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b. March 5, 1941 · Milwaukee Braves 1961, 1964, California Angels 1965, Cleveland Indians 1965, Kansas City Athletics 1966–1967, Oakland Athletics 1968–1969, Milwaukee Brewers 1970–1971, Minnesota Twins 1971–1976, Chicago White Sox 1976, Toronto Blue Jays 1977

Roof's strongest power season came with Milwaukee in 1970. He hit 13 home runs, scored 39 runs and collected 73 hits across 110 games. His largest workload had come four years earlier with Kansas City, when he played 127 games and drove in a career-high 44.

Fifteen seasons gave him 463 hits, 69 doubles, 43 home runs, 210 runs batted in and a .215 average across 857 games. He caught 835 of them and appeared only three times at another position, all at first base.

Roof made two brief appearances for the Milwaukee Braves before moving from California to Cleveland during 1965. He then followed the Athletics from Kansas City to Oakland and later played for the Brewers and Twins. Four games for the White Sox in 1976 and three for expansion Toronto in 1977 closed a career spanning nine club identities.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1961	MLN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1964	MLN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1965	CAL/CLE	52	74	4	12	1	0	0	3	5	19	0	.162
1966	KCA	127	369	33	77	14	3	7	44	37	95	2	.209
1967	KCA	114	327	23	67	14	5	6	24	23	85	4	.205
1968	OAK	34	64	5	12	0	0	1	2	2	15	1	.188
1969	OAK	106	247	19	58	6	1	2	19	33	55	1	.235
1970	MIL	110	321	39	73	7	1	13	37	32	72	3	.227
1971	MIL/MIN	72	201	12	43	6	1	1	16	16	46	0	.214
1972	MIN	61	146	16	30	11	1	3	12	6	27	0	.205
1973	MIN	47	117	10	23	4	1	1	15	13	27	0	.197
1974	MIN	44	97	10	19	1	0	2	13	6	24	0	.196
1975	MIN	63	126	18	38	2	0	7	21	9	28	0	.302
1976	CHW/MIN	22	55	1	11	3	0	0	4	2	9	0	.200
1977	TOR	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Career	—	857	2151	190	463	69	13	43	210	184	504	11	.215

On this day & linked events

1941

Born March 5, 1941

Paducah, KY, USA

1961

Major-league debut: Phil Roof

Phil Roof made a major-league debut on April 29, 1961.

1977

Final major-league game: Phil Roof

Phil Roof played a final major-league game on May 30, 1977.

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