Rocky Colavito Position: RightfielderBats: Right • Throws: Right6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)Born: August 10, 1933 in New York, NY usHigh School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY)Debut: September 10, 1955 (11,299th in major league history)vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 28, 1968vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Rocco Domenico ColavitoPronunciation: \co-la-VEE-toh\View Player Info from the B-R BullpenView Player Bio from…
The Tigers, ahead 5 – 0, fail to score with two on in the 4th inning when the Yanks bring in Rocky Colavito to pitch. The 35-year-old slugger retires Al Kaline and Willie Horton and tosses 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. In Rocky’s only other appearance, in 1958, he also faced Kaline, and the victory by a non-pitcher will be the last this century. Bill Robinson and Bobby Cox crash successive homers to tie the score and, after a walk, Rocky comes around to score the winning run. In the 8th, Yankees reliever Lindy McDaniel ties the American League record for consecutive batters retired by setting down the first Tiger he faces, giving him 32 straight batters retired over four appearances. New York sweeps, winning 6 – 5 and then topping Mickey Lolich, 5 – 4. The four losses in New York leaves the Tigers just five games ahead of the Orioles.
The Indians trade Rocky Colavito again, this time to the White Sox for OF Jim King and a player to be named later.
7/6/1965: Rocky Colavito and Leon Wagner hit back-to-back homers to lead off the top of the fourth inning for the Indians. The homers came off Chicago’s Joe Horlen and the game was rained out.
On January 20, 1965, the Cleveland Indians re-acquire popular slugger Rocky Colavito from the Chicago White Sox in a three-way deal involving the Kansas City Athletics. In the deal, the White Sox send a player to be named later (pitcher Fred Talbot) and outfielders Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City in exchange for…
On November 18, 1963, the Detroit Tigers trade outfielder Rocky Colavito and pitcher Bob Anderson to the Kansas City A’s and a reported $50,000 for second baseman Jerry Lumpe and pitchers Dave Wickersham and Ed Rakow. Colavito will hit 34 home runs and drive in 102 runs for the A’s in 1964 and will be…
October 29, 1963 – Milwaukee Braves president John McHale confirmed that the Detroit Tigers had offered slugger Rocky Colavito to Milwaukee, possibly for Eddie Mathews, and that “we are interested.” The trade was never consummated. [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool stories about the game, players, ballparks and the people that shaped the…
Homers by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League, 9 – 4, in the second All-Star Game of 1962.
Frank ‘Trader’ Lane assumes the post as the Kansas City A’s general manager and executive vice president. The former GM of the Indians will be best remembered by Cleveland fans for his controversial trade last season of popular outfielder Rocky Colavito to the Tigers in exchange for Harvey Kuenn, a swap that gave rise to the Colavito Curse, believed to bring a series of misfortune events to the Tribe over many decades.
Pedro Ramos one-hits Detroit in the Senators’ 5-0 victory at Briggs Stadium. The Washington right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter is spoiled by Rocky Colavito’s lead-off single to centerfield in the eighth inning.