Bill Rotes vs. Kenny Rogers — Career Comparison

Bill Rotes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kenny Rogers
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Kenny Rogers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Rotes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kenny Rogers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.419 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Kenny Rogers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Rotes and Kenny Rogers

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.08
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.13
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.29
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.6
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.43
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.4
58.4
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
62.2
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.02
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1568
4.27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9908
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3302.2
9
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3457
9.42
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
0.92
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
3.92
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1175
3.2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.14
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1968
5.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.22
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.35
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14280
38.91
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.36
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1739
4.74
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.26
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.25
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
0.95
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12792
34.86
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.91
38.91

Fielding Stats for Bill Rotes and Kenny Rogers

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.18
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.08
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.29
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9908
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3302.2
9
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.7
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.54
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.02
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.01
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
2.85
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.72
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
2.73
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.29
85.29
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.2
62.2
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.18
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Rotes and Kenny Rogers

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
6104
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
600
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
75
600
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
538.46
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
66
528
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
56
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.69
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.08
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
27.84
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
19.02
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
107.69
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
96
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
130.77
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
104
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.15
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
100
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
20.53
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.21
9.71
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
26
200
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
200
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
Kenny Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100