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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 HS (Vista, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1999 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Padres/Giants/Indians/RedSox 1999-2008
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2008 (Age 36)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 18, 2013 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1578. Darren Lewis… #1579. Pedro Feliz… #1580. Pat Tabler… #1581. DAVE ROBERTS… #1582. Duke Sims… #1583. Joe Hornung… #1584. Miguel Olivo… 

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 49 44 0 0 3 1 0 8/7
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 7/89
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 /78D9
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 *8/7
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 8
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/D
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 78
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 0 789/D
2005 33 SDP NL 115 480 411 65 113 19 10 8 38 23 12 53 59 .275 .356 .428 .784 113 176 9 1 11 4 3 *8
2006 34 SDP NL 129 567 499 80 146 18 13 2 44 49 6 51 61 .293 .360 .393 .752 101 196 5 4 7 5 2 *78
2007 35 SFG NL 114 443 396 61 103 17 9 2 23 31 5 42 66 .260 .331 .364 .695 79 144 4 0 4 0 1 87
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 7
10 Yrs 832 3092 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 53 51 0 0 4 1 0
SFG (2 yrs) 166 573 503 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 1047 910 145 259 37 23 10 82 72 18 104 120 .285 .358 .409 .767 107 372 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 2809 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 Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 27 CLE AL 41 156 -12 1 2 5 1 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .492 .498 -0.2 0.5 -3 $200,000 8/7
2000 28 CLE AL 19 13 -1 -1 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 7/89
2001 29 CLE AL 15 13 0 -1 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $212,000 /78D9
2002 30 LAD NL 127 479 -2 3 2 5 2 11 1.0 15 26 2.5 .509 .507 2.0 0.7 20 $217,500 *8/7
2003 31 LAD NL 107 440 -9 1 2 1 2 -4 -0.4 14 10 0.9 .496 .498 0.8 0.3 9 $400,000 8
2004 32 LAD NL 68 270 -3 8 1 0 -2 5 0.4 8 13 1.3 .507 .503 1.3 -0.2 13 $975,000 78
2004 32 BOS AL 45 101 -2 0 0 2 -1 -1 -0.0 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1 789/D
2005 33 SDP NL 115 480 8 2 -0 -6 2 7 0.6 15 22 2.1 .506 .504 2.7 -0.4 28 $1,350,000 *8
2006 34 SDP NL 129 567 3 7 1 7 -5 14 1.3 18 32 3.0 .511 .508 2.3 0.2 24 $2,250,000 *78
2007 35 SFG NL 114 443 -12 5 1 -17 1 -22 -2.3 14 -8 -0.9 .481 .486 0.7 -1.6 9 $5,000,000 87
2008 36 SFG NL 52 130 -6 -1 0 2 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .489 .497 -0.4 0.1 -3 $6,500,000 7
10 Seasons 832 3092 -35 24 9 -0 -0 -2 -0.5 98 96 9.0 .500 .501 9.0 -0.3 96 $17,104,500
LAD (3 yrs) 302 1189 -14 12 5 6 3 12 1.0 37 49 4.6 .504 .503 4.0 0.8 42 $1,592,500
CLE (3 yrs) 75 182 -13 -1 2 6 0 -6 -0.5 7 1 0.1 .493 .499 -0.4 0.6 -4 $412,000
SFG (2 yrs) 166 573 -18 4 1 -15 0 -28 -2.9 18 -10 -1.1 .483 .490 0.3 -1.5 5 $11,500,000
SDP (2 yrs) 244 1047 12 9 1 1 -2 20 1.9 33 53 5.0 .508 .506 5.0 -0.3 52 $3,600,000
BOS (1 yr) 45 101 -2 0 0 2 -1 -1 -0.0 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1

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 Yrs (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

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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 30 29 293.0 87 87 0 0 0 1.000 5 20 2.67 2.23 .984 2.30 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 2 1 47.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 1.91 0.59 .985 2.36 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 0 0 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.12 0.62 .984 2.30 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 DH 2 0
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 117 111 84 939.0 257 253 4 0 1 1.000 5 7 2.46 2.20 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 LAD NL 30 CF 115 111 84 935.0 254 250 4 0 1 1.000 5 7 2.44 2.21 .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 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
2003 LAD NL 31 OF 105 98 91 870.1 211 202 4 5 1 .976 7 1 10 1 2.13 1.96 .984 2.17 2.15
2004 TOT MLB 32 OF 100 76 56 720.2 178 171 3 4 2 .978 6 2 10 3 2.17 1.74 .983 2.20 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 -2 10 -11 2.67 1.74 .987 2.57 2.56
2004 LAD NL 32 OF 62 57 49 510.2 123 118 2 3 1 .976 4 0 9 0 2.11 1.94 .982 2.16 2.14
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 -2 9 -18 2.93 2.26 .987 2.53 2.51
2004 BOS AL 32 OF 38 19 7 210.0 55 53 1 1 1 .982 2 2 11 11 2.31 1.42 .985 2.30 2.28
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
2004 BOS AL 32 DH 1 0
2005 SDP NL 33 CF 109 101 92 900.2 241 235 4 2 0 .992 -2 -6 -3 -8 2.39 2.19 .987 2.52 2.48
2005 SDP NL 33 OF 109 101 92 900.2 241 235 4 2 0 .992 -2 -6 -3 -7 2.39 2.19 .984 2.19 2.16
2006 SDP NL 34 OF 127 121 104 1074.0 274 273 1 0 0 1.000 13 7 15 7 2.30 2.16 .984 2.22 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 94 77 840.0 256 247 6 3 0 .988 -6 -17 -9 -24 2.71 2.48 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 SFG NL 35 CF 92 87 71 756.2 232 223 6 3 0 .987 -7 -15 -11 -24 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 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
2008 SFG NL 36 OF 32 23 16 205.2 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 3 2 18 11 2.49 1.78 .985 2.21 2.20
10 Seasons OF 761 656 550 5924.1 1579 1540 25 14 6 .991 31 -11 6 -2 2.38 2.06 .984 2.22 2.20
9 Seasons CF 514 459 391 4088.2 1131 1099 21 11 3 .990 14 -20 4 -8 2.47 2.18 .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 761 656 550 5924.1 1579 1540 25 14 6 .991 31 -11 6 -2 2.38 2.06 .984 2.22 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-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

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 (241st)

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

SB % s c a p y
2002 NL  81.82 (7th)
2004 NL  97.06 (2nd)
2006 NL  89.09 (5th)
Career  80.73 (44th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (4th)
Career  15 (85th)

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)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
2005 NL  .992 (4th)
Career  .990 (30th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
2006 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .991 (28th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1200), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (228th), 9.0 career WAR/10.2 7yr-peak WAR/9.6 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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/Other Sources
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
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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