Rocky Colavito

Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito (born August 10, 1933 in New York, NY) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder (primarily playing right field, but also at the other outfield positions, as well as a small number of games as a pitcher and first baseman) and right-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians (1955-59, 1965-67), Detroit Tigers (1960-63), Kansas City Athletics (1964), Chicago White Sox (1967), Los Angeles Dodgers (1968) and New York Yankees (1968).

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August 10 - 1933 - New York, NY - Major League Baseball - Outfielder - Right field - Pitcher - First baseman - Cleveland Indians - Detroit Tigers - Kansas City Athletics - Chicago White Sox - Los Angeles Dodgers - New York Yankees

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Colavito made himself a complete player. He slammed 30-plus homers in seven seasons, was a high run-producing slugger, and a superb rightfielder with a strong arm.

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In 1958 Colavito batted .303 with 41 home runs and 113 runs batted in. One year later he became the first Indian to have two 40-HR seasons; his 42 tied him with Harmon Killebrew for the American League lead. The same season he smashed four homers in consecutive at-bats in a single game. In 1965 he played in 162 consecutive errorless games (274 total chances) for a perfect 1.000, a MLB season record.

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1958 - Batted - Home run - Runs batted in - Harmon Killebrew - American League - At-bats - 1965 - Total chances

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In his 1,841-game career, Colavito batted .266, with 374 HRs, 1,159 RBI, 971 runs scored, 1,730 hits, 283 doubles and 21 triples. As a rightfielder, he posted numbers of 3223 putouts, 123 assists, 26 double plays, committed only 70 errors in 3516 total chances for a .980 of fielding percent average.

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Runs scored - Hits - Doubles - Triples - Putout - Assists - Double play

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