Bip
Roberts
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 165
 
Born: October 27, 1963 in Usa, CA, BERKELEY
 
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
1986 22 BAL AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1987 23 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1988 24 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1989 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1990 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
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
1986 22 AAA   133 534 60 144 18 6 2 40 20 7 42 72 .270 .323 .337 .660 59.3  
1987 23 BAL AL 95 228 36 64 12 3 0 18 22 8 23 32 .281 .348 .360 .707 28.7 4.7
    AAA   25 114 17 38 14 0 2 10 2 3 6 10 .333 .367 .509 .875 18.1  
1988 24 BAL AL 141 482 66 141 19 3 3 57 54 21 37 50 .293 .345 .363 .708 59.2 9.8
1989 25 BAL AL 154 600 84 170 31 5 3 75 54 26 48 59 .283 .335 .367 .702 77.8 15.0
1990 26 BAL AL 129 530 72 158 25 4 3 55 54 21 32 54 .298 .339 .377 .716 65.4 11.2
4 Years Sim 519 1840 258 533 87 15 9 205 184 76 140 195 .290 .340 .368 .708 231.2 40.6
2 Years AAA 158 648 77 182 32 6 4 50 22 10 48 82 .281 .329 .367 .696 77.4  
162 Game Average 574 80 166 27 4 2 63 57 23 43 60 .290 .340 .368 .708 72.2  
Career Highs 154 600 84 170 31 5 3 75 54 26 48 59 .298 .348 .377 .716 77.8  
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   1239 164 339 55 8 8 133 113 53 84 135 .274 .320 .350 .670 139.0
vs LH   601 94 194 32 7 1 72 71 23 56 60 .323 .381 .404 .786 94.1
Home 262 926 125 268 42 7 3 113 92 40 57 85 .289 .331 .360 .690 109.8
Away 257 914 133 265 45 8 6 92 92 36 83 110 .290 .350 .376 .726 123.3
RISP   541 0 142 27 1 1 188 0 0 39 66 .262 .309 .322 .630 53.4
Pinch Hitting   11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 0.0
Close/Late   182 21 51 8 0 1 25 0 0 15 23 .280 .333 .341 .674 20.7
Mar/Apr 71 277 36 81 13 3 1 36 27 12 15 27 .292 .328 .372 .700 33.2
May 94 334 49 110 15 5 1 31 31 14 23 34 .329 .370 .413 .784 49.4
June 83 288 42 85 8 2 3 36 30 14 29 37 .295 .358 .368 .727 39.5
July 87 303 45 94 19 3 2 30 33 10 20 26 .310 .354 .413 .766 44.2
August 106 386 53 99 21 1 1 39 38 14 28 44 .256 .312 .324 .636 39.9
Sep/Oct 78 252 33 64 11 1 1 33 25 12 25 27 .254 .321 .317 .639 27.0
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
1987 23 BAL AL 2B 61 58 489.3 88 196 8 40 .973 5.22   2.3
    SS 27 6 91.7 9 28 0 8 1.000 3.63   0.6
    3B 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 24 BAL AL 2B 139 135 1165.7 233 475 17 98 .977 5.47   6.6
1989 25 BAL AL 2B 149 143 1279.7 255 540 11 125 .986 5.59   7.1
    3B 1 1 9.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 7.00   0.1
    SS 4 0 8.0 4 4 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 26 BAL AL 2B 125 122 1089.7 199 453 19 100 .972 5.39   6.1
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.1
  2B 474 458 4024.3 775 1664 55 363 .978 5.45   22.2
  SS 33 6 104.3 14 35 0 10 1.000 4.23   0.8
  3B 3 3 25.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 3.96   0.2
  LF 7 1 16.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   517 468 4169.6 794 1705 55 373 .978 5.39   23.2
Career Highs   155 144 1297.7 262 548 19 127 .987 5.62    
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
1987 23 BAL AL 13 46 3 9 2 0 0 3 3 2 5 1 .196 .275 .239 .514
1988 24 BAL AL 17 75 8 24 3 0 1 14 4 5 3 9 .320 .354 .400 .754
1989 25 BAL AL 5 19 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 3 .211 .333 .263 .596
Career Post-Season Batting 35 140 13 37 6 0 1 19 8 9 11 13 .264 .325 .329 .653
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
1989-6-154
At-Bats
1989-1-600
Hits
1989-8-170
Singles
1989-2-131
1990-6-126
Stolen Bases
1988-5-54
1989-4-54
1990-3-54
Caught Stealing
1988-3-21
1989-2-26
1990-4-21
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1986
Traded from Boston (A) to Baltimore on 2/14/1986 (Going to BAL: 2B Bip Roberts. Going to BOS: 1B Jesse Barfield)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1987, off Danny Jackson (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1988, off Juan Eichelberger (OAK)
Injured on 5/30/1988 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 10/8/1988
Injured on 8/31/1990 with a Spasms Back, out for 7 weeks