Kevin Roberson

Kevin Lynn Roberson

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1968 in Decatur, IL
High School: Eisenhower HS (Decatur, IL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1993
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Mets 1993-1996

Final Game: May 28, 1996
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Standard Batting

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
1988	20	CHC-min	Rk	63	270	225	39	47	12	2	3	29	3	2	40	86	.209	.333	.320	.653		72		3	0	2	0		WYV · APPY
1989	21	CHC-min	A	126	509	429	49	109	19	1	13	57	3	6	70	149	.254	.363	.394	.757		169		5	2	3	4		CHL · SALL
1990	22	CHC-min	A+,AA	116	474	432	63	113	29	5	10	61	9	3	33	95	.262	.316	.421	.737		182		3	2	4	0		WSM,CHR · CARL,SOUL
1991	23	CHC-min	AA	136	560	507	77	130	24	2	19	67	17	3	39	129	.256	.318	.424	.742		215	10	9	0	5	1		CHR · SOUL
1992	24	CHC-min	AAA	51	206	197	25	60	15	4	6	34	0	0	5	46	.305	.327	.513	.840		101	4	2	1	1	1		IWA · AA
1993	25	CHC-min	AAA	67	289	263	48	80	20	1	16	50	3	2	19	66	.304	.356	.570	.927		150	5	4	0	3	3		IWA · AA
1993	25	CHC	NL	62	195	180	23	34	4	1	9	27	0	1	12	48	.189	.251	.372	.624	67	67	2	3	0	0	0	97/8
1994	26	CHC-min	AAA	19	77	67	9	21	8	0	3	17	0	1	4	19	.313	.364	.567	.931		38	0	3	0	3	1		IWA · AA
1994	26	CHC	NL	44	59	55	8	12	4	0	4	9	0	0	2	14	.218	.271	.509	.780	99	28	3	2	0	0	0	/9
1995	27	SEA-min	AAA	42	180	157	17	37	6	1	6	17	1	1	19	51	.236	.322	.401	.723		63	4	2	0	2	1		TAC · PCL
1995	27	CHC	NL	32	45	38	5	7	1	0	4	6	0	1	6	14	.184	.311	.526	.837	119	20	1	1	0	0	0	7/9
1996	28	NYM-min	AAA	70	239	215	26	57	13	3	7	33	0	1	14	65	.265	.328	.451	.779		97	4	7	1	2	2		NFK · IL
1996	28	NYM	NL	27	46	36	8	8	1	0	3	9	0	0	7	17	.222	.348	.500	.848	126	18	0	1	0	2	0	/97
1997	29	SFG-min	AAA	109	399	349	60	100	19	5	14	67	9	5	37	98	.287	.371	.490	.861		171	6	11	0	2	2		PHX · PCL
1998	30	CHW-min	AAA	119	487	431	84	117	36	0	27	97	5	1	37	128	.271	.340	.543	.882		234	5	11	1	7	1		CGY · PCL
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2000	32	MIN-min	AAA	95	377	336	60	93	13	2	21	59	1	0	34	97	.277	.347	.515	.862		173	10	4	0	3	2		MTY,DLA,SLK · MEX,PCL
2001	33	UNL,CDB	AAA	41	171	153	16	36	12	0	2	19	0	0	12	41	.235	.296	.353	.649		54	4	2	2	2	0		UNL,CDB · MEX
4 Yrs				165	345	309	44	61	10	1	20	51	0	2	27	93	.197	.275	.430	.706	87	133	6	7	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	339	303	43	60	10	1	20	50	0	2	27	91	.197	.275	.430	.706	87	131	6	7	0	2	0

CHC (3 yrs)				138	299	273	36	53	9	1	17	42	0	2	20	76	.194	.264	.421	.685	81	115	6	6	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				27	46	36	8	8	1	0	3	9	0	0	7	17	.222	.348	.500	.848	126	18	0	1	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1993	25	CHC	NL	62	195	-8	0	0	-6	-3	-17	-1.7	5	-12	-1.2	.471	.489	-0.6	-0.9	-5	$	97/8
1994	26	CHC	NL	44	59	1	0	-1	-1	-0	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/9
1995	27	CHC	NL	32	45	1	-1	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	7/9
1996	28	NYM	NL	27	46	2	1	0	1	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$125,000	/97
4 Seasons				165	345	-5	-0	-0	-7	-3	-16	-1.7	9	-7	-0.7	.490	.497	-0.1	-1.0	0	$125,000

CHC (3 yrs)				138	299	-7	-1	-1	-8	-3	-19	-1.9	8	-11	-1.1	.486	.496	-0.4	-1.0	-3	$
NYM (1 yr)				27	46	2	1	0	1	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$125,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1993	25	CHC	NL	195	149	17	3.1	101	.203	.189	.267	.251	.332	.372	.407	.624	.740	67	.318	-9.6	-1.0	.544	.244	.183	.0
1994	26	CHC	NL	59	46	6	3.5	108	.216	.218	.273	.271	.340	.509	.427	.780	.768	99	.349	-0.5	-0.1	.696	.327	.291	.0
1995	27	CHC	NL	45	33	6	4.9	104	.150	.184	.267	.311	.336	.526	.416	.837	.752	119	.504	0.8	0.1	.788	.474	.342	.0
1996	28	NYM	NL	46	30	7	6.3	102	.278	.222	.264	.348	.332	.500	.413	.848	.745	126	.616	1.7	0.2	.929	.472	.278	.0
4 Yrs				345	258	36	3.7	103	.207	.197	.268	.275	.334	.430	.413	.706	.747	87	.393	-7.5	-0.8	.645	.314	.233	.0
162 Game Avg.				339	253	35	3.7	103	.207	.197	.268	.275	.334	.430	.413	.706	.747	87	.393	-7.5	-0.8	.645	.314	.233

CHC (3 yrs)				299	228	29	3.4	103	.200	.194	.268	.264	.334	.421	.413	.685	.747	81	.355	-9.2	-0.9	.610	.293	.227	.0
NYM (1 yr)				46	30	7	6.3	102	.278	.222	.264	.348	.332	.500	.413	.848	.745	126	.616	1.7	0.2	.929	.472	.278	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1993	25	CHC	NL	195	4.6%	24.6%	6.2%	7.2%	41%	4.00	3.8	20.0	6.7	0.61	0.77	63%	16%	12.5%	12%
1994	26	CHC	NL	59	6.8%	23.7%	3.4%	13.6%	67%	7.00	3.9	13.8	6.1	0.58	1.00	63%	22%	18.2%	15%
1995	27	CHC	NL	45	8.9%	31.1%	13.3%	11.1%	71%	2.33	2.7	9.5	6.3	0.47	0.64	44%	17%	36.4%	27%
1996	28	NYM	NL	46	6.5%	37.0%	15.2%	8.7%	50%	2.43	2.1	12.0	4.0	0.24	0.30	39%	38%	18.8%	6%
4 Yrs				345	5.8%	27.0%	7.8%	9.0%	51%	3.44	3.3	15.5	6.1	0.54	0.74	57%	19%	16.5%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.78	5.6	34.2	7.5	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	25	CHC	NL	-9.8	-1.0	198	0.8	4.4	-3.6	.99	-0.5	1.3	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	-7.1	0.83	13
1994	26	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	59	0.2	1.5	-1.3	1.22	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.88	0.1	1.29	35
1995	27	CHC	NL	0.8	0.1	46	-0.0	0.8	-0.8	.95	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.90	0.4	0.83	20
1996	28	NYM	NL	1.7	0.2	47	0.3	1.1	-0.8	1.24	0.2	0.1	2.2	0.2	1.03	2.0	1.47	12
4 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	350	1.3	7.8	-6.4	1.06	-0.4	1.7	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	-4.6	1.13	80

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	25	CHC	NL	2	35%	47	1	0%	1	1	0	2	2	56%	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	2	1
1994	26	CHC	NL	2	33%	11	0		0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1995	27	CHC	NL	0	10%	12	1	0%	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	28	NYM	NL	1	39%	9	0		0	0	0	0	4	43%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
4 Yrs				5	32%	79	2	0%	2	2	1	3	7	58%	8	3	5	4	1	3	7	4	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1993	25	CHC	NL	195	100%	34	2	0	13	1	1	1	0.83	9	0	3	7	2	4	5	0	0	0		32	2	6%	16	4	25%	116	19	16%	7	2	29%	7	3	43%	0
1994	26	CHC	NL	59	100%	12	0	0	35	9	3	6	1.29	4	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		10	3	30%	2	0	0%	30	5	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1995	27	CHC	NL	45	100%	7	0	0	20	4	2	2	0.83	4	0	1	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		9	1	11%	5	1	20%	28	3	11%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1996	28	NYM	NL	46	100%	8	0	0	12	3	1	3	1.47	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		11	0	0%	8	3	38%	35	6	17%	4	2	50%	2	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				345	100%	61	2	0	80	17	7	12	1.13	20	0	4	16	4	8	12	0	0	0		62	6	10%	31	8	26%	209	33	16%	16	6	38%	10	4	40%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			71%			11%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	25	CHC	NL	184	664	3.61	418	63%	22%	22%	26%	30%	78%	0%	49%	72%	40%	3%	6	0	14%	25	11	5%	9	6	18%	11	0	0
1994	26	CHC	NL	59	229	3.88	151	66%	22%	23%	28%	27%	78%	0%	52%	71%	34%	2%	1	0	12%	7	3	8%	5	2	7%	0	0	0
1995	27	CHC	NL	43	188	4.37	111	59%	30%	27%	23%	20%	70%	0%	41%	62%	44%	5%	2	0	7%	3	1	12%	5	1	7%	2	0	0
1996	28	NYM	NL	44	165	3.75	100	61%	19%	37%	23%	21%	81%	0%	49%	54%	48%	5%	2	0	11%	5	2	9%	4	3	6%	2	0	0
4 Yrs				330	1246	3.78	780	63%	23%	24%	26%	27%	77%	0%	48%	68%	40%	3%	11	0	12%	40	17	7%	23	12	12%	15	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
1993	25	62	195	180	23	34	4	1	9	27	1	12	48	.189	.251	.372	.624	67	67	2	3	0
1994	26	106	254	235	31	46	8	1	13	36	1	14	62	.196	.256	.404	.660	75	95	5	5	0
1995	27	138	299	273	36	53	9	1	17	42	2	20	76	.194	.264	.421	.685	81	115	6	6	0
1996	28	165	345	309	44	61	10	1	20	51	2	27	93	.197	.275	.430	.706	87	133	6	7	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	25	62	195	180	23	34	4	1	9	27	12	48	.189	.251	.372	.624	16	62
1994	26	62	84	78	11	17	6	0	6	13	3	20	.218	.274	.526	.799	10	44
1995	27	36	51	43	6	8	1	0	5	7	7	16	.186	.314	.558	.872	7	32
1996	28	27	46	36	8	8	1	0	3	9	7	17	.222	.348	.500	.848	6	27
4 Yrs		187	376	337	48	67	12	1	23	56	29	101	.199	.277	.445	.722	39	165
162 Game Avg.		162	326	292	42	58	10	1	20	49	25	87	.199	.277	.445	.722	34	165

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