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Dave Roberts

David Ray Roberts

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 31, 1972 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
High School: Rancho Buena Vista (Oceanside, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Padres/Giants/Indians/RedSox 1999-2008
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2008
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:19PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1348. Mark Whiten… #1349. Sam Leslie… #1350. Craig Reynolds… #1351. DAVE ROBERTS… #1352. Jim Tabor… #1353. Martin Prado… #1354. Darrin Fletcher… 

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
1999 27 CLE AL 41 156 143 26 34 4 0 2 12 11 3 9 16 .238 .281 .308 .589 48 44 0 0 3 1 0
2000 28 CLE AL 19 13 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 40 2 0 0 1 0 0
2001 29 CLE AL 15 13 12 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .333 .385 .417 .801 112 5 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 LAD NL 127 479 422 63 117 14 7 3 34 45 10 48 51 .277 .353 .365 .718 97 154 1 2 6 1 0 *
2003 31 LAD NL 107 440 388 56 97 6 5 2 16 40 14 43 39 .250 .331 .307 .638 73 119 0 4 5 0 1
2004 32 TOT MLB 113 371 319 64 81 14 7 4 35 38 3 38 48 .254 .337 .379 .716 88 121 4 5 3 6 0 789
2004 32 LAD NL 68 270 233 45 59 4 7 2 21 33 1 28 31 .253 .340 .356 .696 85 83 2 4 2 3 0
2004 32 BOS AL 45 101 86 19 22 10 0 2 14 5 2 10 17 .256 .330 .442 .772 94 38 2 1 1 3 0
2005 33 SDP NL 115 480 411 65 113 19 10 8 38 23 12 53 59 .275 .356 .428 .784 112 176 9 1 11 4 3 *
2006 34 SDP NL 129 566 499 80 146 18 13 2 44 49 6 51 61 .293 .360 .393 .752 101 196 5 4 7 5 2 *
2007 35 SFG NL 114 442 396 61 103 17 9 2 23 31 5 42 66 .260 .331 .364 .695 79 144 4 0 4 0 1
2008 36 SFG NL 52 130 107 18 24 2 2 0 9 5 3 20 18 .224 .341 .280 .621 65 30 0 0 1 2 1
10 Seasons 832 3090 2707 437 721 95 53 23 213 243 58 307 362 .266 .342 .366 .708 89 991 23 16 41 19 8
162 Game Avg. 162 602 527 85 140 18 10 4 41 47 11 60 70 .266 .342 .366 .708 89 193 4 3 8 4 2
LAD (3 yrs) 302 1189 1043 164 273 24 19 7 71 118 25 119 121 .262 .342 .341 .683 85 356 3 10 13 4 1
CLE (3 yrs) 75 182 165 30 40 5 0 2 14 12 5 12 20 .242 .292 .309 .601 52 51 0 0 4 1 0
SFG (2 yrs) 166 572 503 79 127 19 11 2 32 36 8 62 84 .252 .333 .346 .679 76 174 4 0 5 2 2
SDP (2 yrs) 244 1046 910 145 259 37 23 10 82 72 18 104 120 .285 .358 .409 .767 106 372 14 5 18 9 5
BOS (1 yr) 45 101 86 19 22 10 0 2 14 5 2 10 17 .256 .330 .442 .772 94 38 2 1 1 3 0
NL (7 yrs) 712 2807 2456 388 659 80 53 19 185 226 51 285 325 .268 .346 .367 .713 91 902 21 15 36 15 8
AL (4 yrs) 120 283 251 49 62 15 0 4 28 17 7 22 37 .247 .306 .355 .660 67 89 2 1 5 4 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 27 CLE AL 156 -11 1 -1 2 5 1 5 2 0.3 -3 -0.3 0.6 $200,000
2000 28 CLE AL 13 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $
2001 29 CLE AL 13 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $212,000
2002 30 LAD NL 479 2 2 -3 2 5 2 14 24 2.4 19 1.9 0.5 $217,500 *
2003 31 LAD NL 440 -16 0 4 2 7 2 12 11 1.1 4 0.4 0.7 $400,000
2004 32 LAD NL 270 -5 8 -1 1 4 -2 8 13 1.3 9 0.9 0.4 $975,000
2004 32 BOS AL 101 -1 0 -1 0 2 -1 3 2 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $
2005 33 SDP NL 480 7 2 -1 0 -2 2 13 21 2.2 23 2.4 -0.2 $1,350,000 *
2006 34 SDP NL 567 -1 5 -1 2 13 -5 15 28 2.8 15 1.5 1.3 $2,250,000 *
2007 35 SFG NL 443 -11 4 -1 1 -6 1 13 1 0.1 7 0.7 -0.6 $5,000,000
2008 36 SFG NL 130 -5 -1 -1 0 3 -1 4 -1 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $6,500,000
10 Seasons 3092 -42 19 -6 10 31 -1 87 99 10.2 67 6.8 3.4 $17,104,500
LAD (3 yrs) 1189 -19 10 0 5 17 2 34 48 4.8 32 3.2 1.6 $1,592,500
CLE (3 yrs) 182 -12 -1 -1 2 6 1 5 0 0.2 -6 -0.6 0.8 $412,000
SFG (2 yrs) 573 -16 3 -2 1 -3 0 17 0 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $11,500,000
SDP (2 yrs) 1047 6 7 -2 2 11 -3 28 49 5.0 38 3.9 1.1 $3,600,000
BOS (1 yr) 101 -1 0 -1 0 2 -1 3 2 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1999 27 CLE AL ALDS BOS L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 BOS AL ALCS NYY W 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 SDP NL NLDS STL L 3 9 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .556 .778 5 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 SDP NL NLDS STL L 4 18 16 1 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 .438 .471 .563 1.033 9 0 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 12 30 28 4 9 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 .321 .345 .500 .845 14 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 7 27 25 2 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 .360 .385 .560 .945 14 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1999 CLE AL 27 OF 39 87 87 0 0 0 1.000 5 2.23 .984 2.27
1999 CLE AL 27 CF 38 30 29 288.0 85 85 0 0 0 1.000 5 20 2.66 2.24 .985 2.72 2.68
1999 CLE AL 27 LF 1 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 72 3.60 2.00 .985 2.16 2.00
2000 CLE AL 28 OF 17 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.59 .985 2.33
2000 CLE AL 28 LF 12 1 0 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.08 0.25 .987 2.16 2.14
2000 CLE AL 28 CF 5 1 1 20.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.15 1.40 .986 2.74 2.72
2000 CLE AL 28 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
2001 CLE AL 29 OF 13 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.62 .984 2.28
2001 CLE AL 29 LF 9 0 0 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 40 2.50 0.56 .980 2.15 2.12
2001 CLE AL 29 CF 2 0 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 3.38 1.50 .987 2.70 2.65
2001 CLE AL 29 RF 2 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -75 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.05
2002 LAD NL 30 OF 117 257 253 4 0 1 1.000 5 2.20 .983 2.17
2002 LAD NL 30 CF 116 112 84 935.0 254 250 4 0 1 1.000 5 7 2.44 2.19 .988 2.57 2.55
2002 LAD NL 30 LF 3 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 0.33 .980 2.02 1.90
2003 LAD NL 31 OF 105 211 202 4 5 1 .976 7 1 1.96 .984 2.15
2003 LAD NL 31 CF 105 98 91 870.1 212 203 4 5 1 .976 7 1 10 1 2.14 1.97 .988 2.50 2.48
2004 TOT MLB 32 OF 100 178 171 3 4 2 .978 6 3 1.74 .983 2.19
2004 TOT MLB 32 LF 66 47 38 428.2 89 87 0 2 0 .978 1 1 4 2 1.83 1.32 .980 1.87 1.89
2004 TOT MLB 32 CF 35 18 16 206.0 62 59 2 1 1 .984 2 -1 10 -5 2.67 1.74 .987 2.57 2.56
2004 LAD NL 32 OF 62 123 118 2 3 1 .976 4 1 1.94 .982 2.14
2004 BOS AL 32 OF 38 55 53 1 1 1 .982 2 2 1.42 .985 2.28
2004 LAD NL 32 LF 48 45 37 378.2 79 77 0 2 0 .975 3 2 9 6 1.83 1.60 .980 1.85 1.84
2004 LAD NL 32 CF 19 12 12 132.0 44 41 2 1 1 .977 1 -1 9 -9 2.93 2.26 .987 2.53 2.51
2004 BOS AL 32 LF 18 2 1 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -38 -24 1.80 0.56 .983 2.03 2.03
2004 BOS AL 32 CF 16 6 4 74.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 11 0 2.19 1.13 .988 2.64 2.62
2004 BOS AL 32 RF 14 11 2 86.0 27 25 1 1 1 .963 3 3 39 42 2.72 1.86 .983 2.22 2.21
2005 SDP NL 33 OF 109 241 235 4 2 0 .992 -2 -5 2.19 .984 2.16
2005 SDP NL 33 CF 109 101 92 900.2 241 235 4 2 0 .992 -2 -5 -3 -7 2.39 2.19 .987 2.52 2.48
2006 SDP NL 34 OF 127 274 273 1 0 0 1.000 13 7 2.16 .984 2.20
2006 SDP NL 34 LF 116 108 97 970.0 239 239 0 0 0 1.000 9 5 12 6 2.22 2.06 .982 1.97 1.95
2006 SDP NL 34 CF 13 13 7 104.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 4 2 43 23 3.03 2.69 .988 2.59 2.57
2007 SFG NL 35 OF 102 256 247 6 3 0 .988 -6 -14 2.48 .984 2.29
2007 SFG NL 35 CF 92 87 71 756.2 232 223 6 3 0 .987 -7 -12 -11 -19 2.72 2.49 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 SFG NL 35 LF 20 7 6 83.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 9 -29 2.59 1.20 .984 2.00 1.99
2008 SFG NL 36 OF 32 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 3 2 1.78 .985 2.20
2008 SFG NL 36 LF 32 23 16 205.2 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 3 2 18 12 2.49 1.78 .983 1.90 1.89
10 Seasons OF 761 1579 1540 25 14 6 .991 31 -6 -1 2.06 .984 2.20
9 Seasons CF 515 460 391 4088.2 1131 1099 21 11 3 .990 14 -15 4 -6 2.47 2.17 .987 2.58 2.56
8 Seasons LF 259 186 157 1739.2 420 415 3 2 2 .995 15 6 10 4 2.16 1.61 .982 1.94 1.95
3 Seasons RF 17 11 2 96.0 27 25 1 1 1 .963 2 3 29 41 2.44 1.53 .983 2.21 2.18
10 Seasons TOT 761 1579 1540 25 14 6 .991 31 -12 2.06 .984 2.20
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Triples s c a p y
2002 NL  7 (6th)
2004 NL  7 (9th)
2005 NL  10 (5th)
2006 NL  13 (2nd)
2007 NL  9 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2002 NL  45 (3rd)
2003 NL  40 (3rd)
2004 NL  33 (5th)
2005 NL  23 (10th)
2006 NL  49 (4th)
Career  243 (239th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2003 NL  14 (3rd)
2005 NL  12 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  15 (83rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.22 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  2.06 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  14 (93rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Career  2.47 (98th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
2005 NL  .992 (4th)
2007 NL  .987 (5th)
Career  .990 (27th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
2006 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .991 (25th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bert Haas (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Quinton McCracken (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Hinchman (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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
199927Cleveland Indians$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200129Cleveland Indians$212,0004/6/01 USA Today
200230Los Angeles Dodgers$217,5004/3/02 AP
200331Los Angeles Dodgers$400,0004/3/03 AP
200432Los Angeles Dodgers$975,0004/7/04 AP
200533San Diego Padres$1,350,000
200634San Diego Padres$2,250,000
200735San Francisco Giants$5,000,000
200836San Francisco Giants$6,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,104,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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