Johnny Roseboro

John Junior Roseboro

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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- 1957
- 1964
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HR Log
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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
1957	24	BRO	NL	35	79	69	6	10	2	0	2	6	0	0	10	20	.145	.253	.261	.514	34	18	0	0	0	0	2	2/3
1958	25	LAD	NL	114	431	384	52	104	11	9	14	43	11	8	36	56	.271	.333	.456	.788	103	175	5	2	4	5	2	*2/78	AS
1959	26	LAD	NL	118	461	397	39	92	14	7	10	38	7	5	52	69	.232	.322	.378	.700	81	150	7	3	5	4	11	*2
1960	27	LAD	NL	103	340	287	22	61	15	3	8	42	7	6	44	53	.213	.323	.369	.693	85	106	1	4	3	2	6	2/35
1961	28	LAD	NL	128	462	394	59	99	16	6	18	59	6	4	56	62	.251	.346	.459	.805	105	181	1	4	2	6	8	*2	AS,MVP-19,GG
1962	29	LAD	NL	128	456	389	45	97	16	7	7	55	12	3	50	60	.249	.341	.380	.722	100	148	8	7	5	5	11	*2	AS
1963	30	LAD	NL	135	518	470	50	111	13	7	9	49	7	6	36	50	.236	.291	.351	.642	90	165	9	3	2	7	3	*2
1964	31	LAD	NL	134	475	414	42	119	24	1	3	45	3	3	44	61	.287	.357	.372	.729	113	154	7	4	7	6	9	*2
1965	32	LAD	NL	136	480	437	42	102	10	0	8	57	1	6	34	51	.233	.289	.311	.601	75	136	5	2	3	4	7	*2/5	MVP-26
1966	33	LAD	NL	142	500	445	47	123	23	2	9	53	3	2	44	51	.276	.343	.398	.740	113	177	11	3	4	4	13	*2	MVP-13,GG
1967	34	LAD	NL	116	380	334	37	91	18	2	4	24	2	4	38	33	.272	.348	.374	.723	116	125	8	2	4	2	12	2
1968	35	MIN	AL	135	435	380	31	82	12	0	8	39	2	3	46	57	.216	.300	.311	.611	81	118	7	2	2	5	9	*2
1969	36	MIN	AL	115	406	361	33	95	12	0	3	32	5	5	39	44	.263	.333	.321	.654	81	116	6	0	3	3	12	*2	AS
1970	37	WSA	AL	46	104	86	7	20	4	0	1	6	1	1	18	10	.233	.365	.314	.679	94	27	1	0	0	0	5	2
14 Seasons				1585	5527	4847	512	1206	190	44	104	548	67	56	547	677	.249	.326	.371	.697	94	1796	76	36	44	53	110
162 Game Avg.				162	565	495	52	123	19	4	11	56	7	6	56	69	.249	.326	.371	.697	94	184	8	4	4	5	11

LAD (11 yrs)				1289	4582	4020	441	1009	162	44	92	471	59	47	444	566	.251	.327	.382	.709	97	1535	62	34	39	45	84
MIN (2 yrs)				250	841	741	64	177	24	0	11	71	7	8	85	101	.239	.316	.316	.632	81	234	13	2	5	8	21
WSA (1 yr)				46	104	86	7	20	4	0	1	6	1	1	18	10	.233	.365	.314	.679	94	27	1	0	0	0	5

NL (11 yrs)				1289	4582	4020	441	1009	162	44	92	471	59	47	444	566	.251	.327	.382	.709	97	1535	62	34	39	45	84
AL (3 yrs)				296	945	827	71	197	28	0	12	77	8	9	103	111	.238	.321	.316	.637	82	261	14	2	5	8	26

Postseason Batting

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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
1959	26	LAD	NL	WS	CHW	W	6	23	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	0	0	2	0	0

1963	30	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	14	14	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.357	.500	5	1	0	0	0	0

1965	32	LAD	NL	WS	MIN	W	7	26	21	1	6	1	0	0	3	1	2	5	3	.286	.423	.333	.756	7	0	0	0	0	2
1966	33	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	4	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0

1969	36	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons (5 Series)							23	82	75	2	12	1	0	1	7	1	2	5	12	.160	.213	.213	.426	16	1	0	2	0	2
1 ALCS							2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 WS							21	77	70	2	11	1	0	1	7	1	2	5	12	.157	.213	.214	.428	15	1	0	2	0	2

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1958 1961-1 1961-2 * 1962-1 1962-2 * 1969 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1961 NL (19, 2%) 1965 NL (26, 2%) 1966 NL (13, 8%) 0.12 Career Shares (845th)	Gold Gloves 1961 NL (C) 1966 NL (C) All multiple winners	Triples s c a p y 1958 NL 9 (7th) 1959 NL 7 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1960 NL 4 (9th) 1962 NL 7 (8th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1963 NL 7 (4th) 1964 NL 6 (7th) 1968 AL 5 (10th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1959 NL 11 (6th) 1962 NL 11 (5th) 1966 NL 13 (5th) 1968 AL 9 (10th) 1969 AL 12 (6th) Career 110 (91st)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1958 NL 8 (5th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1958 NL 12.3 (7th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1963 NL 9.4 (10th)	Oldest s c a p y 1969 AL born 1933-05-13 (9th) 1970 AL born 1933-05-13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 77 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 25 (510), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Steve Yeager (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Yeager (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Hundley (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Boone (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Edwards (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Boone (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hegan (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1967: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Miller and Ron Perranoski to the Minnesota Twins for Mudcat Grant and Zoilo Versalles.

October 13, 1969: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

December 31, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

August 19, 1970: Released by the Washington Senators.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 77 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 25 (510), Average HOFer ≈ 50