Robin Roberts

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 30, 1926 in Springfield, IL us

Died: May 6, 2010 in Temple Terrace, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lanphier HS (Springfield, IL)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: June 18, 1948 (Age 21-262d, 10,524th in major league history)
vs. PIT 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 3, 1966 (Age 39-338d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1976. (Voted by BBWAA on 337/388 ballots)
View Robin Roberts's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Robin Evan Roberts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

86.1

286

245

ERA

3.41

676

609

4688.2

2357

WHIP

1.170

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-17 / in Starts: 24-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 43, Entered with runners on base: 2

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	187	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.00	3.70	39	13	13	2	0	9	51			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.097	1.59	-0.15%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
2	188	4	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.50	3.15	32	10	14	2	2	3	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.651	2.46	0.89%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	189	7	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.00	3.00	33	10	15	6	0	2	71			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.283	2.66	0.51%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	190	10	Apr 26(1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-5	CG	W(3-1)	2	9.0	11	5	5	1	4	2	0	2.75	3.48	38	9	13	1	1	11	48			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.221	2.67	0.47%	-0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	191	14	Apr 30	PHI		STL	T,1-1	CG(5)		3	5.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.63	3.50	20	6	6	3	0	4	59			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.183	4.17	0.39%	1.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	192	16	May 3(1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(4-1)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.34	3.21	36	10	13	1	2	5	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.391	2.78	0.77%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	193	19	May 9(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	L(4-2)	5	8.2	11	7	6	4	1	2	0	2.91	3.74	41	18	16	8	0	2	33			1	1	0	36	3	0	1	1	0	2	1.50	-0.887	6.49	-2.30%	-2.11	1b start a 1	9b --- 2 out d1
8	194	23	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.53	3.46	32	10	12	0	0	6	79			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.59	0.791	5.94	1.77%	4.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	195	26	May 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	3	7	2	0	2.58	3.64	34	10	9	0	0	5	69			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.173	3.54	0.41%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	196	29	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,0-2	CG	L(6-3)	3	9.0	4	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.52	3.52	30	7	16	3	0	0	78			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.154	2.69	0.39%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	197	32	May 27(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.47	3.48	38	10	12	0	6	6	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.075	1.49	0.12%	2.80	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	198	36	Jun 2	PHI		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-3)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.26	3.34	34	10	11	3	2	7	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	1	.60	0.260	1.84	0.48%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	199	41	Jun 6	PHI		MLN	W,6-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	3	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.24	3.29	31	12	11	2	2	2	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.347	2.97	0.75%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	200	46	Jun 10(1)	PHI		CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.15	3.32	35	10	15	0	3	6	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.53	0.185	1.24	0.26%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
15	201	49	Jun 14(1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	L(10-4)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.14	3.27	32	3	16	1	3	4	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.184	2.71	0.24%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	202	51	Jun 16(1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-9	BS(1)	1	1.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.18	3.31	9	4	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.216	10.31	-0.39%	-1.58	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b 3 out tie
17	203	54	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(11-4)	2	9.0	8	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.23	3.39	39	3	20	3	0	8	59			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.078	1.23	0.07%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
18	204	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.16	3.28	33	7	14	0	4	8	71			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.273	.99	0.29%	3.95	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
19	205	62	Jun 27(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(12-5)	3	8.0	14	7	7	4	2	1	0	2.44	3.38	39	7	12	0	2	14	24			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	-0.422	4.64	-0.92%	-2.69	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	206	66	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(12-6)	3	9.1	14	5	4	4	8	2	0	2.52	3.47	45	11	21	7	0	1	46			0	0	0	41	5	0	2	1	0	1	1.80	-0.728	7.65	-1.85%	-0.91	1b start tie	10b -23 1 out d1
21	207	71	Jul 5(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	SHO(10)	W(13-6)	3	10.0	10	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.38	3.42	41	7	19	4	4	10	73			0	1	0	39	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.808	4.58	1.38%	5.34	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
22	208	77	Jul 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.1	11	5	5	1	3	1	0	2.53	3.44	32	7	21	8	0	0	38			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.32	-0.438	2.44	-0.49%	-1.66	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d1
23	209	80	Jul 12(1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(14-6)	2	9.0	9	4	3	0	6	1	0	2.55	3.41	33	12	7	2	0	8	61			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.231	2.13	0.31%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	210	82	Jul 16(1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.48	3.43	35	10	9	0	2	10	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.44	0.549	3.71	0.85%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	211	88	Jul 21(1)	PHI		MLN	W,10-0	SHO	W(16-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.38	3.35	34	6	14	0	4	7	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.288	1.01	0.38%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
26	212	92	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-6)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.28	3.32	35	6	17	4	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.500	2.26	0.59%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	213	95	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-13	GS-3	L(17-7)	3	3.0	6	6	6	1	2	2	0	2.49	3.42	16	1	6	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.442	1.07	-0.28%	-4.38	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
28	214	97	Jul 31(1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(18-7)	1	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.43	3.36	32	5	17	0	3	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	0.228	.76	0.17%	3.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	215	103	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	W(19-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	1	2.38	3.31	36	9	12	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.212	.56	0.09%	3.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
30	216	107	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(19-8)	3	7.0	12	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.46	3.26	31	6	11	0	5	11	40			0	0	0	30	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.122	1.00	-0.06%	-0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
31	217	111	Aug 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	12	4	4	0	9	1	0	2.51	3.22	39	9	9	0	0	12	56			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.149	.41	0.04%	0.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	218	115	Aug 16(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-8	L(20-9)	3	7.0	9	6	3	0	4	0	0	2.55	3.17	31	10	9	2	0	8	45			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.05	-0.040	.19	0.00%	-1.13	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d3
33	219	119	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.52	3.17	9	0	6	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.380	.09	0.01%	1.54	7t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	220	121	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	L(20-10)	1	9.0	9	5	1	0	7	0	0	2.48	3.10	38	7	16	4	0	8	64			0	1	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.03	-0.124	.01	0.00%	-0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
35	221	124	Aug 22(2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.50	3.09	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.080	.02	0.00%	-0.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
36	222	126	Aug 25(1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-1	CG	W(21-10)	2	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.45	3.09	33	11	13	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.409	.00	0.00%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
37	223	130	Aug 29	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(21-11)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.44	3.07	33	11	12	1	3	4	71			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.204	.00	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	224	135	Sep 2	PHI		STL	L,7-10	GS-7	L(21-12)	3	6.0	10	6	6	4	1	0	0	2.57	3.09	30	5	10	0	3	10	25			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.25	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
39	225	138	Sep 7(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-6	L(21-13)	4	6.0	6	5	2	4	7	1	0	2.58	3.12	30	4	14	3	0	1	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	2	0	0	2	.69	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
40	226	142	Sep 11	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	L(21-14)	3	6.1	8	6	6	2	6	1	0	2.70	3.13	27	5	6	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
41	227	146	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(22-14)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	2	0	2.68	3.16	34	19	2	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.450	.00	0.00%	2.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
42	228	149	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(22-15)	3	8.0	10	5	5	1	6	2	0	2.75	3.20	36	4	23	4	0	2	47			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
43	229	153	Sep 23	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(23-15)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.70	3.14	32	10	9	0	1	6	78			1	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.648	.00	0.00%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
44	230	156	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-8	GS-7	L(23-16)	3	7.0	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	2.75	3.12	30	7	21	9	0	0	43			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							26-17		W-L:23-16,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.9	346.2	324	119	106	61	198	30	2	2.75	3.12	1402	0.65		10%	6%	246	61	4	50%	8	5	0	1327	70	11	11	31	0	23	1.05	4.898	2.08	5.17%	68.37

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