Kenny Rogers (baseball player)

Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers on May 9, 2008
Pitcher
Starting pitcher
Born: November 10th, 1964 Savannah , United States
Strikes: Left	Throws: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 6,  1989  with the  Texas Rangers
Last MLB assignment
September 30,  2008  with the  Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win - Loss	219-156
Earned Run Average	4.27
Strikeouts	1,968
Teams
Texas Rangers ( 1989 - 1995 ) New York Yankees ( 1996 - 1997 ) Oakland Athletics ( 1998 - 1999 ) New York Mets ( 1999 ) Texas Rangers ( 2000 - 2002 ) Minnesota Twins ( 2003 ) Texas Rangers ( 2004 - 2005 ) Detroit Tigers ( 2006 - 2008 )
Awards
4 × All-Star ( 1995 , 2004 - 2006 ) World Series Winner ( 1996 ) 5 × Gold Glove Award winners (2000, 2002, 2004–2006) Pitches a perfect game on July 28, 1994

Kenneth Scott "Kenny" Rogers (born November 10, 1964 in Savannah , Georgia ) is a former American pitcher in Major League Baseball .

He played in the Major League since 1989, including the New York Yankees , the Oakland Athletics and many years with the Texas Rangers and finally with the Detroit Tigers . He was famous for his pick-offs and with 93 pick-offs he is 2nd in the all-time ranking of this statistic in the MLB.

On 28 July 1994 Rogers threw in 14th player ever a perfect game for Texas against the California Angels , also include within five won Gold Gloves and 200 won games to its services.

Web links

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• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Kenny Rogers in the Internet Movie Database (English)