIT @ NYM Gameday	7.1	5	2	2	2	10	0
1998-04-24	ATH @ BAL Gameday	9.0	8	1	1	0	9	1
1999-09-06	SF @ NYM Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0
1995-09-16	TEX @ DET Gameday	8.0	6	3	2	0	9	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× Gold Glove4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.