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Brian Roberts

Brian Michael Roberts (twitter: @1brianroberts)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 9, 1977 in Durham, NC
High School: Chapel Hill HS (Chapel Hill, NC)
Schools: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
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 (Age 23)
Team: Orioles 2001-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$40M (10-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.131, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Mark Pieper [*]
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #459. Harry Davis… #460. Darin Erstad… #461. Max Bishop… #462. BRIAN ROBERTS… #463. Bill Skowron… #464. Gary Matthews… #465. Ryan Klesko… 

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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 159 736 641 107 175 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 138 630 563 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 .807 110 285 7 2 1 8 3 *4
2010 32 BAL AL 59 261 230 28 64 14 0 4 15 12 2 26 40 .278 .354 .391 .745 105 90 2 2 1 2 1 4
2011 33 BAL AL 39 178 163 18 36 7 1 3 19 6 1 12 21 .221 .273 .331 .604 64 54 4 0 2 1 0 4
2012 34 BAL AL 17 74 66 2 12 0 0 0 5 1 1 5 12 .182 .233 .182 .415 16 12 0 0 1 2 0 4
12 Yrs 1250 5609 4949 777 1386 339 34 84 482 275 68 555 747 .280 .351 .413 .764 102 2045 69 12 46 44 24
162 Game Avg. 162 727 641 101 180 44 4 11 62 36 9 72 97 .280 .351 .413 .764 102 265 9 2 6 6 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 23 BAL AL 75 292 -14 2 0 -6 2 -15 -1.4 10 -5 -0.5 .480 .491 0.1 -0.3 0 64/D
2002 24 BAL AL 38 149 -6 1 0 2 -0 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .491 .498 0.0 0.2 -0 4/D
2003 25 BAL AL 112 512 -8 2 1 11 2 8 1.0 17 25 2.5 .507 .505 1.4 1.4 14 4/D6
2004 26 BAL AL 159 736 -3 -1 2 -3 2 -3 -0.0 24 21 2.2 .498 .498 2.4 0.1 24 $345,000 *4/D
2005 27 BAL AL 143 640 32 -1 2 15 3 50 5.1 22 72 7.0 .535 .531 5.5 1.9 57 $390,000 *4 AS,MVP-18
2006 28 BAL AL 138 630 -0 3 -2 8 2 11 1.2 22 32 3.1 .508 .507 2.4 1.1 24 $3,075,000 *4/D
2007 29 BAL AL 156 716 10 3 1 0 3 17 1.8 24 41 4.0 .511 .510 4.0 0.4 41 $4,200,000 *4 AS
2008 30 BAL AL 155 704 20 2 1 0 3 26 2.9 24 50 5.0 .516 .516 4.9 0.5 50 $6,300,000 *4
2009 31 BAL AL 159 717 8 0 0 -8 3 4 0.6 24 28 2.7 .502 .502 3.5 -0.4 36 $8,000,000 *4
2010 32 BAL AL 59 261 1 0 1 -1 1 2 0.3 9 11 1.1 .504 .501 1.2 0.1 12 $10,000,000 4
2011 33 BAL AL 39 178 -9 2 -0 1 1 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .486 .497 0.0 0.2 0 $10,000,000 4
2012 34 BAL AL 17 74 -7 -0 0 -6 0 -13 -1.4 2 -10 -1.1 .420 .492 -0.5 -0.6 -4 $10,000,000 4
12 Seasons 1250 5609 24 13 6 13 22 78 9.4 189 267 26.3 .506 .504 24.9 4.7 254 $52,310,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 BAL AL 23 SS 51 48 44 413.0 229 84 131 14 25 .939 -6 -19 4.69 4.22 .973 4.49 4.45
2001 BAL AL 23 2B 12 7 6 81.0 40 13 25 2 6 .950 1 12 4.22 3.17 .981 4.86 4.82
2001 BAL AL 23 DH 7 6
2002 BAL AL 24 2B 25 25 24 222.1 126 43 80 3 19 .976 2 10 4.98 4.92 .979 4.89 4.84
2002 BAL AL 24 DH 8 7
2003 BAL AL 25 2B 107 105 100 925.0 529 198 324 7 68 .987 4 13 5 17 5.08 4.88 .982 4.94 4.89
2003 BAL AL 25 DH 4 3
2003 BAL AL 25 SS 2 2 1 16.0 11 1 8 2 1 .818 -1 -2 -52 -150 5.06 4.50 .971 4.56 4.50
2004 BAL AL 26 2B 150 148 145 1322.1 669 235 426 8 92 .988 -6 -3 -6 -3 4.50 4.41 .982 4.95 4.91
2004 BAL AL 26 DH 6 5
2005 BAL AL 27 2B 141 138 133 1208.0 659 238 413 8 93 .988 -5 15 -5 15 4.85 4.62 .983 4.96 4.90 AS,MVP-18
2006 BAL AL 28 2B 137 135 128 1167.2 598 214 375 9 98 .985 3 8 3 8 4.54 4.30 .986 4.92 4.85
2006 BAL AL 28 DH 1 0
2007 BAL AL 29 2B 154 151 141 1329.2 742 278 457 7 110 .991 4 0 4 0 4.97 4.77 .985 4.98 4.92 AS
2008 BAL AL 30 2B 154 151 138 1320.0 738 289 441 8 110 .989 -10 0 -9 0 4.98 4.74 .987 5.01 4.96
2009 BAL AL 31 2B 158 155 143 1340.2 692 249 432 11 106 .984 -14 -8 -13 -7 4.57 4.31 .986 4.76 4.70
2010 BAL AL 32 2B 59 58 52 498.1 235 86 146 3 38 .987 -3 -1 -7 -2 4.19 3.93 .984 4.80 4.75
2011 BAL AL 33 2B 39 39 34 347.0 191 65 123 3 24 .984 -2 1 -7 3 4.88 4.82 .984 4.76 4.73
2012 BAL AL 34 2B 17 17 17 149.0 79 30 48 1 9 .987 -3 -6 -25 -48 4.71 4.59 .983 4.63 4.60
12 Seasons 2B 1153 1129 1061 9911.0 5298 1938 3290 70 773 .987 -29 19 -4 2 4.75 4.53 .984 4.91 4.86
2 Seasons SS 53 50 45 429.0 240 85 139 16 26 .933 -7 -2 -20 -150 4.70 4.23 .973 4.49 4.45
12 Seasons TOT 1206 1179 1106 10340.0 5538 2023 3429 86 799 .984 -36 17 -4 2 4.75 4.52 .984 4.89 4.84
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1521st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 AL  7.0 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  7.0 (2nd)
Active  26.3 (48th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.5 (6th)
2008 AL  4.9 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  1.9 (6th)

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)
Active  4,949 (46th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2004 AL  736 (3rd)
2007 AL  716 (3rd)
2008 AL  704 (9th)
2009 AL  717 (3rd)
Active  5,609 (45th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL  107 (3rd)
2009 AL  110 (3rd)
Active  777 (45th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,386 (48th)

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  339 (35th)

Triples s c a p y
2005 AL  7 (6th)
2008 AL  8 (4th)
Active  34 (42nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  89 (9th)
2008 AL  82 (8th)
Active  555 (39th)

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  275 (16th)
Career  275 (185th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  929 (43rd)

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)
Active  1,953 (45th)

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  68 (20th)

SB % s c a p y
2006 AL  83.72 (7th)
2007 AL  87.72 (5th)
Active  80.18 (25th)
Career  80.18 (48th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 AL  21.6 (5th)
2009 AL  20.9 (6th)
Active  128.7 (38th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.6 (45th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2004 AL  502 (1st)
2007 AL  462 (10th)
2009 AL  476 (8th)
Active  3,790 (50th)

Assists† s c a p y
2007 AL  457 (4th)
2009 AL  432 (4th)
Active  3,429 (19th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2004 AL  150 (2nd)
2005 AL  141 (2nd)
2006 AL  137 (4th)
2007 AL  154 (3rd)
2008 AL  154 (3rd)
2009 AL  158 (2nd)
Active  1,153 (6th)
Career  1,153 (89th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2005 AL  238 (5th)
2008 AL  289 (4th)
2009 AL  249 (5th)
Active  1,938 (9th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2004 AL  426 (3rd)
2005 AL  413 (2nd)
2006 AL  375 (5th)
2007 AL  457 (4th)
2008 AL  441 (4th)
2009 AL  432 (4th)
Active  3,290 (5th)
Career  3,290 (84th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2006 AL  9 (4th)
2009 AL  11 (4th)
Active  70 (9th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
2004 AL  92 (2nd)
2005 AL  93 (3rd)
2006 AL  98 (3rd)
2007 AL  110 (3rd)
2008 AL  110 (2nd)
2009 AL  106 (3rd)
Active  773 (4th)
Career  773 (67th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
Active  4.75 (19th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
Active  4.53 (15th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2003 AL  .987 (5th)
2004 AL  .988 (4th)
2007 AL  .991 (4th)
Active  .987 (8th)
Career  .987 (18th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (559), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (571), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (511), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (59th), 26.3 career WAR/26.5 7yr-peak WAR/26.4 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Orlando Hudson (919)
  2. Bobby Avila (919)
  3. Ronnie Belliard (914)
  4. Bill Doran (908)
  5. Mariano Duncan (898)
  6. Todd Walker (894)
  7. Carlos Guillen (893)
  8. Mark Ellis (893)
  9. Gil McDougald (893)
  10. Red Kress (891)
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  2. Ronnie Belliard (915)
  3. Bill Doran (910)
  4. Adam Kennedy (902)
  5. Bobby Avila (902)
  6. Eric Young (900)
  7. Lonny Frey (898)
  8. Mark Grudzielanek (898)
  9. Mariano Duncan (898)
  10. Todd Walker (894)
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  2. Sam Bohne (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Adam Kennedy (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adam Kennedy (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Adam Kennedy (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Dunlap (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Placido Polanco (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Dykes (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Orlando Hudson (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Orlando Hudson (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1999.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200426Baltimore Orioles$345,0004/7/04 AP
200527Baltimore Orioles$390,000
200628Baltimore Orioles$3,075,000
200729Baltimore Orioles$4,200,000
200830Baltimore Orioles$6,300,000
200931Baltimore Orioles$8,000,000
201032Baltimore Orioles$10,000,000
201133Baltimore Orioles$10,000,000
201234Baltimore Orioles$10,000,000contracts
201335Baltimore Orioles$10,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$52,310,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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