What is Mike Roarke?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Mike Roarke |position=[[Catcher]] |image= Roake1988.jpg |caption=<small>Roarke as the Cardinals' [[coach (baseball)|pitching coach]], 1988</small> |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1930|11|8}} |birth_place=[[West Warwick, Rhode Island]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2019|7|27|1930|11|8}} |death_place=[[West Warwick, Rhode Island]] |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 19 |debutyear={{mlby|1961}} |debutteam=[[Detroit Tigers]] |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear={{mlby|1964}} |finalteam=[[Detroit Tigers]] |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.230 |stat2label=[[At bats]] |stat2value=491 |stat3label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat3value=113 |teams= *[[Detroit Tigers]] (1961–1964) }} '''Michael Thomas Roarke''' (November 8, 1930 – July 27, 2019) was an American [[catcher]] and [[coach (baseball)|coach]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He threw and batted right-handed. He stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|195|lb}}. Roarke played for the [[Detroit Tigers]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[San Diego Padres]]. Roarke died on July 27, 2019 in [[West Warwick, Rhode Island]] at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20190729/west-warwick-native-mike-roarke-former-mlb-player-and-coach-dies-at-88?fbclid=IwAR2jqoNlMA4ewEC5w2amjAXISH9DDnN9W3saPS_ut5I6h2q6jWMbvK_etHk West Warwick native Mike Roarke, former MLB player and coach, dies at 88]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Baseballstats|br=r/roarkmi01|cube=17196|brm=roarke001mic}}, or [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Proarm101.htm Retrosheet], or [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9e00e4ce SABR Biography Project] {{DEFAULTSORT:Roarke, Mike}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Korean War]] [[Category:Detroit Tigers players]] [[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]] [[Category:San Diego Padres players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Rhod