Dave Roberts
David Leonard Roberts
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: June 30, 1933 in Panama City, Panama (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1962
Final Game: May 11, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 HOU NL 29 OF 12 9 81.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -22.2 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 -1 2.00 1.50 .972 2.07 1.79
1962 HOU NL 29 LF 7 6 50.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -19.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -1 2.52 2.00 .964 1.82 1.37
1962 HOU NL 29 1B 6 2 29.0 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.31 5.00 .990 9.78 8.03
1962 HOU NL 29 RF 5 3 31.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -27.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.16 0.80 .975 1.89 1.64
1964 HOU NL 31 1B 34 26 238.1 295 263 27 5 18 .983 -0.3 -1.5 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 0 10.95 8.53 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 HOU NL 31 LF 4 4 36.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.2 40.0 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 2.75 2.75 .967 1.70 1.35
1964 HOU NL 31 OF 4 4 36.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.2 40.0 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 2.75 2.75 .975 2.00 1.72
1966 PIT NL 33 1B 2 2 17.0 20 17 2 1 2 .950 -0.3 -21.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0 10.06 9.50 .990 9.90 8.50
3 Seasons 1B 42 30 284.1 345 309 30 6 21 .983 -0.6 -2.5 -0.6 0.8 -1.3 0 10.73 8.07 .990 9.99 8.70
2 Seasons OF 16 13 117.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -0.3 -3.1 0.7 -0.6 1.3 -1 2.23 1.81 .973 2.05 1.78
2 Seasons LF 11 10 86.0 26 25 0 1 0 .962 0.4 5.6 1.4 -0.1 1.5 -1 2.62 2.27 .965 1.77 1.36
1 Season RF 5 3 31.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -27.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.16 0.80 .975 1.89 1.64
3 Seasons TOT 58 43 401.1 375 338 30 7 21 .981 -0.9 -2.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 -1 0 8.25 6.34 .970 7.67 6.79

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 HOU NL 29 16 11 16 16 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 4 1
1964 HOU NL 31 61 30 61 61 0 0 34 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 26 0
1966 PIT NL 33 14 2 14 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
3 Seasons 91 43 91 91 0 0 42 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 39 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 HOU NL 29 133 67% 73% 26% 5 100% 0 30 2 28 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1964 HOU NL 31 1041 58% 81% 29% 70 94% 0 261 11 248 3 31 26 20 3 0 0 5 1 4 0 3 18 2 0 0 16 2 2 0 2 8 100%
1966 PIT NL 33 76 61% 76% 29% 6 83% 0 18 2 15 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 1250 59% 80% 28% 81 94% 0 309 15 291 4 34 29 22 4 0 0 6 1 5 0 4 21 2 0 0 18 2 3 0 3 9 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 232 64% 76% 25% 23 65%
1964 HOU NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 142 65% 83% 30% 15 73%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 374 64% 79% 27% 38 68%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.3% 61% 77% 27% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 147 52% 76% 27% 10 40%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 147 52% 76% 27% 10 40%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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