Adam Rosales

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2018)

Adam Rosales was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2018 for 6 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 11 seasons. In 653 career games, he hit .226 with 367 hits, 48 home runs, and 179 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .226
HR 48
RBI 179
H 367
OPS .656
PIV -2,499
Position
Second Baseman
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 200 lb
Born
5/20/1983 in Chicago, IL, USA
MLB Debut
2008-08-09
Last Game
2018-09-30

Full name: Adam Marcos Rosales

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Career Batting Statistics

Adam Rosales — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
653 1,621 186 367 69 6 48 179 17 135 451 .226 .291 .365 .656 -2,499

Career AVG .226 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 11.4% below league average.

Career OBP .291 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 9.6% below league average.

Career SLG .365 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 10.4% below league average.

Career OPS .656 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 10.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Adam Rosales Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2008 CIN NL 18 29 0 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 .207 — — — — 0.0
2009 CIN NL 87 230 23 49 10 1 4 19 1 26 46 .213 .262 (-19%) .332 (-9%) .417 (-24%) .750 (-17%) -638.0
2010 OAK AL 80 255 31 69 8 2 7 31 2 19 65 .271 .257 (+5%) .325 (-1%) .402 (-1%) .728 (-1%) -54.1
2011 OAK AL 24 61 5 6 0 0 2 8 0 4 13 .098 .255 (-61%) .320 (-50%) .399 (-51%) .719 (-50%) -512.1
2012 OAK AL 42 99 12 22 5 0 2 8 0 11 24 .222 .254 (-13%) .318 (-7%) .405 (-18%) .724 (-13%) -197.5
2013 OAK AL 51 136 11 26 5 0 4 8 0 10 31 .191 .253 (-25%) .317 (-16%) .396 (-20%) .714 (-18%) -380.5
2013 TEX AL 17 11 4 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 .182 — — — — -380.5
2014 TEX AL 56 164 20 43 7 0 4 19 4 13 42 .262 .251 (+4%) .313 (+4%) .386 (-2%) .700 (+1%) 59.6
2015 TEX AL 55 114 14 26 4 0 3 7 4 10 30 .228 .254 (-10%) .316 (-7%) .404 (-15%) .721 (-12%) -190.3
2016 SDN NL 105 214 37 49 12 3 13 35 4 29 88 .229 .255 (-10%) .321 (-1%) .417 (+19%) .738 (+10%) 354.9
2017 OAK AL 71 205 15 48 11 0 4 27 1 10 66 .234 .254 (-8%) .324 (-16%) .425 (-19%) .750 (-17%) -627.3
2017 ARI NL 34 84 10 17 5 0 3 9 0 1 34 .202 .254 (-21%) .324 (-30%) .425 (-13%) .750 (-21%) -627.3
2018 CLE AL 13 19 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 .211 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 653 1,621 186 367 69 6 48 179 17 135 451 .226 — — — — -3,193

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 Pitching Statistics

Adam Rosales — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 9.00 0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 3.96 across their career seasons — 127.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Adam Rosales — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2015 TEX AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 1 9.00 — 0.0
Career · 1 season 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 1 9.00 — 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

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

Playoff Batting by Year

Adam Rosales — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2017 NLDS1 ARI 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Adam Rosales — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home314781911702190.218
Away339840951972789.235

Pitching — Home / Away

Adam Rosales — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home11.011119.00
Away11.011009.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Adam Rosales — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2018-09-30 CLEKCRW 100000001
2018-09-29 CLEKCRL 100000001
2018-09-28 CLEKCRW 232100000
2018-09-27 CLEKCRL 400000001
2018-09-26 CLECHWW 100000000
2018-09-24 CLECHWW 411001101
2018-09-20 CLECHWL 000000000
2018-09-16 CLEDETL 301000110
2018-09-15 CLEDETW 100000000
2018-09-12 CLETBRL 000000000

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Adam Rosales — Last 2 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2015-07-28 TEXNYY — 1.0121111
2015-06-26 TEXTOR — 1.0111001

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Adam Rosales — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 97 56 499 52 1 59
2B 167 121 225 331 8 92
3B 159 104 82 210 15 20
OF 13 7 16 0 0 0
P 2 0 0 0 0 0
SS 162 129 169 388 20 72

Season-by-Season Fielding

Adam Rosales — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2008 CIN 2B 2 2 6 6 0 4
2008 CIN 3B 4 3 2 1 0 1
2009 CIN 1B 11 7 68 11 0 5
2009 CIN 2B 4 1 2 3 0 1
2009 CIN 3B 57 44 37 81 7 8
2009 CIN SS 6 4 4 12 0 2
2010 OAK 1B 7 3 34 1 0 4
2010 OAK 2B 47 45 72 126 0 30
2010 OAK 3B 5 5 4 12 0 1
2010 OAK OF 5 3 4 0 0 0
2010 OAK SS 14 10 7 26 2 3
2011 OAK 1B 5 4 36 2 0 2
2011 OAK 2B 3 2 3 4 0 1
2011 OAK 3B 6 5 4 6 2 1
2011 OAK OF 2 1 4 0 0 0
2011 OAK SS 7 6 9 12 2 3
2012 OAK 1B 7 3 26 7 0 1
2012 OAK 2B 21 18 46 41 0 14
2012 OAK 3B 3 1 2 4 0 0
2012 OAK SS 11 9 14 27 0 3
2013 OAK 2B 13 0 8 16 0 1
2013 OAK 3B 2 1 1 2 0 0
2013 OAK OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
2013 OAK SS 36 33 46 99 7 13
2013 TEX 1B 4 1 4 1 0 1
2013 TEX 2B 2 0 0 1 0 0
2013 TEX 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0
2013 TEX SS 3 0 0 2 0 1
2014 TEX 1B 32 27 215 22 1 32
2014 TEX 2B 5 5 7 10 1 3
2014 TEX 3B 7 5 6 8 0 0
2014 TEX SS 3 2 2 6 0 1
2015 TEX 1B 19 10 87 6 0 11
2015 TEX 2B 19 16 25 49 2 14
2015 TEX 3B 14 5 4 12 1 0
2015 TEX OF 1 1 4 0 0 0
2015 TEX P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2016 SDN 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016 SDN 2B 36 22 36 53 4 16
2016 SDN 3B 41 23 12 62 4 7
2016 SDN OF 3 1 2 0 0 0
2016 SDN SS 15 6 6 31 0 4
2017 OAK 2B 8 7 12 14 1 5
2017 OAK 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0
2017 OAK OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
2017 OAK SS 55 50 70 148 8 36
2017 ARI 1B 6 1 17 2 0 3
2017 ARI 2B 3 1 4 3 0 3
2017 ARI 3B 11 10 7 16 1 2
2017 ARI SS 10 9 10 25 1 6
2018 CLE 1B 5 0 12 0 0 0
2018 CLE 2B 4 2 4 5 0 0
2018 CLE 3B 3 1 1 4 0 0
2018 CLE SS 2 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Adam Rosales Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 2
First Base 97
Second Base 167
Third Base 159
Shortstop 162
Left Field 12
Right Field 1
Designated Hitter 17

Salary History

Adam Rosales's recorded salaries total $3,985,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rosales's career ran from 2008 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008, 2009, and 2012.

Adam Rosales — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 SDN NL $800,000
2015 TEX AL $900,000
2014 TEX AL $750,000
2013 OAK AL $700,000
2011 OAK AL $425,000
2010 OAK AL $410,000
Total recorded salary (partial) $3,985,000

College History

Adam Rosales — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Adam Rosales (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Abraham Toro
    .223 avg, 41 HR
  2. 97
    Andujar Cedeno
    .236 avg, 47 HR
  3. 93
    Anthony Volpe
    .225 avg, 54 HR
  4. 92
    Benji Gil
    .237 avg, 32 HR
  5. 91
    Cody Asche
    .234 avg, 32 HR
  6. 91
    Niko Goodrum
    .224 avg, 42 HR

Adam Rosales: the record in brief

Adam Rosales's major league career runs from a debut on August 9, 2008 to a final game on September 30, 2018. The team column moves through the Cincinnati Reds (2008 through 2009), the Oakland Athletics (2010 to 2017), the Texas Rangers (2013 to 2015), the San Diego Padres (2016), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017), and the Cleveland Indians (2018). Rosales played primarily as a second baseman and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on May 20, 1983, in Chicago, IL, USA and a listed size of 6'2" and 200 pounds. The given name on file is Adam Marcos Rosales.

Rosales finished with 367 hits from 1,621 at bats in 653 games, which works out to .226; the totals also include 48 home runs and 179 RBI. Rosales got on base at a .291 rate and slugged .365 (.656 OPS). Set against a .256 league average for the same years, Rosales's .226 average sits 11.4% below it. In OPS terms, Rosales's .656 stands 10.0% below the league's .730.

Frequently Asked Questions about Adam Rosales

What years did Adam Rosales play?
Adam Rosales played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2018.
Was Adam Rosales a pitcher?
No. Adam Rosales was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Adam Rosales hit?
Adam Rosales hit 48 career home runs with 367 hits.
What teams did Adam Rosales play for?
Adam Rosales played for 6 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2008–2009), the Oakland Athletics (2010–2013, 2017), the Texas Rangers (2013–2015), the San Diego Padres (2016), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017), and the Cleveland Indians (2018).
What were Adam Rosales's career stats?
In 653 games, Adam Rosales had 367 hits, 48 home runs, 179 RBI, 186 runs, and 17 stolen bases, with a .226 batting average.
How much did Adam Rosales earn in his career?
Adam Rosales's recorded salaries total $3,985,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rosales's career ran from 2008 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008, 2009, and 2012.
What was Adam Rosales's salary?
Adam Rosales's last recorded salary was $800,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $900,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $410,000, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.
What position did Adam Rosales play?
Adam Rosales played primarily as a second baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Adam Rosales and how much did he weigh?
Adam Rosales was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds.
How many home runs did Adam Rosales hit each season?
Adam Rosales's home runs by season: 0 in 2008, 4 in 2009, 7 in 2010, 2 in 2011, 2 in 2012, 5 in 2013, 4 in 2014, 3 in 2015, 13 in 2016, 7 in 2017, and 1 in 2018. His most in one season was 13, in 2016.
What was Adam Rosales's career batting average?
Adam Rosales batted .226 over his career, with 367 hits in 1,621 at bats.
How many RBI did Adam Rosales have?
Adam Rosales drove in 179 runs in his career.
What was Adam Rosales's career ERA?
Adam Rosales finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.
Is Adam Rosales in the Hall of Fame?
No. Adam Rosales has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.