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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 24 SDP NL 0 3 .000 4.81 22 5 6 0 0 1 48.2 65 30 26 5 19 0 19 3 1 2 228 73 1.726 12.0 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
1970 25 SDP NL 8 14 .364 3.81 43 21 11 3 2 1 181.2 182 80 77 16 43 11 102 1 0 3 753 104 1.239 9.0 0.8 2.1 5.1 2.37
1971 26 SDP NL 14 17 .452 2.10 37 34 3 14 2 0 269.2 238 79 63 9 61 9 135 5 0 4 1086 157 1.109 7.9 0.3 2.0 4.5 2.21 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 12 7 .632 4.50 35 28 4 7 3 2 192.0 227 100 96 18 57 3 111 2 0 7 839 75 1.479 10.6 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.95
1973 28 HOU NL 17 11 .607 2.85 39 36 0 12 6 0 249.1 264 92 79 15 62 8 119 2 0 3 1054 127 1.307 9.5 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.92
1974 29 HOU NL 10 12 .455 3.40 34 30 2 8 2 1 204.0 216 83 77 6 65 2 72 3 1 2 870 103 1.377 9.5 0.3 2.9 3.2 1.11
1975 30 HOU NL 8 14 .364 4.27 32 27 3 7 0 1 198.1 182 98 94 16 73 4 101 2 0 8 841 79 1.286 8.3 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.38
1976 31 DET AL 16 17 .485 4.00 36 36 0 18 4 0 252.0 254 122 112 16 63 4 79 4 0 3 1048 92 1.258 9.1 0.6 2.3 2.8 1.25
1977 32 TOT MLB 5 11 .313 4.59 39 28 5 6 0 1 182.1 198 110 93 21 53 10 69 3 0 3 792 94 1.377 9.8 1.0 2.6 3.4 1.30
1977 32 DET AL 4 10 .286 5.15 22 22 0 5 0 0 129.1 143 88 74 20 41 2 46 2 0 2 570 83 1.423 10.0 1.4 2.9 3.2 1.12
1977 32 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.23 17 6 5 1 0 1 53.0 55 22 19 1 12 8 23 1 0 1 222 136 1.264 9.3 0.2 2.0 3.9 1.92
1978 33 CHC NL 6 8 .429 5.25 35 20 6 2 1 1 142.1 159 87 83 17 56 15 54 3 0 4 627 76 1.511 10.1 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.96
1979 34 TOT NL 5 4 .556 2.90 47 4 16 0 0 4 80.2 89 33 26 4 30 7 38 2 0 2 352 128 1.475 9.9 0.4 3.3 4.2 1.27
1979 34 SFG NL 0 2 .000 2.57 26 1 11 0 0 3 42.0 42 15 12 3 18 3 23 1 0 2 182 137 1.429 9.0 0.6 3.9 4.9 1.28
1979 34 PIT NL 5 2 .714 3.26 21 3 5 0 0 1 38.2 47 18 14 1 12 4 15 1 0 0 170 121 1.526 10.9 0.2 2.8 3.5 1.25
1980 35 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 4.35 39 4 13 0 0 3 82.2 88 47 40 7 28 7 48 1 0 4 364 95 1.403 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.2 1.71
1980 35 PIT NL 0 1 .000 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 95 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1980 35 SEA AL 2 3 .400 4.37 37 4 13 0 0 3 80.1 86 46 39 7 27 7 47 1 0 4 355 95 1.407 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.74
1981 36 NYM NL 0 3 .000 9.39 7 4 0 0 0 0 15.1 26 18 16 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 37 2.022 15.3 2.9 2.9 5.9 2.00
13 Seasons 103 125 .452 3.78 445 277 69 77 20 15 2099.0 2188 979 882 155 615 80 957 31 2 45 8930 97 1.335 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.1 1.56
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .452 3.78 42 26 6 7 2 1 198 206 92 83 15 58 8 90 3 0 4 841 97 1.335 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.1 1.56
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
HOU (4 yrs) 47 44 .516 3.69 140 121 9 34 11 4 843.2 889 373 346 55 257 17 403 9 1 20 3604 94 1.358 9.5 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.57
SDP (3 yrs) 22 34 .393 2.99 102 60 20 17 4 2 500.0 485 189 166 30 123 20 256 9 1 9 2067 119 1.216 8.7 0.5 2.2 4.6 2.08
PIT (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.29 23 3 5 0 0 1 41.0 49 19 15 1 13 4 16 1 0 0 179 119 1.512 10.8 0.2 2.9 3.5 1.23
CHC (2 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.70 52 26 11 3 1 2 195.1 214 109 102 18 68 23 77 4 0 5 849 87 1.444 9.9 0.8 3.1 3.5 1.13
DET (2 yrs) 20 27 .426 4.39 58 58 0 23 4 0 381.1 397 210 186 36 104 6 125 6 0 5 1618 89 1.314 9.4 0.8 2.5 3.0 1.20
NYM (1 yr) 0 3 .000 9.39 7 4 0 0 0 0 15.1 26 18 16 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 37 2.022 15.3 2.9 2.9 5.9 2.00
SFG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 2.57 26 1 11 0 0 3 42.0 42 15 12 3 18 3 23 1 0 2 182 137 1.429 9.0 0.6 3.9 4.9 1.28
SEA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.37 37 4 13 0 0 3 80.1 86 46 39 7 27 7 47 1 0 4 355 95 1.407 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.74
NL (12 yrs) 81 95 .460 3.61 350 215 56 54 16 12 1637.1 1705 723 657 112 484 67 785 24 2 36 6957 99 1.337 9.4 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.62
AL (3 yrs) 22 30 .423 4.39 95 62 13 23 4 3 461.2 483 256 225 43 131 13 172 7 0 9 1973 90 1.330 9.4 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.31

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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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
1969 24 SDP NL 23 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 SDP NL 43 64 59 6 9 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 16 .153 .167 .271 .438 18 16 1 0 4 0 0 1
1971 26 SDP NL 38 94 86 2 19 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .221 .221 .244 .465 36 21 1 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 35 79 67 7 16 1 0 2 9 0 1 4 16 .239 .274 .343 .617 76 23 1 0 6 2 0 1
1973 28 HOU NL 41 97 85 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 .129 .129 .153 .282 -21 13 3 0 12 0 0 1
1974 29 HOU NL 35 77 73 3 16 4 3 1 9 0 0 0 19 .219 .213 .397 .611 72 29 2 0 2 2 0 1
1975 30 HOU NL 32 74 63 2 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 .143 .156 .206 .363 3 13 0 0 10 0 0 1
1977 32 TOT MLB 17 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .059 .056 .059 .114 -70 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 32 CHC NL 17 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .059 .056 .059 .114 -70 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 33 CHC NL 37 57 52 4 17 3 0 2 7 0 0 2 7 .327 .352 .500 .852 125 26 2 0 3 0 0 1
1979 34 TOT NL 47 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1979 34 SFG NL 26 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 34 PIT NL 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 35 TOT MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 36 NYM NL 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 357 590 531 28 103 15 4 7 46 0 1 8 128 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 147 10 0 45 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 241 13 47 7 2 3 21 0 0 4 58 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 67 5 0 20 3 0
HOU (4 yrs) 143 327 288 15 52 9 4 3 28 0 1 5 72 .181 .192 .271 .463 30 78 6 0 30 4 0
SDP (3 yrs) 104 173 160 8 32 3 0 2 9 0 0 1 44 .200 .205 .256 .461 31 41 2 0 12 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0
CHC (2 yrs) 54 75 69 4 18 3 0 2 8 0 0 2 12 .261 .278 .391 .669 75 27 2 0 3 1 0
NYM (1 yr) 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 1 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 26 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 357 590 531 28 103 15 4 7 46 0 1 8 133 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 147 10 0 45 6 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-NL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-NL--6--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL--2.103--2nd
1973 NL--2.852--10th

Wins s c a p y
1973 NL--17--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL--.607--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1970 NL--1.239--10th
1971 NL--1.109--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--2.130--6th
1971 NL--2.036--7th
1973 NL--2.238--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 NL--269.7--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL--36--7th
1976 AL--36--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 NL--14--10th
1973 NL--12--8th
1976 AL--18--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 NL--6--2nd
1976 AL--4--5th
Career--20--244th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--18--10th

Hits s c a p y
1972 NL--227--7th
1973 NL--264--4th
1976 AL--254--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL--.300--1st
1973 NL--.541--6th
1974 NL--.265--1st

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL--17--4th
1975 NL--14--8th
1976 AL--17--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--96--4th
1976 AL--112--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1973 NL--1054--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL--157--2nd
1973 NL--127--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--12--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 11, 1963: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

April 6, 1964: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 28, 1966: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

April 7, 1967: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Kansas City Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 39th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Houston Astros for Bill Greif, Mark Schaeffer and Derrel Thomas.

December 6, 1975: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jim Crawford and Milt May to the Detroit Tigers for Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello, Gene Pentz and Leon Roberts.

July 30, 1977: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Detroit Tigers.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

February 22, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

June 28, 1979: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bill Madlock and Len Randle to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Fred Breining, Al Holland and Ed Whitson.

April 24, 1980: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 4, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

May 27, 1981: Released by the New York Mets.

June 15, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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