What years did Roger Pavlik play?

Roger Pavlik played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1998.

Was Roger Pavlik a pitcher?

Yes. Roger Pavlik pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 526 strikeouts.

What teams did Roger Pavlik play for?

Roger Pavlik played for one team, the Texas Rangers (1992–1998).

Did Roger Pavlik win a Cy Young Award?

No. Roger Pavlik did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Roger Pavlik win?

Roger Pavlik was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Roger Pavlik's career stats?

In 131 games, Roger Pavlik went 47-39 with a 4.58 ERA, 526 strikeouts, 743.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What was Roger Pavlik's salary?

Roger Pavlik's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $2,850,000, in 1997, and his lowest was $130,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 1998.

What position did Roger Pavlik play?

Roger Pavlik played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Roger Pavlik and how much did he weigh?

Roger Pavlik was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.

What was Roger Pavlik's career ERA?

Roger Pavlik finished with a 4.58 career ERA, going 47-39 with 526 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Roger Pavlik have?

Roger Pavlik recorded 526 career strikeouts.

Is Roger Pavlik in the Hall of Fame?

No. Roger Pavlik has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Roger Pavlik make?

Roger Pavlik was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Roger Pavlik

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-1998)

Roger Pavlik was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1998 for the Texas Rangers, a span of 7 seasons. Across 131 career appearances, he went 47-39 with a 4.58 ERA and 526 strikeouts. Roger Pavlik was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 47–39

ERA 4.58

WHIP 1.47

SO 526

Pitcher PIV -5130.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 220 lb
Born: 10/4/1967 in Houston, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-05-02
Last Game: 1998-04-23
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Roger Allen Pavlik

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Career Pitching Statistics

Roger Pavlik — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
47	39	131	125	12	1	1	743.0	743	378	85	351	526	4.58	-5130.8

Career ERA 4.58 vs. league average 4.33 across their career seasons — 5.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Roger Pavlik Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	TEX	AL	4	4	13	12	1	0	0	62.0	66	29	34	45	4.21	3.75 (-12%)	-8.4
1993	TEX	AL	12	6	26	26	2	0	0	166.1	151	63	80	131	3.41	4.19 (+19%)	-675.6
1994	TEX	AL	2	5	11	11	0	0	0	50.1	61	43	30	31	7.69	4.51 (-70%)	-1862.7
1995	TEX	AL	10	10	31	31	2	1	0	191.2	174	93	90	149	4.37	4.45 (+2%)	710.2
1996	TEX	AL	15	8	34	34	7	0	0	201.0	216	116	81	127	5.19	4.61 (-13%)	-1967.3
1997	TEX	AL	3	5	11	11	0	0	0	57.2	59	28	31	35	4.37	4.39 (avg)	-1079.3
1998	TEX	AL	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	14.0	16	6	5	8	3.86	4.43 (+13%)	-247.6
Career · 7 seasons			47	39	131	125	12	1	1	743.0	743	378	351	526	4.58	—	-5,131

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Roger Pavlik — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Roger Pavlik — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	TEX	AL	13	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	TEX	AL	26	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	TEX	AL	11	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	TEX	AL	31	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	TEX	AL	34	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	TEX	AL	11	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	TEX	AL	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			131	—	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Roger Pavlik — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Roger Pavlik — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1996	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Roger Pavlik — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	1	0	0	2.2	4	2	0	1	6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Roger Pavlik — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	ALDS2	TEX	0	1	1	0	0	2.2	4	2	0	1	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Roger Pavlik — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	69	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	62	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Roger Pavlik — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	69	385.1	376	203	164	273	4.74
Away	62	357.2	367	175	187	253	4.40

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Roger Pavlik — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-04-23	TEX	TBR	—	3.0	7	5	3	1	2	1
1998-04-17	TEX	BAL	W	3.1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1998-04-11	TEX	TOR	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
1998-04-06	TEX	CHW	L	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	0
1998-04-02	TEX	CHW	SV	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0
1997-09-27	TEX	LAA	—	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	2
1997-09-21	TEX	LAA	L	6.0	9	2	2	0	3	0
1997-09-16	TEX	KCR	—	6.0	5	0	0	2	5	0
1997-09-11	TEX	MIN	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	2	0
1997-09-05	TEX	TOR	L	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Roger Pavlik — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	131	125	50	90	8	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Roger Pavlik — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	TEX	P	13	12	6	3	1	0
1993	TEX	P	26	26	10	27	3	2
1994	TEX	P	11	11	2	8	0	1
1995	TEX	P	31	31	20	32	1	4
1996	TEX	P	34	34	9	14	2	1
1997	TEX	P	11	11	3	4	1	1
1998	TEX	P	5	0	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Roger Pavlik — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	131

Salary History

Roger Pavlik's recorded salaries total $6,322,500 over 6 seasons, 1993 to 1998. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Pavlik's career ran from 1992 to 1998. No salary is recorded for 1992.

Roger Pavlik — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	TEX	AL	$1,600,000
1997	TEX	AL	$2,850,000
1996	TEX	AL	$1,250,000
1995	TEX	AL	$255,000
1994	TEX	AL	$237,500
1993	TEX	AL	$130,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$6,322,500

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Roger Pavlik: the record in brief

Roger Pavlik's major league career runs from a debut on May 2, 1992 to a final game on April 23, 1998. Pavlik's only club in the season tables is the Texas Rangers. Pavlik played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 4, 1967, in Houston, TX, USA and a listed size of 220 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. Pavlik's full given name, per the bio, is Roger Allen Pavlik.

Pavlik's career pitching line is 47 wins, 39 losses and a 4.58 ERA over 131 appearances. Also on Pavlik's record: 526 strikeouts and 12 complete games. The league ERA over Pavlik's seasons was 4.33, so the 4.58 figure ran 5.7% worse than average. The best win total was 15, in 1996. Pavlik struck out 149 batters in 1995, a career high. 1993 was Pavlik's sharpest full season, a 3.41 ERA against the league's 4.19.

Pavlik made 1 postseason pitching appearances, with a 0-1 record and 6.75 ERA. Those appearances came in 1996.

The position breakdown shows 131 games, all at pitcher. On the mound, Pavlik's fielding totals are 50 putouts, 90 assists and 8 errors.

The bio's awards line reads All-Star.

Frequently Asked Questions about Roger Pavlik

What years did Roger Pavlik play?: Roger Pavlik played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1998.
Was Roger Pavlik a pitcher?: Yes. Roger Pavlik pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 526 strikeouts.
What teams did Roger Pavlik play for?: Roger Pavlik played for one team, the Texas Rangers (1992–1998).
Did Roger Pavlik win a Cy Young Award?: No. Roger Pavlik did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Roger Pavlik win?: Roger Pavlik was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Roger Pavlik's career stats?: In 131 games, Roger Pavlik went 47-39 with a 4.58 ERA, 526 strikeouts, 743.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
How much did Roger Pavlik earn in his career?: Roger Pavlik's recorded salaries total $6,322,500 over 6 seasons, 1993 to 1998. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Pavlik's career ran from 1992 to 1998. No salary is recorded for 1992.
What was Roger Pavlik's salary?: Roger Pavlik's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $2,850,000, in 1997, and his lowest was $130,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 1998.
What position did Roger Pavlik play?: Roger Pavlik played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Roger Pavlik and how much did he weigh?: Roger Pavlik was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.
What was Roger Pavlik's career ERA?: Roger Pavlik finished with a 4.58 career ERA, going 47-39 with 526 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Roger Pavlik have?: Roger Pavlik recorded 526 career strikeouts.
Is Roger Pavlik in the Hall of Fame?: No. Roger Pavlik has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Roger Pavlik make?: Roger Pavlik was selected to 1 All-Star Game.