A's Brent Rooker Jokes He Would've Hit .300 If MLB Scorers Were Former Hitters

Oakland Athletics star slugger Brent Rooker joked Monday that he would have hit .300 if former MLB hitters scored games.

When asked if he can appeal calls, Rooker said the following:

Rooker still had a fantastic season, hitting .293 (.927 OPS) with 39 home runs and 112 RBI. The 2023 All-Star nearly achieved the .300 feat too, finding himself hitting .304 on Sept. 18. A four-game hitless slump dipped Rooker under .300, but that doesn't take away from a phenomenal year.

This was Rooker's second full season in the bigs. He showed off his power last year, too, smacking 30 home runs and knocking in 69 runners to go along with an .817 OPS.

Rooker hit .246 then and displayed serious improvement this year. It was an impressive season for Rooker, who bounced back after hitting just .206 going into May. But he rolled off some great months, including May (.330, .997 OPS) and July (.391, 1.288 OPS).

As for the .300 quest, Rooker would have need four more hits (164 total) in his 546 at-bats to get the job done this year. He reached on an error four times this season, so if those errors were called hits, that would have gotten the job done.

Rooker seems particularly concerned with a ninth-inning ground ball he hit at Astros third baseman Alex Bregman in a 3-0 loss on May 15 that was ruled an error.

Alas, former MLB hitters are not scorers, so Rooker will have to settle for .293.