Johnny Roseboro
John Junior Roseboro
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 13, 1933 in Ashland, OH
High School: Ashland (Ashland, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1957
Final Game: August 11, 1970
Died: August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 BRO NL 24 C 19 15 138.0 106 99 4 3 0 .972 -1.0 -8.7 -1 6.72 5.42 .988 5.98 4.99 1 3 5 2 29%
1957 BRO NL 24 1B 5 4 39.0 40 37 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -3.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.23 8.00 .990 9.67 8.82
1958 LAD NL 25 C 104 97 842.2 638 594 36 8 5 .987 -4.0 -5.7 -4 6.73 6.06 .988 6.06 5.19 3 43 26 15 37% AS
1958 LAD NL 25 OF 5 5 43.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 19.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1 0.84 0.80 .975 2.26 1.96 AS
1958 LAD NL 25 LF 4 4 36.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 43.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 1.00 1.00 .975 2.00 1.55 AS
1958 LAD NL 25 CF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50 AS
1959 LAD NL 26 C 117 114 1021.2 910 848 54 8 10 .991 2.0 2.3 2 7.95 7.71 .989 6.34 5.24 14 29 17 25 60%
1960 LAD NL 27 C 87 84 719.0 693 640 48 5 10 .993 -2.0 -3.3 -2 8.61 7.91 .986 6.58 5.41 10 26 23 19 45%
1960 LAD NL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.20
1960 LAD NL 27 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1961 LAD NL 28 C 125 117 1013.1 946 877 56 13 16 .986 -2.0 -2.4 -2 8.29 7.46 .985 6.39 5.17 10 48 31 27 47% AS,MVP-19,GG
1962 LAD NL 29 C 128 117 1033.1 913 842 57 14 10 .985 5.0 5.8 5 7.83 7.02 .987 6.72 5.50 10 33 38 24 39% AS
1963 LAD NL 30 C 134 128 1144.1 982 908 66 8 6 .992 -1.0 -1.0 -1 7.66 7.27 .986 7.07 6.02 14 39 36 27 43%
1964 LAD NL 31 C 128 116 1019.2 879 809 64 6 8 .993 6.0 7.1 6 7.71 6.82 .988 6.81 5.91 10 35 19 29 60%
1965 LAD NL 32 C 131 117 1072.0 884 824 55 5 7 .994 2.0 2.2 2 7.38 6.71 .988 6.96 5.80 8 47 33 26 44% MVP-26
1965 LAD NL 32 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50 MVP-26
1966 LAD NL 33 C 138 125 1132.0 976 904 65 7 11 .993 2.0 2.1 2 7.70 7.02 .987 6.84 5.81 7 37 42 31 42% MVP-13,GG
1967 LAD NL 34 C 107 90 815.0 620 550 60 10 6 .984 2.0 2.9 2 6.74 5.70 .990 6.89 5.85 6 25 32 27 46%
1968 MIN AL 35 C 117 105 917.2 748 689 52 7 5 .991 -2.0 -2.6 -2 7.27 6.33 .990 6.97 6.01 5 35 46 22 32%
1969 MIN AL 36 C 111 102 877.1 650 585 52 13 16 .980 -3.0 -4.1 -3 6.53 5.74 .987 6.65 5.59 11 27 45 21 32% AS
1970 WSA AL 37 C 30 22 187.0 128 122 6 0 1 1.000 -3.0 -19.3 -3 6.16 4.27 .988 6.65 5.82 2 9 13 2 13%
14 Seasons C 1476 1349 11933.0 10073 9291 675 107 111 .989 1.0 0.1 1 7.52 6.75 .987 6.69 5.64 111 436 406 297 42%
2 Seasons 1B 6 4 40.0 40 37 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -3.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 6.67 .990 9.68 8.72
1 Season OF 5 5 43.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 19.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1 0.84 0.80 .975 2.26 1.96
1 Season LF 4 4 36.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 43.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 1.00 1.00 .975 2.00 1.55
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.55
1 Season CF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
14 Seasons TOT 1489 1358 12019.0 10117 9332 678 107 115 .989 1.4 0.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 1 0 1 7.50 6.72 .977 6.69 5.63 111 436 406 297 42%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1957 BRO NL 24 35 19 35 35 0 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
1958 LAD NL 25 114 102 114 114 0 104 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 9 1
1959 LAD NL 26 118 114 118 118 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 LAD NL 27 103 84 103 103 0 87 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1961 LAD NL 28 128 117 128 128 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1962 LAD NL 29 128 117 128 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1963 LAD NL 30 135 128 135 135 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 LAD NL 31 134 116 134 134 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1965 LAD NL 32 136 117 136 136 0 131 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 LAD NL 33 142 125 142 142 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1967 LAD NL 34 116 90 116 116 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1968 MIN AL 35 135 105 135 135 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
1969 MIN AL 36 115 102 115 115 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1970 WSA AL 37 46 22 46 46 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
14 Seasons 1585 1358 1585 1585 0 1476 6 0 2 0 4 1 0 5 159 16
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 BRO NL 24 591 3.78 4.37 10 80% 0 0 104 5 0 1 98 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 25 3841 4.86 5.44 61 93% 3 1 592 48 3 13 528 33 9 0 0 3 8 2 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 14 71%
1959 LAD NL 26 4481 3.60 4.14 80 98% 0 0 849 59 3 20 767 54 13 0 0 8 8 3 0 5 2 11 0 1 2 14 86%
1960 LAD NL 27 3088 3.27 3.62 52 96% 1 1 639 32 1 15 591 48 13 2 1 9 5 0 2 3 0 10 1 1 2 7 86%
1961 LAD NL 28 4464 3.87 4.38 74 92% 0 1 876 51 3 20 801 60 13 0 0 10 13 2 4 7 2 16 0 0 3 8 63%
1962 LAD NL 29 4527 3.49 4.13 90 94% 0 1 835 62 4 28 740 57 16 1 1 6 14 1 1 12 2 11 0 1 3 17 82%
1963 LAD NL 30 4913 2.98 3.48 89 93% 2 0 904 58 7 24 814 68 19 3 1 10 8 2 3 3 0 6 1 2 4 19 89%
1964 LAD NL 31 4327 3.05 3.53 68 93% 0 0 810 48 9 23 730 59 16 0 0 5 6 2 2 2 2 9 0 3 3 10 80%
1965 LAD NL 32 4500 2.76 3.14 74 97% 0 0 830 50 4 15 761 55 18 2 0 7 5 0 2 3 1 9 2 1 3 13 92%
1966 LAD NL 33 4746 2.69 3.05 81 95% 0 0 905 58 3 20 822 64 16 0 0 13 7 1 3 3 1 11 0 0 2 10 100%
1967 LAD NL 34 3462 3.01 3.45 65 98% 2 0 550 39 2 12 497 60 24 1 0 6 10 1 3 6 1 6 0 2 2 13 92%
1968 MIN AL 35 3890 3.03 3.61 63 92% 0 2 692 38 2 14 638 53 12 1 0 10 7 0 5 2 2 5 0 1 1 6 100%
1969 MIN AL 36 3839 3.53 4.05 66 86% 1 0 579 35 5 23 516 53 13 5 2 9 13 2 7 4 2 15 2 3 10 11 91%
1970 WSA AL 37 826 3.99 4.43 12 92% 0 0 122 10 1 1 110 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
14 Seasons 51495 3.33 3.82 885 94% 9 6 9287 593 47 229 8413 673 186 15 5 97 107 16 37 54 15 116 6 16 37 143 86%
MLB Averages 3.66 4.14 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 BRO NL 24 1 3 214 5 2 2 29% 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 0.44 1.15
1958 LAD NL 25 3 43 1433 26 15 14 37% 23 14 2 1 1 0 3 0 110 23 1.11 0.86
1959 LAD NL 26 14 29 1635 17 25 23 60% 15 22 2 2 0 1 2 0 94 31 1.40 1.29
1960 LAD NL 27 10 26 1066 23 19 19 45% 22 17 1 1 0 1 2 0 82 25 1.37 0.99
1961 LAD NL 28 10 48 1631 31 27 26 47% 26 21 5 3 0 3 1 0 128 36 1.22 1.23
1962 LAD NL 29 10 33 1700 38 24 23 39% 33 21 4 1 1 2 5 0 109 38 1.26 1.03
1963 LAD NL 30 14 39 1799 36 27 27 43% 33 24 3 3 0 0 2 0 118 36 1.12 1.27
1964 LAD NL 31 9 35 1554 19 29 26 60% 19 27 0 0 0 2 3 1 89 39 1.16 1.20
1965 LAD NL 32 7 47 1536 33 26 22 44% 27 24 5 1 1 1 2 1 118 39 1.71 1.47
1966 LAD NL 33 7 37 1714 42 31 26 42% 36 26 5 0 1 5 3 1 112 39 1.24 1.27
1967 LAD NL 34 6 25 1236 32 27 22 46% 30 24 2 0 0 3 4 1 91 35 1.66 1.30
1968 MIN AL 35 5 35 1330 46 22 21 32% 38 17 8 1 0 4 1 0 106 33 1.43 1.52
1969 MIN AL 36 11 27 1423 45 21 18 32% 34 19 11 0 0 2 1 0 114 27 1.59 1.03
1970 WSA AL 37 2 9 285 13 2 2 13% 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 3 1.07 1.24
14 Seasons 109 436 18556 406 297 271 42% 352 259 50 14 4 24 29 4 1311 406 1.35 1.22
MLB Averages 38% 1.24 1.21

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 BRO NL 24 172 59% 82% 33% 9 89% 0 39 2 37 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0
1960 LAD NL 27 5 60% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 177 59% 81% 32% 9 89% 0 39 2 37 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

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%
1958 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 154 69% 76% 37% 12 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 154 69% 76% 37% 12 33%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.5% 62% 77% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 LAD NL 27 7 43% 71% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 32 10 60% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 17 53% 65% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

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%
1958 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 70% 73% 24% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 70% 73% 24% 1 0%
MLB Averages 40.7% 2.0% 62% 77% 27% 56%

* 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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