Brian Roberts
Brian Michael Roberts
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 9, 1977 in Durham, NC
High School: Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Schools: University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2001
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 23 BAL AL 75 292 273 42 69 12 3 2 17 12 3 13 36 .253 .284 .341 .624 68 93 3 0 3 3 0 64/D
2002 24 BAL AL 38 149 128 18 29 6 0 1 11 9 2 15 21 .227 .308 .297 .605 66 38 3 1 3 2 0 4/D
2003 25 BAL AL 112 512 460 65 124 22 4 5 41 23 6 46 58 .270 .337 .367 .704 87 169 9 1 4 1 1 4/D6
2004 26 BAL AL 159 734 641 107 175 50 2 4 53 29 12 71 95 .273 .344 .376 .720 90 241 3 1 15 6 1 *4/D
2005 27 BAL AL 143 640 561 92 176 45 7 18 73 27 10 67 83 .314 .387 .515 .903 139 289 6 3 5 4 5 *4 AS,MVP-18
2006 28 BAL AL 138 629 563 85 161 34 3 10 55 36 7 55 66 .286 .347 .410 .757 96 231 16 0 6 5 4 *4/D
2007 29 BAL AL 156 716 621 103 180 42 5 12 57 50 7 89 99 .290 .377 .432 .808 112 268 8 0 2 4 6 *4 AS
2008 30 BAL AL 155 704 611 107 181 51 8 9 57 40 10 82 104 .296 .378 .450 .828 118 275 8 2 3 6 3 *4
2009 31 BAL AL 159 717 632 110 179 56 1 16 79 30 7 74 112 .283 .356 .451 .807 111 285 7 2 1 8 3 *4
9 Seasons 1135 5093 4490 729 1274 318 33 77 443 256 64 512 674 .284 .356 .421 .776 105 1889 63 10 42 39 23
162 Game Avg. 162 727 641 104 182 45 5 11 63 37 9 73 96 .284 .356 .421 .776 105 270 9 1 6 6 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 23 BAL AL 292 216 28 3.5 103 .282 .253 .261 .284 .327 .341 .420 .624 .747 68 .334 -12.7 -1.2 .548 .168 .088 3.4
2002 24 BAL AL 149 109 13 3.2 101 .259 .227 .258 .308 .325 .297 .416 .605 .740 66 .310 -5.4 -0.5 .587 .242 .070 1.8
2003 25 BAL AL 512 356 60 4.5 106 .299 .270 .267 .337 .333 .367 .427 .704 .759 87 .449 -8.2 -0.8 .664 .235 .098 8.2
2004 26 BAL AL 734 502 90 4.8 108 .312 .273 .268 .344 .336 .376 .430 .720 .766 90 .465 -6.5 -0.6 .686 .240 .103 7.0
2005 27 BAL AL 640 410 117 7.6 104 .341 .314 .267 .387 .330 .515 .423 .903 .753 139 .692 33.7 3.2 .938 .351 .201 21.6
2006 28 BAL AL 629 436 82 5.0 110 .307 .286 .274 .347 .339 .410 .436 .757 .775 96 .482 -1.9 -0.2 .741 .274 .124 15.7
2007 29 BAL AL 716 462 113 6.5 108 .327 .290 .272 .377 .340 .432 .426 .808 .765 112 .615 13.9 1.3 .877 .354 .142 19.4
2008 30 BAL AL 704 457 113 6.6 106 .341 .296 .269 .378 .337 .450 .423 .828 .760 118 .628 19.4 1.8 .868 .337 .154 14.7
2009 31 BAL AL 717 476 109 6.1 108 .318 .283 .267 .356 .336 .451 .429 .807 .765 111 .585 13.1 1.2 .822 .321 .168 20.9
9 Seasons 5093 3424 725 5.7 107 .317 .284 .268 .356 .335 .421 .427 .776 .762 105 .551 45.3 4.2 .779 .294 .137 118.4
162 Game Avg. 727 489 103 5.7 107 .317 .284 .268 .356 .335 .421 .427 .776 .762 105 .551 6 1 .779 .294 .137 17

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 BAL AL 27 as 2B 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BAL AL 29 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 23 BAL AL 292 0.7% 12.3% 4.5% 5.8% 25% 2.77 7.6 136.5 16.1 0.65 0.99 82% 33% 1.6% 10%
2002 24 BAL AL 149 0.7% 14.1% 10.1% 4.7% 24% 1.40 6.1 128.0 11.6 0.49 0.65 72% 22% 1.7% 15%
2003 25 BAL AL 512 1.0% 11.3% 9.0% 6.1% 25% 1.26 7.9 92.0 11.2 0.80 0.97 78% 21% 2.5% 8%
2004 26 BAL AL 734 0.5% 12.9% 9.7% 7.6% 32% 1.34 6.7 160.3 12.1 0.65 0.83 75% 21% 1.3% 7%
2005 27 BAL AL 640 2.8% 13.0% 10.5% 10.9% 40% 1.24 6.8 31.2 7.7 0.54 0.68 73% 24% 6.4% 8%
2006 28 BAL AL 629 1.6% 10.5% 8.7% 7.5% 29% 1.20 8.5 56.3 10.2 0.75 1.00 78% 21% 3.7% 6%
2007 29 BAL AL 716 1.7% 13.8% 12.4% 8.2% 33% 1.11 6.3 51.8 10.9 0.57 0.69 72% 19% 3.8% 6%
2008 30 BAL AL 704 1.3% 14.8% 11.7% 9.7% 38% 1.27 5.9 67.9 10.7 0.67 0.80 72% 22% 3.2% 8%
2009 31 BAL AL 717 2.2% 15.6% 10.3% 10.2% 41% 1.51 5.6 39.5 8.0 0.59 0.71 71% 22% 5.4% 9%
9 Seasons 5093 1.5% 13.2% 10.1% 8.4% 34% 1.32 6.7 58.3 10.1 0.64 0.81 74% 22% 3.6% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 BAL AL 1 0 50% 93 12 3 80% 12 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 11 48% 13 9 3 4 1 3 12 4 8
2002 24 BAL AL 1 0 39% 59 9 2 82% 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 60% 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
2003 25 BAL AL 3 0 36% 238 23 6 79% 19 6 4 0 0 0 5 4 5 17 52% 36 21 15 7 3 4 20 6 14
2004 26 BAL AL 12 2 42% 307 29 12 71% 23 11 6 1 0 0 8 5 11 24 42% 51 35 15 11 6 4 31 10 20
2005 27 BAL AL 5 0 33% 264 27 10 73% 18 9 9 1 0 0 8 4 6 13 31% 40 31 9 10 6 4 20 9 9
2006 28 BAL AL 7 1 36% 208 36 7 84% 24 7 12 0 0 0 7 2 7 19 54% 29 18 11 2 2 0 30 8 22
2007 29 BAL AL 2 0 35% 273 50 7 88% 31 6 19 1 0 0 7 3 9 13 42% 34 24 9 15 9 6 27 10 17
2008 30 BAL AL 8 0 38% 291 40 10 80% 31 7 9 3 0 0 8 4 7 14 50% 30 19 11 15 8 6 31 9 21
2009 31 BAL AL 4 0 39% 275 30 7 81% 16 7 14 0 0 0 5 1 9 23 34% 37 27 9 16 10 6 23 11 11
9 Seasons 43 3 38% 2008 256 64 80% 181 56 75 8 0 0 54 26 57 139 44% 276 187 85 81 46 33 197 67 125
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 23 BAL AL 292 100% 69 3 1 9 1 0 0 0.62 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 75% 42 3 7% 30 10 33% 137 15 11% 14 7 50% 14 3 21% 0
2002 24 BAL AL 149 100% 29 3 1 4 1 0 0 1.53 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 24 3 13% 20 8 40% 81 10 12% 5 4 80% 9 2 22% 0
2003 25 BAL AL 512 100% 124 11 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 9 3 2 3 2 0 9 4 44% 64 9 14% 29 14 48% 237 36 15% 22 11 50% 21 5 24% 0
2004 26 BAL AL 736 100% 175 17 6 2 0 0 1 3.98 4 1 21 4 0 0 4 0 19 15 79% 115 3 3% 54 26 48% 380 52 14% 34 16 47% 34 17 50% 0
2005 27 BAL AL 640 100% 176 9 2 3 1 0 0 1.90 18 0 16 13 5 9 9 0 5 5 100% 104 6 6% 43 14 33% 335 56 17% 31 16 52% 23 11 48% 0
2006 28 BAL AL 630 100% 161 6 0 2 0 0 0 1.11 10 0 16 9 1 6 4 0 6 6 100% 111 16 14% 50 19 38% 348 48 14% 34 18 53% 31 13 42% 0
2007 29 BAL AL 716 100% 180 13 1 4 2 0 0 1.87 12 0 10 11 1 6 6 0 5 2 40% 95 8 8% 40 12 30% 366 46 13% 30 11 37% 44 20 45% 0
2008 30 BAL AL 704 100% 181 12 1 3 0 0 0 1.68 9 0 8 7 2 6 3 0 4 3 75% 97 8 8% 44 20 45% 307 51 17% 28 16 57% 24 9 38% 0
2009 31 BAL AL 717 100% 179 11 3 4 0 0 0 1.62 16 2 22 15 1 4 12 0 2 1 50% 110 7 6% 44 14 32% 372 67 18% 48 31 65% 33 17 52% 0
9 Seasons 5096 100% 1274 85 18 31 5 0 1 1.50 77 5 111 64 13 35 42 0 58 42 72% 762 63 8% 354 137 39% 2563 381 15% 246 130 53% 233 97 42% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 BAL AL 292 1110 3.80 724 65% 28% 9% 29% 34% 72% 0% 47% 87% 29% 2% 5 0 15% 43 19 9% 25 12 22% 0 0 0
2002 24 BAL AL 149 571 3.83 360 63% 36% 7% 25% 31% 64% 0% 40% 89% 21% 5% 8 0 14% 21 5 9% 13 3 48% 0 0 0
2003 25 BAL AL 512 2011 3.93 1247 62% 36% 5% 26% 33% 64% 1% 39% 93% 20% 4% 23 0 16% 83 20 11% 54 21 52% 0 0 0
2004 26 BAL AL 736 2906 3.95 1825 63% 31% 7% 31% 31% 69% 0% 43% 90% 23% 4% 28 0 14% 102 35 8% 57 21 37% 0 0 2
2005 27 BAL AL 640 2357 3.68 1502 64% 25% 9% 33% 32% 75% 2% 48% 88% 34% 5% 29 1 13% 83 37 9% 58 30 33% 0 0 0
2006 28 BAL AL 630 2418 3.84 1528 63% 27% 6% 33% 33% 73% 1% 46% 91% 25% 5% 29 0 12% 74 31 8% 49 22 35% 0 0 1
2007 29 BAL AL 716 3003 4.19 1810 60% 31% 8% 32% 29% 69% 2% 42% 88% 25% 6% 42 1 16% 113 37 13% 92 33 36% 0 0 0
2008 30 BAL AL 704 2838 4.03 1706 60% 32% 9% 28% 30% 68% 1% 41% 86% 25% 6% 39 0 19% 131 48 13% 90 42 29% 0 0 0
2009 31 BAL AL 717 2901 4.05 1772 61% 31% 8% 31% 30% 69% 1% 42% 88% 21% 6% 41 0 17% 120 48 12% 89 50 29% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5096 20115 3.95 12474 62% 30% 8% 31% 31% 70% 1% 43% 89% 25% 5% 244 2 15% 770 280 10% 527 234 34% 0 0 3
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 75 292 273 42 69 12 3 2 17 12 3 13 36 .253 .284 .341 .624 68 93 3 0 3 3 0
2002 24 113 441 401 60 98 18 3 3 28 21 5 28 57 .244 .292 .327 .619 68 131 6 1 6 5 0
2003 25 225 953 861 125 222 40 7 8 69 44 11 74 115 .258 .316 .348 .664 78 300 15 2 10 6 1
2004 26 384 1687 1502 232 397 90 9 12 122 73 23 145 210 .264 .328 .360 .688 83 541 18 3 25 12 2
2005 27 527 2327 2063 324 573 135 16 30 195 100 33 212 293 .278 .344 .402 .747 98 830 24 6 30 16 7
2006 28 665 2956 2626 409 734 169 19 40 250 136 40 267 359 .280 .345 .404 .749 98 1061 40 6 36 21 11
2007 29 821 3672 3247 512 914 211 24 52 307 186 47 356 458 .281 .351 .409 .760 101 1329 48 6 38 25 17
2008 30 976 4376 3858 619 1095 262 32 61 364 226 57 438 562 .284 .355 .416 .771 104 1604 56 8 41 31 20
2009 31 1135 5093 4490 729 1274 318 33 77 443 256 64 512 674 .284 .356 .421 .776 105 1889 63 10 42 39 23

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 75 291 275 43 71 12 3 2 17 12 13 36 .258 .289 .345 .634 28 75
2002 24 38 151 131 19 32 7 0 1 12 10 17 21 .244 .331 .321 .652 14 38
2003 25 112 511 462 63 126 22 4 5 40 23 47 58 .273 .341 .370 .711 58 112
2004 26 159 726 646 103 180 51 2 4 51 30 73 95 .279 .350 .382 .732 87 159
2005 27 143 642 566 92 181 46 7 19 73 28 69 83 .320 .394 .527 .921 117 143
2006 28 138 620 561 81 159 34 3 10 53 36 54 66 .283 .344 .408 .752 79 138
2007 29 156 724 628 98 187 44 5 12 54 52 92 99 .298 .385 .441 .826 108 156
2008 30 155 710 617 104 187 53 8 9 56 41 85 104 .303 .386 .459 .845 110 155
2009 31 159 722 636 107 183 57 1 16 77 31 76 112 .288 .361 .456 .817 106 159
9 Seasons 1135 5097 4522 710 1306 326 33 78 433 263 526 674 .289 .361 .427 .789 707 1135
162 Game Avg. 162 728 645 101 186 47 5 11 62 38 75 96 .289 .361 .427 .789 101 1135

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 (2B)
2007 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-AL-18-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL--.314--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL--.387--8th
2008 AL--.378--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2005 AL--.903--10th

Games Played s c a p y
2004 AL--159--5th
2009 AL--159--7th

At Bats s c a p y
2004 AL--641--5th
2007 AL--621--9th
2009 AL--632--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2004 AL--734--3rd
2007 AL--716--3rd
2008 AL--704--9th
2009 AL--717--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL--107--3rd
2009 AL--110--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
2004 AL--50--1st
2005 AL--45--2nd
2007 AL--42--8th
2008 AL--51--2nd
2009 AL--56--1st
Active--318--50th

Triples s c a p y
2005 AL--7--6th
2008 AL--8--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL--89--9th
2008 AL--82--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2003 AL--23--8th
2004 AL--29--4th
2005 AL--27--7th
2006 AL--36--6th
2007 AL--50--1st
2008 AL--40--4th
2009 AL--30--8th
Active--256--20th
Career--256--211th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2005 AL--139--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 AL--117--10th
2008 AL--113--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2005 AL--34--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2005 AL--3.2--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 AL--70--10th
2009 AL--73--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
2007 AL--269--7th
2008 AL--265--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 AL--.692--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 AL--15--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL--8--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2004 AL--12--5th
2005 AL--10--5th
2008 AL--10--6th
Active--64--28th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 AL--21.6--5th
2009 AL--20.9--6th
Active--118.4--48th

Outs Made s c a p y
2004 AL--502--1st
2007 AL--462--10th
2009 AL--476--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (324), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (546), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (551), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Julio Lugo (929)
  2. Bobby Avila (924)
  3. Todd Walker (919)
  4. Rafael Furcal (914)
  5. Ron Belliard (913)
  6. Adam Kennedy (912)
  7. Jack Clements (910)
  8. Carlos Guillen (908)
  9. Mike Lansing (907)
  10. Bill Mueller (905)
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  1. Orlando Cabrera (920)
  2. Barry Larkin (920)
  3. Rafael Furcal (914)
  4. Placido Polanco (911)
  5. Lonny Frey (910)
  6. Julio Franco (907)
  7. Jimmie Dykes (906)
  8. Craig Biggio (901)
  9. Red Kress (901)
  10. Gil McDougald (901)
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  1. Nelson Liriano (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Shugart (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Adam Kennedy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adam Kennedy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Julio Lugo (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lonny Frey (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Orlando Cabrera (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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