Kenny Rogers

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1989-2008)

W–L 219–156
ERA 4.27
WHIP 1.40
SO 1,968
Pitcher PIV 614.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'1" / 200 lb
Born
11/10/1964 in Savannah, GA, USA
MLB Debut
1989-04-06
Last Game
2008-09-14
Awards
4× All-Star · 5× Gold Glove

Full name: Kenneth Scott Rogers

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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 3,457 1,568 339 1,175 1,968 4.27 614.9

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

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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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%) -3031.2
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%) -149.4
1995 TEX AL 17 7 31 31 3 1 0 208.0 192 78 76 140 3.38 4.45 (+24%) -291.4
1996 NYA AL 12 8 30 30 2 1 0 179.0 179 93 83 92 4.68 4.61 (-1%) -983.9
1997 NYA AL 6 7 31 22 1 0 0 145.0 161 91 62 78 5.65 4.39 (-29%) -2484.1
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%) -2297.0
2002 TEX AL 13 8 33 33 2 1 0 210.7 212 90 70 107 3.84 4.28 (+10%) -244.1
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%) -811.5
2007 DET AL 3 4 11 11 0 0 0 63.0 65 31 25 36 4.43 4.47 (+1%) -807.3
2008 DET AL 9 13 30 30 0 0 0 173.7 212 110 71 82 5.70 4.32 (-32%) -3875.7
Career · 21 seasons 219 156 762 474 36 9 28 3,302.2 3,457 1,568 1,175 1,968 4.27 — 615

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

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 .136 .186 .182 .368 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 .368 vs. league average .749 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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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 NYA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 NYA AL 31 3 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 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 OAK AL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 NYN NL 12 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 .120 — — — — 0.0
2000 TEX AL 34 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2001 TEX AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 TEX AL 34 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .667 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 TEX AL 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 TEX AL 30 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2006 DET AL 34 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 — — — — 0.0
2007 DET AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 DET AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 21 seasons 763 66 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 4 25 .136 — — — — 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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .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 .000
1999 NLDS2 NYN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home394141100.071
Away369524804.154

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3931709.0176075259810183.96
Away3691593.216978165779504.61

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2008-09-14 DETCHW — 4.2877222
2008-09-04 DETLAA L 2.0866000
2008-08-30 DETKCR L 6.0866243
2008-08-24 DETKCR L 6.0876441
2008-08-18 DETTEX W 6.0833470
2008-08-13 DETTOR L 6.1744321
2008-08-08 DETOAK L 7.0643351
2008-08-02 DETTBR L 3.1677480
2008-07-28 DETCLE L 5.2955112
2008-07-22 DETKCR W 6.0411140

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 Diamond

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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

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Kenny Rogers (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Tim Wakefield
    200-180, 4.41 ERA
  2. 72
    Joe Niekro
    221-204, 3.59 ERA
  3. 70
    Mel Harder
    223-186, 3.80 ERA
  4. 69
    Danny Darwin
    171-182, 3.84 ERA
  5. 68
    Dave Stewart
    168-129, 3.95 ERA
  6. 67
    George Uhle
    200-166, 3.99 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Kenny Rogers

What years did Kenny Rogers play?
Kenny Rogers played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2008.
Was Kenny Rogers a pitcher?
Yes. Kenny Rogers pitched in the major leagues, recording 219 wins and 1968 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kenny Rogers hit?
Kenny Rogers hit 0 career home runs with 9 hits.