John Roseboro

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: May 13, 1933 in Ashland, OH us

Died: August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Ashland HS (Ashland, OH)

Debut: June 14, 1957 (Age 24-032d, 11,448th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1970 (Age 37-090d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: John Junior Roseboro

Nicknames: Gabby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

4847

1206

104

.249

512

RBI

548

OBP

.326

SLG

.371

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	52	11.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	7 (5)	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEP	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	9 (1)	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	10	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	11	Apr 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
6	12	Apr 22	MIN		OAK	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	13	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	14	Apr 24	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	GS	28	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
9	15	Apr 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	9	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	16	Apr 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
11	18 (1)	Apr 28	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	19	Apr 29	MIN		KCR	W,9-1	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
13	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEP	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21	May 1	MIN		SEP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	23 (1)	May 4	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	25 (1)	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	26	May 9	MIN	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	27	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
19	29 (1)	May 14	MIN		BAL	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	31 (1)	May 17	MIN		DET	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
21	33 (1)	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
22	34	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
23	35	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	36	May 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	37	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	39 (1)	May 25 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	40	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
28	43 (2)	May 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
29	44	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	45	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
31	48 (2)	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	50 (1)	Jun 7	MIN		WSA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	51	Jun 8	MIN		WSA	L,5-7	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	52	Jun 9	MIN		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	53	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	54	Jun 11	MIN		BOS	L,5-13	GS	45	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
37	57 (2)	Jun 15	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
39	59	Jun 17	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	60	Jun 18	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
41	62 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
42	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,14-4	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	64	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
44	65	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
45	67 (1)	Jun 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
46	68	Jun 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
47	69	Jun 26	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
48	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	48	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
50	74 (1)	Jun 30	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
52	78 (2)	Jul 4	MIN		OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	79	Jul 5	MIN		OAK	W,13-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	80	Jul 6	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	82 (1)	Jul 8	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	83	Jul 9	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
57	84	Jul 10	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
58	85	Jul 11	MIN		SEP	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	86	Jul 12	MIN		SEP	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	87	Jul 13 (1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	88	Jul 13 (2)	MIN		SEP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	90 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
63	93 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	94	Jul 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	95	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7	GS	71	15.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
66	97 (1)	Jul 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	57	16.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
68	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	2	C
69	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
70	102 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	MIN		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	105 (2)	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	106	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
73	107	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	109 (1)	Aug 5	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	53	12.2	7	1	1	9	0	C
75	111 (1)	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
76	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
78	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
79	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
80	116	Aug 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	118 (1)	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
83	121 (1)	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
84	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	123	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	124	Aug 23	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	126 (1)	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
88	128 (1)	Aug 27	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	129	Aug 29	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	130	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
91	131	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	132	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
93	133	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	134	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	W,7-1	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
95	135	Sep 4	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-5	GS	30	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
96	136	Sep 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	70	16.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
98	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,16-4	GS	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	140 (1)	Sep 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	142 (1)	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	144 (1)	Sep 13	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	145	Sep 14	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	146	Sep 15	MIN		OAK	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	147	Sep 16	MIN		OAK	W,11-3	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	148	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
106	149	Sep 18	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	3	1	1	5	1	C
107	151 (1)	Sep 20	MIN		SEP	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
108	154 (2)	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
109	157 (2)	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
110	158	Sep 28 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	161 (2)	Oct 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							111gm		877.1	585	52	13	650	16