Kevin Roberson
Kevin Lynn Roberson
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1968 in Decatur, IL
High School: Eisenhower (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
Final Game: May 28, 1996
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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
1993 25 CHC NL 62 195 180 23 34 4 1 9 27 0 1 12 48 .189 .251 .372 .624 66 67 2 3 0 0 0 97/8
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 CHC NL 32 45 38 5 7 1 0 4 6 0 1 6 14 .184 .311 .526 .837 118 20 1 1 0 0 0 7/9
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
4 Seasons 165 345 309 44 61 10 1 20 51 0 2 27 93 .197 .275 .430 .706 86 133 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 86 131 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.1 102 .203 .189 .269 .251 .333 .372 .409 .624 .743 66 .318 -9.8 -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 4.9 105 .150 .184 .268 .311 .337 .526 .418 .837 .755 118 .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 Seasons 345 258 36 3.7 103 .207 .197 .269 .275 .335 .430 .414 .706 .749 86 .393 -7.8 -0.8 .645 .314 .233 .0
162 Game Avg. 339 253 35 3.7 103 .207 .197 .269 .275 .335 .430 .414 .706 .749 86 .393 -7.8 -0.8 .645 .314 .233
CHC (3 yrs) 299 228 29 3.4 104 .200 .194 .269 .264 .335 .421 .414 .685 .749 81 .355 -9.6 -1.0 .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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1993 25 CHC NL 2 0 35% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 56% 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 1
1994 26 CHC NL 2 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1995 27 CHC NL 0 0 10% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 NYM NL 1 0 39% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
4 Seasons 5 0 32% 79 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 58% 8 3 5 4 1 3 7 4 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.86 9 0 3 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 32 2 6% 16 4 25% 116 19 16% 7 2 29% 13 5 38% 0
1994 26 CHC NL 59 100% 12 0 0 35 9 3 6 1.33 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 10 3 30% 2 0 0% 30 5 17% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1995 27 CHC NL 45 100% 7 0 0 20 4 2 2 0.87 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 1 20% 28 3 11% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1996 28 NYM NL 46 100% 8 0 0 12 3 1 3 1.49 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 0% 8 3 38% 35 6 17% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 345 100% 61 2 0 80 17 7 12 1.16 20 0 4 16 4 8 12 0 0 0 62 6 10% 31 8 26% 209 33 16% 16 6 38% 22 7 32% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 25 62 195 180 23 34 4 1 9 27 0 1 12 48 .189 .251 .372 .624 66 67 2 3 0 0 0
1994 26 106 254 235 31 46 8 1 13 36 0 1 14 62 .196 .256 .404 .660 74 95 5 5 0 0 0
1995 27 138 299 273 36 53 9 1 17 42 0 2 20 76 .194 .264 .421 .685 81 115 6 6 0 0 0
1996 28 165 345 309 44 61 10 1 20 51 0 2 27 93 .197 .275 .430 .706 86 133 6 7 0 2 0

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1993 25 62 196 181 23 35 4 1 9 27 0 12 48 .193 .255 .376 .631 17 62
1994 26 62 83 77 11 16 5 0 5 12 0 3 20 .208 .265 .468 .733 8 44
1995 27 36 51 43 6 8 1 0 5 7 0 7 16 .186 .314 .558 .872 7 32
1996 28 27 48 37 8 9 1 0 3 9 0 8 17 .243 .375 .514 .889 7 27
4 Seasons 187 378 338 48 68 11 1 22 55 0 30 101 .201 .280 .435 .715 39 165
162 Game Avg. 162 327 293 42 59 10 1 19 48 0 26 87 .201 .280 .435 .715 34 165

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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