John Roseboro

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: May 13, 1933 in Ashland, OH us

Died: August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Ashland HS (Ashland, OH)

Debut: June 14, 1957 (Age 24-032d, 11,448th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1970 (Age 37-090d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: John Junior Roseboro

Nicknames: Gabby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

4847

1206

104

.249

512

RBI

548

OBP

.326

SLG

.371

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	2	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 17	MIN		WSA	W,13-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	MIN		WSA	L,6-7	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 20	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
9	9	Apr 21	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 22	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	13	Apr 26	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	14	Apr 27	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 28	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 29	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
17	17	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	May 2	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
20	20	May 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	22 (1)	May 5	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	23	May 6	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
23	26 (2)	May 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
24	28 (1)	May 10 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	29	May 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	30	May 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
27	31	May 14	MIN		OAK	L,8-13	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	32	May 16	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	33	May 19 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
30	35 (1)	May 20	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	36	May 21	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	38 (1)	May 24	MIN		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	39	May 25	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	40	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	41	May 27	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	42	May 28	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	43	May 29	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	46 (2)	Jun 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	48 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
40	49	Jun 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	50	Jun 4	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
43	53 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	54	Jun 7 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
45	57 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	11	2	0	13	1	C
46	59 (1)	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	C
47	60	Jun 14	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	61	Jun 15	MIN		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	62	Jun 16	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	63	Jun 17	MIN		WSA	W,4-1	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	67 (3)	Jun 22	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
52	68	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	72	Jun 29	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	75 (2)	Jul 2	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	76	Jul 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	77	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	78	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	80 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	81	Jul 7 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	82	Jul 11	MIN		DET	W,5-4	GS	20	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	84 (1)	Jul 13	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	61	14.0	16	2	0	18	0	C
65	85	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	86	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	87	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	W,12-3	GS	23	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
68	88	Jul 17	MIN		BOS	L,5-6	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
69	89	Jul 18	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	90	Jul 19	MIN		OAK	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	92 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	94 (1)	Jul 22	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	95	Jul 23 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
74	97 (1)	Jul 24	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	98	Jul 26	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	99	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
77	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	101	Jul 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	102	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	103	Aug 1	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	104	Aug 2	MIN		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
82	105	Aug 3	MIN		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	106	Aug 4	MIN		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	107	Aug 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
85	109 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	110	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-10	GS	25	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	111	Aug 9	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
88	113 (1)	Aug 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	114	Aug 12	MIN		WSA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	115	Aug 13	MIN		WSA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
91	117 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	118	Aug 15 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
93	119	Aug 16	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
94	121 (1)	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	122	Aug 19	MIN		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
96	123	Aug 20	MIN		NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	125 (1)	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	126	Aug 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	128 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
101	130	Aug 26 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
102	132 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
103	135 (2)	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
104	136	Aug 30	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	138 (1)	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	139	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
107	140	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	141	Sep 4	MIN		BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	142	Sep 6	MIN	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	146 (3)	Sep 10	MIN		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
111	151 (4)	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
112	153 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
113	154	Sep 20	MIN		OAK	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	155	Sep 21	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
115	160 (4)	Sep 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
116	162 (1)	Sep 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
							117gm		917.2	689	52	7	748	5