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Leon
Roberts		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 22, 1951 in Usa, MI, VICKSBURG
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1975 24 DET AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1976 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1977 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1978 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1979 28 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1980 29 DET AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1981 30 DET AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1984 33 TAM AL $ 450,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
1985 34 TAM AL $ 450,000   4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 KCR AL 8 24 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 2 .333 .448 .375 .823 4.6 1.1
    AAA   55 237 35 69 8 1 8 29 4 7 23 41 .291 .354 .435 .788 34.5  
    AA   81 323 38 86 16 4 14 46 6 10 38 45 .266 .343 .471 .814 49.9  
1975 24 AAA   137 535 85 147 22 6 17 73 17 9 60 63 .275 .348 .434 .782 80.9  
1976 25 DET AL 104 349 31 72 22 0 2 46 5 5 34 41 .206 .278 .287 .565 29.3 0.5
    AAA   54 231 45 75 9 1 8 39 11 6 22 23 .325 .383 .476 .860 40.1  
1977 26 DET AL 156 539 56 117 18 4 11 76 9 13 44 86 .217 .279 .327 .606 48.4 2.6
1978 27 DET AL 141 499 53 109 24 7 11 51 13 9 29 80 .218 .265 .361 .626 46.2 3.2
1979 28 DET AL 25 34 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 .176 .300 .206 .506 2.7 0.1
1980 29 DET AL 149 519 62 135 26 9 11 73 9 9 46 71 .260 .322 .408 .730 65.4 8.9
1981 30 DET AL 88 282 35 71 16 3 4 35 2 4 17 45 .252 .294 .372 .666 28.2 3.1
1982 31 CLE AL 71 188 22 48 10 1 5 34 1 0 15 30 .255 .306 .399 .705 23.4 3.9
1983 32 CLE AL 70 185 21 49 11 2 3 23 0 1 18 32 .265 .327 .395 .721 23.5 4.2
1984 33 TAM AL 104 247 34 60 16 3 4 27 0 1 15 60 .243 .283 .381 .664 25.7 3.8
10 Years Sim 916 2866 324 675 145 29 51 368 42 43 229 452 .236 .293 .360 .653 297.4 31.2
3 Years AAA 246 1003 165 291 39 8 33 141 32 22 105 127 .290 .355 .444 .799 155.5  
1 Years AA 81 323 38 86 16 4 14 46 6 10 38 45 .266 .344 .471 .815 49.9  
4 Years Minors 327 1326 203 377 55 12 47 187 38 32 143 172 .284 .352 .450 .803 205.4  
162 Game Average 506 57 119 25 5 9 65 7 7 40 79 .236 .293 .360 .653 52.6  
Career Highs 156 539 62 135 26 9 11 76 13 13 46 86 .333 .448 .408 .823 65.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1877 212 422 85 19 29 208 28 29 138 302 .225 .280 .337 .616 170.2
vs LH   989 112 253 60 10 22 160 14 14 91 150 .256 .318 .403 .721 124.1
Home 455 1395 162 322 70 18 26 174 30 17 123 219 .231 .295 .363 .658 149.3
Away 461 1471 162 353 75 11 25 194 12 26 106 233 .240 .291 .357 .648 145.0
RISP   740 0 184 44 12 16 298 0 0 66 123 .249 .303 .405 .708 92.3
Pinch Hitting   54 7 15 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 15 .278 .317 .333 .650 5.8
Close/Late   365 48 97 17 4 8 53 0 0 31 74 .266 .324 .400 .724 46.7
Mar/Apr 121 373 38 87 16 4 8 38 3 7 35 67 .233 .297 .362 .659 39.4
May 140 441 54 103 26 2 5 60 9 7 35 65 .234 .293 .336 .629 41.8
June 161 514 58 139 30 7 7 71 5 11 44 71 .270 .331 .397 .728 62.8
July 157 501 56 114 29 5 8 77 9 7 36 90 .228 .276 .353 .629 48.1
August 163 502 50 110 22 4 14 60 4 6 36 67 .219 .270 .363 .633 48.6
Sep/Oct 174 535 68 122 22 7 9 62 12 5 43 92 .228 .289 .346 .635 53.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 23 KCR AL CF 5 5 45.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
1976 25 DET AL RF 102 101 844.7 191 5 5 4 .975 2.09   1.9
    LF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 26 DET AL RF 154 153 1334.0 298 4 3 1 .990 2.04   4.2
    CF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 27 DET AL RF 87 87 755.7 165 5 5 2 .971 2.02   2.0
    1B 14 11 97.0 134 12 3 15 .980 13.55   0.1
    CF 8 8 65.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
    LF 7 5 44.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.84    
1979 28 DET AL 1B 6 3 36.3 42 8 1 7 .980 12.39   0.1
    CF 2 2 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20   0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 29 DET AL RF 149 147 1317.7 311 4 3 2 .991 2.15   5.6
1981 30 DET AL LF 22 20 188.7 28 0 4 0 .875 1.34   1.5
    RF 23 19 179.7 41 0 2 0 .953 2.05    
    CF 21 16 152.0 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 18 12 112.3 144 11 3 10 .981 12.42   0.3
1982 31 CLE AL LF 40 38 318.0 55 1 5 0 .918 1.58   0.5
    RF 11 6 57.0 10 1 1 1 .917 1.74    
    1B 13 3 42.0 52 5 0 4 1.000 12.21   0.1
    CF 5 1 10.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84    
1983 32 CLE AL 1B 32 26 225.3 312 19 2 15 .994 13.22   0.5
    RF 21 13 119.3 27 0 1 0 .964 2.04   0.6
    CF 12 5 63.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.12    
    LF 5 5 44.0 13 1 1 0 .933 2.86    
1984 33 TAM AL CF 40 16 202.0 60 1 2 0 .968 2.72   1.1
    LF 29 17 175.7 29 2 0 1 1.000 1.59    
    RF 18 14 117.7 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 9 4 52.7 57 5 0 7 1.000 10.60   0.1
  RF 568 540 4729.6 1074 19 20 10 .982 2.08   14.3
  LF 107 86 784.0 133 5 10 2 .932 1.58   2.0
  1B 92 59 565.7 741 60 9 58 .989 12.74   1.2
  CF 95 53 556.7 160 1 3 0 .982 2.60   1.3
Career Totals   862 738 6635.9 2108 85 42 70 .981 2.97   18.8
Career Highs   156 153 1337.3 367 20 9 18 1.000 7.85    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 29 DET AL 17 64 9 23 4 1 1 9 2 3 3 10 .359 .397 .500 .897
1981 30 DET AL 6 17 2 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 .294 .429 .412 .840
1982 31 CLE AL 5 15 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .188 .267 .454
1983 32 CLE AL 7 14 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .143 .250 .357 .607
Career Post-Season Batting 35 110 15 33 8 2 1 15 5 3 9 13 .300 .355 .436 .792
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1977-3-156
 Triples
1978-9-7
1980-6-9
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/22/1974, off Jerry Reuss (NYG)
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: RF Bob Watson, P Sandy Koufax, CF Leon Roberts, P Doc Medich, P Dan Spillner. Going to KCR: LF Boog Powell, P Jim Palmer, P John Morris)
Injured on 8/18/1975 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1976, off Jim Brewer (TAM)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,000,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Detroit on 10/29/1981
 
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