Cookie Rojas

Second base 1962–1977 5× All-Star

1,660H

54HR

.263AVG

593RBI

.643OPS

Cookie Rojas, born in Havana, Cuba, played 16 seasons (1962–1977) primarily as a second baseman, mostly with the Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals. He collected 1,660 hits and 54 home runs with a .263 batting average, ranking 10th in hits among Cuban-born players. He was selected to 5 All-Star games.

Born: March 6, 1939 · Havana, Cuba · 181 major leaguers from Havana
Bats / Throws: R / R
Teams: Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1962	Cincinnati Reds	39	86	9	19	2	0	0	6	1	9	4	.221
1963	Philadelphia Phillies	64	77	18	17	0	1	1	2	4	3	8	.221
1964	Philadelphia Phillies	109	340	58	99	19	5	2	31	1	22	17	.291
1965	Philadelphia Phillies	142	521	78	158	25	3	3	42	5	42	33	.303
1966	Philadelphia Phillies	156	626	77	168	18	1	6	55	4	35	46	.268
1967	Philadelphia Phillies	147	528	60	137	21	2	4	45	8	30	58	.259
1968	Philadelphia Phillies	152	621	53	144	19	0	9	48	4	16	55	.232
1969	Philadelphia Phillies	110	391	35	89	11	1	4	30	1	23	28	.228
1970	St. Louis Cardinals / Kansas City Royals	121	431	38	105	13	3	2	30	3	23	33	.244
1971	Kansas City Royals	115	414	56	124	22	2	6	59	8	39	35	.300
1972	Kansas City Royals	137	487	49	127	25	0	3	53	2	41	35	.261
1973	Kansas City Royals	139	551	77	152	29	3	6	69	18	37	38	.276
1974	Kansas City Royals	144	542	52	147	17	1	6	60	8	30	43	.271
1975	Kansas City Royals	120	406	34	103	18	2	2	37	4	30	24	.254
1976	Kansas City Royals	63	132	11	32	6	0	0	16	2	8	15	.242
1977	Kansas City Royals	64	156	8	39	9	1	0	10	1	8	17	.250
Career		1,822	6,309	713	1,660	254	25	54	593	74	396	489	.263

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	BB
1967	Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

More Cuban second basemen of his era

Tony Taylor1958–1976 · 2,007 H, 75 HR Tito Fuentes1965–1978 · 1,491 H, 45 HR Chico Ruiz1964–1971 · 276 H, 2 HR Jose Martinez1969–1970 · 46 H, 1 HR