Leon Roberts
Leon Kauffman Roberts
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 22, 1951 in Vicksburg, MI
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1974
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 DET AL 23 OF 17 15 140.2 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -3.8 -32.4 -3.8 -2.6 -1.2 0 1.60 1.47 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 DET AL 23 RF 16 14 132.2 26 24 0 2 0 .923 -3.2 -28.9 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 0 1.63 1.50 .977 2.18 1.86
1974 DET AL 23 CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.92 2.60
1975 DET AL 24 OF 127 124 1097.0 283 268 10 5 2 .982 9.2 10.1 3.2 4.1 -0.9 6 2.28 2.19 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 DET AL 24 RF 127 124 1097.0 279 265 9 5 2 .982 9.2 10.1 3.2 4.1 -0.9 6 2.25 2.16 .976 2.11 1.84
1975 DET AL 24 DH 1
1976 HOU NL 25 OF 60 55 476.2 102 99 1 2 0 .980 -4.9 -12.3 -3.9 -2.6 -1.3 -1 1.89 1.67 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 HOU NL 25 LF 50 44 385.2 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -3.8 -11.8 -2.8 -1.2 -1.6 -1 1.75 1.50 .976 2.02 1.59
1976 HOU NL 25 RF 12 11 91.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1.1 -14.5 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 0 2.18 1.83 .974 2.15 1.83
1977 HOU NL 26 OF 9 5 48.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -34.8 -1.4 -0.2 -1.3 0 0.93 0.56 .980 2.25 1.93
1977 HOU NL 26 RF 6 4 32.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -37.5 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 0 1.12 0.67 .975 2.11 1.78
1977 HOU NL 26 LF 4 1 16.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -29.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 0 0.55 0.25 1.000 1.93 1.50
1978 SEA AL 27 OF 128 122 1073.1 314 296 10 8 4 .975 0.8 0.9 1.8 -3.5 5.3 -1 2.57 2.39 .979 2.47 2.13 MVP-33
1978 SEA AL 27 RF 128 122 1073.1 307 289 10 8 4 .974 0.8 0.9 1.8 -3.5 5.3 -1 2.51 2.34 .978 2.24 1.85 MVP-33
1978 SEA AL 27 DH 2 MVP-33
1979 SEA AL 28 OF 136 118 1056.1 297 286 6 5 2 .983 13.0 14.8 8.0 4.5 3.5 5 2.49 2.15 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 SEA AL 28 RF 69 62 546.0 158 150 4 4 0 .975 2.5 5.5 0.5 1.5 -1.0 2 2.54 2.23 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 SEA AL 28 LF 67 56 510.1 140 137 2 1 1 .993 10.5 24.7 7.5 3.0 4.5 3 2.45 2.07 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 SEA AL 28 DH 1
1980 SEA AL 29 OF 104 96 859.1 248 238 6 4 1 .984 6.2 8.7 6.2 -1.2 7.4 0 2.56 2.35 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 SEA AL 29 RF 69 64 572.1 169 163 4 2 1 .988 10.7 22.4 7.7 2.1 5.6 3 2.63 2.42 .975 2.13 1.77
1980 SEA AL 29 LF 21 17 152.2 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -11.0 0.6 -1.0 1.6 -2 2.12 1.71 .981 2.35 1.92
1980 SEA AL 29 CF 19 15 134.1 41 39 1 1 0 .976 -3.1 -27.7 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 -1 2.68 2.11 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 SEA AL 29 DH 4
1981 TEX AL 30 OF 71 63 581.2 133 130 2 1 0 .992 -0.9 -1.9 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 2.04 1.86 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 TEX AL 30 RF 46 39 351.1 73 70 2 1 0 .986 0.3 1.0 0.3 -2.4 2.7 0 1.84 1.57 .979 2.16 1.75
1981 TEX AL 30 LF 26 22 206.1 54 53 0 1 0 .981 -0.5 -2.9 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 0 2.31 2.04 .980 2.38 1.99
1981 TEX AL 30 CF 4 2 24.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -35.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 3.00 2.00 .988 2.89 2.60
1982 TOT AL 31 OF 44 31 304.2 66 66 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -2.0 0.5 1.4 -1.0 -1 1.95 1.50 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 TOT AL 31 LF 29 23 217.0 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -1.7 -0.3 1.5 -1.9 0 1.82 1.52 .982 2.29 1.91
1982 TOT AL 31 DH 22
1982 TEX AL 31 OF 28 17 178.2 42 42 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.4 -1 2.12 1.50 .981 2.47 2.15
1982 TEX AL 31 RF 17 8 82.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -8.7 0.4 -0.1 0.5 -1 1.96 1.06 .983 2.28 1.90
1982 TEX AL 31 LF 13 9 91.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.3 0.4 0.9 -0.5 0 2.08 1.62 .981 2.29 1.91
1982 TEX AL 31 CF 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 5.40 1.50 1.000 2.88 2.50
1982 TEX AL 31 DH 1
1982 TOR AL 31 DH 21
1982 TOR AL 31 LF 16 14 126.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -6.7 -0.7 0.6 -1.4 0 1.64 1.44 .983 2.29 1.91
1982 TOR AL 31 OF 16 14 126.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -6.7 -0.7 0.6 -1.4 0 1.71 1.50 .983 2.47 2.15
1983 KCR AL 32 OF 76 59 507.1 145 139 3 3 0 .979 3.8 9.0 2.8 0.6 2.3 1 2.52 1.87 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 KCR AL 32 LF 41 31 273.1 85 80 2 3 0 .965 2.5 11.0 2.5 0.8 1.7 0 2.70 2.00 .978 2.32 1.90
1983 KCR AL 32 RF 34 26 221.0 65 62 2 1 0 .985 2.3 12.5 1.3 0.2 1.2 1 2.61 1.88 .978 2.25 1.85
1983 KCR AL 32 CF 3 2 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -92.3 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 0.69 0.33 1.000 2.91 2.57
1983 KCR AL 32 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 33 OF 16 10 90.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 25.3 1.9 0.1 1.7 0 2.40 1.50 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 KCR AL 33 LF 10 6 53.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 9.1 0.4 -0.4 0.8 0 1.87 1.10 .982 2.28 1.80
1984 KCR AL 33 RF 7 4 37.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 48.6 1.5 0.5 0.9 0 3.16 1.86 .977 2.24 1.89
1984 KCR AL 33 DH 3
1984 KCR AL 33 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
11 Seasons OF 788 698 6235.1 1644 1574 40 30 9 .982 23.4 4.5 14.4 -0.1 14.3 9 2.33 2.05 .980 2.44 2.13
11 Seasons RF 531 478 4236.1 1135 1078 33 24 7 .979 21.4 6.1 11.4 -0.8 12.2 10 2.36 2.09 .977 2.18 1.83
8 Seasons LF 248 200 1814.2 447 435 6 6 1 .987 7.0 4.6 7.0 4.0 2.8 0 2.19 1.78 .979 2.23 1.81
7 Seasons DH 34
5 Seasons CF 29 20 184.1 54 51 2 1 0 .981 -5.0 -32.5 -4.0 -3.3 -0.7 -1 2.59 1.83 .985 2.91 2.62
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
11 Seasons TOT 789 698 6236.1 1644 1574 40 30 9 .982 23.4 4.5 14.4 -0.1 14.3 9 2.33 2.05 .962 2.44 2.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 DET AL 23 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 17 0 2 0
1975 DET AL 24 129 124 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 0 4 0
1976 HOU NL 25 87 55 87 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 12 60 0 30 0
1977 HOU NL 26 19 5 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 9 0 10 1
1978 SEA AL 27 134 123 134 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 128 1 11 0
1979 SEA AL 28 140 118 140 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 69 136 0 13 1
1980 SEA AL 29 119 100 119 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 19 69 104 4 13 4
1981 TEX AL 30 72 63 72 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 46 71 0 7 1
1982 TOR AL 31 40 29 40 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 15 10 1
1982 TEX AL 31 31 17 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 17 28 0 6 1
1983 KCR AL 32 84 59 84 76 0 0 1 0 0 0 41 3 34 75 0 16 1
1984 KCR AL 33 29 10 28 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 16 0 14 1
11 Seasons 901 718 900 789 1 0 1 0 0 0 248 29 531 787 20 136 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 DET AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 18 10 55.6% 7 1 5.6% -1 627 65% 78% 25% 59 42%
1975 DET AL 24 5 0 5 0 1 9 0 4 0 3 27 13 0 25 9 1 5 4 1 14 5 1 29 20 0 100 51 51.0% 46 3 3.0% 6 5002 55% 79% 24% 403 67%
1976 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 452 48% 76% 20% 31 71%
1977 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 3 1 20.0% 1 144 58% 74% 26% 10 40%
1978 SEA AL 27 8 0 8 0 5 10 0 4 1 2 54 27 0 30 4 2 19 10 0 21 3 0 24 19 1 148 63 42.6% 82 3 2.0% 7 4908 56% 81% 26% 530 56%
1979 SEA AL 28 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 22 10 0 34 15 1 10 4 2 16 5 0 10 6 0 92 40 43.5% 49 3 3.3% 1 2505 56% 80% 24% 295 53%
1980 SEA AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 34 20 1 20 7 0 13 10 0 14 2 0 8 7 0 89 46 51.7% 42 1 1.1% 3 2592 58% 80% 24% 299 56%
1981 TEX AL 30 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 11 5 0 10 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 32 13 40.6% 19 0 0.0% 2 1465 56% 79% 24% 139 52%
1982 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 364 57% 80% 26% 41 44%
1983 KCR AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 13 7 0 9 2 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 10 8 0 39 20 51.3% 19 0 0.0% 2 1002 66% 82% 28% 134 48%
1984 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 158 63% 82% 30% 13 100%
11 Seasons 24 0 23 1 11 33 0 11 6 8 178 87 3 136 42 4 61 37 3 72 16 1 96 69 1 543 251 46.2% 280 12 2.2% 21 19219 57% 80% 25% 1954 57%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 10 0 13 4 0 6 4 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 38 24 63.2% 14 0 0.0% 1 1756 53% 79% 27% 146 51%
1977 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 74% 68% 30% 5 20%
1979 SEA AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 18 17 0 26 14 1 12 7 0 3 1 0 12 11 1 71 50 70.4% 19 2 2.8% 0 2325 59% 80% 24% 286 48%
1980 SEA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 3 2 0 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 23 12 52.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 663 65% 84% 26% 82 44%
1981 TEX AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 7 1 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 28 17 60.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 905 60% 79% 23% 109 49%
1982 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 509 58% 81% 25% 52 44%
1982 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 393 74% 82% 29% 50 40%
1983 KCR AL 32 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 12 9 0 19 7 1 9 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 45 25 55.6% 18 1 2.2% 1 1195 66% 84% 30% 178 46%
1984 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 218 62% 79% 22% 11 100%
8 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 1 2 3 70 54 0 77 33 2 44 29 0 13 5 0 27 25 1 231 146 63.2% 81 3 1.3% 3 8038 60% 81% 26% 919 48%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 70% 73% 24% 2 50%
1980 SEA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 4 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 1 617 53% 82% 24% 84 48%
1981 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 110 59% 85% 22% 14 57%
1982 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 36% 82% 27% 4 75%
1983 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 59 49% 83% 27% 5 20%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 4 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 6 0 29 11 37.9% 18 0 0.0% 2 845 54% 82% 24% 109 49%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 58% 79% 26% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 KCR AL 33 8 75% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 75% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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