Jose
Rojas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 17, 1981 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2007    2012    2013    2014    2015   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 CT FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2001 19 CT FF   1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2002 20 MN GE   2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2003 21 MN GE   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2004 22 MN GE   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2005 23 MN GE   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4
2006 24 MN GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
2007 25 MN GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 26 MN GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 10 9
2010 28 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
2011 29 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
2012 30 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 10
2013 31 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 9
2014 32 KS GE $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 9
2015 33 KS GE $ 300,000   8 8 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 10 10
2016 34 KS GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
2017 35 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2018 36 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
2019 37 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2020 38 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 18 A   161 622 60 148 24 3 8 67 5 6 39 128 .238 .283 .325 .608 55.2  
2001 19 A   162 624 69 150 20 4 16 89 9 5 42 133 .240 .288 .362 .650 65.4  
2002 20 A   135 506 61 141 22 5 19 72 4 8 38 88 .279 .329 .455 .784 71.9  
2003 21 AAA   49 194 27 46 7 1 4 21 0 1 7 40 .237 .264 .345 .609 16.7  
    AA   51 203 18 48 6 0 2 14 4 0 22 43 .236 .311 .296 .607 20.5  
    A   34 111 9 30 4 0 2 9 1 0 20 23 .270 .382 .360 .742 17.0  
2004 22 AAA   138 498 54 127 26 2 10 65 3 0 41 106 .255 .312 .376 .687 58.6  
2005 23 AAA   138 542 62 151 19 4 5 33 1 1 65 108 .279 .356 .356 .712 71.0  
2006 24 MN GE 36 144 16 48 8 1 4 17 0 0 7 15 .333 .366 .486 .852 24.1 5.1
    AAA   120 487 74 194 25 7 7 43 0 3 53 76 .398 .457 .522 .979 101.8  
2007 25 MN GE 154 619 65 191 19 1 9 71 2 0 36 98 .309 .349 .386 .735 81.6 15.6
2008 26 MN GE 140 348 39 112 11 1 2 47 0 0 22 44 .322 .364 .376 .740 45.2 9.7
2009 27 MS FF 9 40 7 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .300 .364 .350 .714 4.8 0.9
  KS GE 147 555 59 172 34 1 12 75 5 0 38 19 .310 .354 .440 .794 80.1 19.1
  TOT   156 595 66 184 36 1 12 79 5 0 42 21 .309 .355 .434 .788 85.0 19.9
2010 28 KS GE 155 567 63 169 32 0 13 71 2 0 38 19 .298 .343 .423 .766 79.2 20.5
2011 29 KS GE 159 580 66 180 27 0 14 64 1 0 35 20 .310 .355 .429 .784 81.7 18.8
2012 30 KS GE 156 584 79 170 26 1 17 81 0 0 38 17 .291 .339 .426 .765 78.0 17.8
2013 31 KS GE 158 583 63 180 40 3 10 73 0 0 36 23 .309 .353 .439 .793 83.0 20.3
2014 32 KS GE 159 601 71 171 25 1 22 83 1 0 48 25 .285 .343 .439 .783 87.8 21.7
2015 33 KS GE 154 581 79 167 26 2 13 95 2 0 34 17 .287 .334 .406 .741 75.0 16.3
2016 34 KS GE 147 489 49 131 23 1 13 71 0 0 25 17 .268 .310 .399 .709 60.6 11.4
2017 35 KS GE 123 212 24 54 8 0 4 23 0 0 9 16 .255 .300 .349 .649 20.2 2.4
2018 36 KS GE 126 206 22 58 6 0 2 23 0 0 12 13 .282 .332 .340 .672 21.8 2.6
2019 37 KS GE 125 391 36 106 17 0 1 29 0 0 13 30 .271 .309 .322 .632 37.5 5.3
2020 38 KS GE 35 85 5 18 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 .212 .287 .224 .511 5.5 0.0
    AAA   32 33 3 13 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 3 .394 .444 .424 .869 5.8  
15 Years Sim 1983 6585 743 1939 305 12 136 832 13 0 401 384 .294 .340 .406 .746 866.2 187.4
5 Years AAA 477 1754 220 531 78 14 26 172 4 5 169 333 .303 .368 .408 .776 253.8  
1 Years AA 51 203 18 48 6 0 2 14 4 0 22 43 .236 .313 .296 .608 20.5  
4 Years A 492 1863 199 469 70 12 45 237 19 19 139 372 .252 .307 .375 .682 209.5  
10 Years Minors 1020 3820 437 1048 154 26 73 423 27 24 330 748 .274 .336 .386 .721 483.8  
162 Game Average 537 60 158 24 0 11 67 1 0 32 31 .294 .340 .406 .746 70.8  
Career Highs 159 619 79 191 40 3 22 95 5 0 48 98 .333 .366 .486 .852 87.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4715 531 1366 225 4 104 605 11 0 288 248 .290 .336 .405 .741 610.8
vs LH   1870 212 573 80 8 32 227 2 0 113 136 .306 .351 .409 .760 252.8
Home 988 3227 352 943 134 5 68 405 6 0 186 184 .292 .335 .400 .735 412.7
Away 995 3358 391 996 171 7 68 427 7 0 215 200 .297 .345 .412 .758 450.9
RISP   1550 0 508 85 3 27 654 0 0 140 88 .328 .380 .439 .818 247.3
Pinch Hitting   316 33 102 7 0 9 57 0 0 12 21 .323 .348 .430 .779 44.5
Close/Late   861 67 278 50 0 19 113 0 0 62 48 .323 .371 .447 .818 133.0
Mar/Apr 298 1031 111 291 39 0 15 117 3 0 79 74 .282 .341 .364 .705 124.5
May 344 1165 126 343 40 0 17 125 2 0 74 67 .294 .343 .373 .715 142.9
June 321 1075 131 339 54 2 26 135 4 0 52 44 .315 .352 .442 .793 154.6
July 297 973 113 284 51 3 28 155 1 0 60 65 .292 .333 .437 .770 135.6
August 342 1120 122 317 59 1 21 146 3 0 67 66 .283 .331 .394 .724 138.0
Sep/Oct 381 1221 140 365 62 6 29 154 0 0 69 68 .299 .341 .431 .771 167.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 MN GE RF 34 34 309.0 53 0 6 0 .898 1.54   0.5
2007 25 MN GE RF 146 145 1277.7 213 3 11 0 .952 1.52   2.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2008 26 MN GE RF 47 47 407.3 76 0 3 0 .962 1.68   0.6
    1B 36 25 234.7 262 15 2 22 .993 10.62   0.4
2009 27 MS FF 1B 8 8 84.4 103 7 1 8 .991 11.73   0.2
    LF 1 1 5.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.0
  KS GE 1B 138 131 1151.6 1405 93 11 116 .993 11.71   1.2
    LF 8 8 79.2 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.1
  TOT   1B 146 139 1236.0 1508 100 12 124 .993 11.71   1.4
      LF 9 9 85.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.27   0.1
2010 28 KS GE 1B 152 146 1279.7 1603 111 11 136 .994 12.05   1.7
2011 29 KS GE 1B 153 143 1308.3 1533 113 13 130 .992 11.32   2.3
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
2012 30 KS GE 1B 153 145 1304.7 1487 121 11 127 .993 11.09   2.1
2013 31 KS GE 1B 153 143 1280.7 1468 116 24 118 .985 11.13   1.7
2014 32 KS GE 1B 152 145 1307.7 1428 103 14 145 .991 10.54   1.0
2015 33 KS GE 1B 154 151 1328.0 1502 98 18 106 .989 10.84   2.3
2016 34 KS GE 1B 131 128 1124.7 1218 74 13 109 .990 10.34   1.5
    SS 1 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2017 35 KS GE 1B 44 36 317.7 367 26 1 25 .997 11.13   0.7
    RF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2018 36 KS GE 1B 43 37 305.0 351 22 1 30 .997 11.01   0.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2019 37 KS GE RF 68 68 566.0 107 3 9 0 .924 1.75   0.4
    1B 39 37 276.0 310 21 1 35 .997 10.79   0.4
    LF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
2020 38 KS GE 1B 24 20 168.0 176 17 2 21 .990 10.34   0.1
    RF 4 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  1B 1380 1295 11471.0 13213 937 123 1128 .991 11.10   16.0
  RF 301 300 2612.0 460 6 29 0 .941 1.61   3.6
  LF 11 10 94.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.1
  SS 4 1 19.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.75   0.1
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1698 1607 14208.6 13690 948 152 1128 .990 9.27   19.8
Career Highs   155 151 1328.0 1603 121 24 145 .997 12.05    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 24 MN GE 4 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .222 .188 .410
2014 32 KS GE 7 27 4 6 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 1 .222 .258 .407 .665
2015 33 KS GE 5 19 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .316 .364 .316 .679
2016 34 KS GE 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Career Post-Season Batting 20 76 7 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 6 5 .224 .271 .303 .573
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2007-7-.309
2009-10-.310
2010-10-.298
2011-5-.310
2013-9-.309
Games
2011-5-159
2013-6-158
2014-4-159
At-Bats
2007-3-619
2014-6-601
2015-9-581
Hits
2007-7-191
2009-9-172
2010-8-169
2011-2-180
2013-7-180
2014-6-171
Singles
2007-1-162
2010-6-124
2011-3-139
CAR-48-1486
Doubles
2009-8-34
2013-3-40
RBIs
2015-8-95
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 44th round, 1052nd overall pick, by Rhode Island Knights in 2000
Traded from Connecticut to Minnesota on 3/2/2002 (Going to Con: SS D. Cobb, 1B E. Miles. Going to Min: CF K. Varga, 1B J. Rojas)
Injured on 5/10/2004 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 8/24/2006, off Leandro Aranda (Was)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/2006, off Max Calderon (Cal)
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Traded from Minnesota to Mississippi on 3/3/2009 (Going to Min: CF Benny Powell. Going to Mis: 1B Jose Rojas)
Traded from Mississippi to Kansas on 4/17/2009 (Going to Kan: 1B Jose Rojas. Going to Mis: 3B Christopher Stormes)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Wisconsin on 6/4/2009
Named Kansas Storm MVP for the 2009 season
Named Kansas Storm MVP for the 2010 season
Named Kansas Storm MVP for the 2011 season
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Shared Kansas Storm Team MVP Award with Tobias Escobar for 2013 season
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/2014, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 8/14/2014
Shared Kansas Storm Team MVP Award with Tobias Escobar and Pierre Puente for 2014 season
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game