Dave Roberts
David Arthur Roberts
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 11, 1944 in Gallipolis, OH
High School: Central (Columbus, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1969
Final Game: May 16, 1981
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 SDP NL 24 P 22 5 48.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.59 0.64 .957 1.96 0.78
1970 SDP NL 25 P 43 21 181.2 35 5 29 1 3 .971 1.68 0.79 .949 1.85 0.71
1971 SDP NL 26 P 37 34 269.2 58 10 47 1 2 .983 1.90 1.54 .953 1.90 0.78 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 HOU NL 27 P 35 28 192.0 32 0 31 1 0 .969 1.45 0.89 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 28 P 39 36 249.1 49 9 39 1 1 .980 1.73 1.23 .949 1.88 0.73
1974 HOU NL 29 P 34 30 204.0 61 15 43 3 5 .951 2.56 1.71 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 HOU NL 30 P 32 27 198.1 49 13 36 0 0 1.000 2.22 1.53 .943 1.86 0.72
1976 DET AL 31 P 36 36 252.0 63 6 53 4 6 .937 2.11 1.64 .951 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT MLB 32 P 39 28 182.1 47 7 39 1 1 .979 2.27 1.18 .947 1.92 0.77
1977 DET AL 32 P 22 22 129.1 28 4 23 1 0 .964 1.88 1.23 .946 1.95 0.84
1977 CHC NL 32 P 17 6 53.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 3.23 1.12 .947 1.85 0.67
1978 CHC NL 33 P 35 20 142.1 37 8 29 0 2 1.000 2.34 1.06 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 TOT NL 34 P 47 4 80.2 22 2 18 2 2 .909 2.23 0.43 .955 1.80 0.66
1979 SFG NL 34 P 26 1 42.0 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.14 0.38 .955 1.80 0.66
1979 PIT NL 34 P 21 3 38.2 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.33 0.48 .955 1.79 0.66
1980 TOT MLB 35 P 39 4 82.2 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.98 0.23 .960 1.85 0.77
1980 PIT NL 35 P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.70
1980 SEA AL 35 P 37 4 80.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.01 0.24 .960 1.85 0.77
1981 NYM NL 36 P 7 4 15.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.35 0.57 .960 1.94 0.69
13 Seasons P 445 277 2099.0 482 83 383 16 23 .967 2.00 1.05 .949 1.87 0.74
13 Seasons TOT 445 277 2099.0 482 83 383 16 23 .967 2.00 1.05 .916 1.87 0.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1969 SDP NL 24 23 5 23 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 SDP NL 25 43 21 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SDP NL 26 38 34 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 27 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 28 41 36 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1974 HOU NL 29 35 30 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 HOU NL 30 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 31 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 DET AL 32 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHC NL 32 17 6 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 CHC NL 33 37 20 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 SFG NL 34 26 1 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 PIT NL 34 21 3 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 35 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 35 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYM NL 36 7 4 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 452 215 357 449 445 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1969 SDP NL 24 202 80% 26% 10 100% 1 6 1 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1970 SDP NL 25 733 80% 32% 32 91% 1 4 1 3 29 25 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 7 71%
1971 SDP NL 26 1060 81% 34% 53 94% 1 8 1 4 46 36 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 10 90%
1972 HOU NL 27 863 80% 31% 40 80% 0 0 0 0 34 31 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1973 HOU NL 28 1043 83% 31% 44 93% 0 7 1 5 40 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1974 HOU NL 29 901 84% 30% 49 96% 0 15 3 7 41 34 4 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 5 0 16 94%
1975 HOU NL 30 861 79% 32% 42 100% 0 14 2 9 38 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1976 DET AL 31 1088 87% 33% 52 96% 1 6 0 6 51 34 11 4 1 1 2 1 6 6 6 0 2 100%
1977 DET AL 32 585 85% 31% 25 92% 0 3 1 0 22 21 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1977 CHC NL 32 232 84% 38% 18 89% 0 4 1 3 16 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 100%
1978 CHC NL 33 642 82% 35% 34 91% 0 8 2 5 29 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1979 SFG NL 34 187 78% 31% 10 90% 0 1 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1979 PIT NL 34 172 84% 28% 10 100% 0 1 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1980 SEA AL 35 363 79% 27% 8 88% 0 3 0 1 6 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1980 PIT NL 35 9 78% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYM NL 36 78 81% 27% 6 67% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 9019 82% 32% 433 93% 4 80 14 47 383 312 42 17 2 4 11 7 23 15 20 3 79 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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