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Dave
Roberts		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 17, 1951 in Usa, OR, LEBANON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 21 BOS AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 22 BOS AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1974 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1975 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1976 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1977 26 LAD NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1978 27 LAD NL $ 385,714   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1979 28 LAD NL $ 770,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1980 29 LAD NL $ 770,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1981 30 LAD NL $ 770,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 31 WAS NL $ 516,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 32 MIL NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 33 MIL NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1985 34 MIL NL $ 1,180,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1986 35 WAS NL $ 852,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1987 36 NYG NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1988 37 CLE AL $ 2,080,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1989 38 CLE AL $ 2,080,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1990 39 BSN NL $ 3,450,901   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,450,901   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 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
1972 21 AAA   137 540 69 163 26 0 13 62 9 3 31 65 .302 .340 .422 .762 74.4  
1973 22 AAA   132 512 70 158 17 1 17 57 10 5 38 65 .309 .356 .445 .802 78.4  
1974 23 LAD NL 100 337 32 76 11 0 6 30 2 1 12 42 .226 .254 .312 .566 25.6 0.9
1975 24 LAD NL 73 249 22 59 7 0 1 34 1 0 9 41 .237 .265 .277 .542 15.7 0.0
1976 25 LAD NL 80 241 22 66 6 2 2 21 1 0 9 46 .274 .300 .340 .641 22.2 2.1
1977 26 LAD NL 126 429 35 112 21 1 2 41 1 0 26 87 .261 .303 .329 .632 39.9 5.5
1978 27 LAD NL 85 248 32 59 12 3 6 30 0 1 14 33 .238 .277 .383 .660 23.2 3.0
1980 29 AAA   137 478 57 145 25 3 14 77 11 2 38 69 .303 .355 .456 .811 75.1  
1981 30 LAD NL 62 113 19 27 2 1 5 17 0 0 13 15 .239 .315 .407 .722 15.4 3.7
1982 31 AAA   63 93 9 22 4 1 3 14 0 0 11 15 .237 .317 .398 .715 12.2  
1983 32 MIL NL 100 278 36 83 16 0 10 42 0 0 21 49 .299 .349 .464 .813 41.4 9.8
1984 33 MIL NL 124 302 33 89 20 0 6 45 1 0 27 46 .295 .350 .421 .771 40.6 8.2
1985 34 MIL NL 94 264 24 58 9 0 6 26 1 0 21 54 .220 .275 .322 .597 20.6 1.3
1986 35 WAS NL 98 247 14 66 15 0 3 28 0 0 15 50 .267 .308 .364 .673 23.9 3.0
    AAA   15 16 3 5 2 0 2 8 0 0 2 1 .313 .389 .813 1.201 4.4  
1987 36 NYG NL 154 555 43 139 23 2 9 58 4 0 35 116 .250 .297 .348 .645 55.1 7.0
1988 37 CLE AL 144 543 46 150 34 1 4 63 1 0 26 135 .276 .307 .365 .671 57.4 7.6
1989 38 CLE AL 130 424 44 118 30 1 4 44 0 1 25 117 .278 .319 .382 .701 48.7 8.3
1990 39 MIN AL 44 166 21 44 12 1 1 17 1 0 3 40 .265 .281 .367 .648 14.6 1.3
  BSN NL 11 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .125 .160 .125 .285 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   55 190 22 47 12 1 1 17 1 0 4 50 .247 .265 .337 .602 14.1 1.3
    AAA   24 98 14 21 4 0 1 10 0 0 8 21 .214 .274 .286 .559 7.6  
    AA   27 98 9 26 7 0 0 10 0 0 5 21 .265 .301 .337 .638 9.3  
14 Years Sim 1425 4420 424 1149 218 12 65 496 13 3 257 881 .260 .300 .359 .659 444.0 61.8
6 Years AAA 508 1737 222 514 78 5 50 228 30 10 128 236 .296 .344 .433 .777 252.2  
1 Years AA 27 98 9 26 7 0 0 10 0 0 5 21 .265 .301 .337 .638 9.3  
7 Years Minors 535 1835 231 540 85 5 50 238 30 10 133 257 .294 .342 .428 .770 261.5  
162 Game Average 502 48 130 24 1 7 56 1 0 29 100 .260 .300 .359 .659 50.5  
Career Highs 154 555 46 150 34 3 10 63 4 1 35 135 .299 .350 .464 .813 57.4  
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   2828 265 714 144 10 42 323 8 2 154 625 .252 .291 .355 .646 283.8
vs LH   1592 159 435 74 2 23 173 5 1 103 256 .273 .317 .366 .682 181.0
Home 697 2129 204 537 96 6 32 228 6 1 113 416 .252 .290 .348 .638 209.3
Away 728 2291 220 612 122 6 33 268 7 2 144 465 .267 .310 .369 .679 255.5
RISP   1102 0 285 48 5 16 389 0 0 75 244 .259 .299 .355 .654 117.9
Pinch Hitting   194 16 48 9 1 4 33 2 0 15 39 .247 .294 .366 .660 21.7
Close/Late   658 55 180 29 4 10 73 0 0 48 126 .274 .321 .375 .696 78.4
Mar/Apr 226 761 83 200 45 2 13 99 0 0 36 146 .263 .293 .378 .671 81.6
May 272 833 79 220 36 1 10 85 4 1 44 167 .264 .303 .346 .648 84.4
June 234 708 77 187 39 3 12 77 1 1 50 161 .264 .313 .379 .692 81.8
July 208 642 51 161 36 2 7 69 3 1 33 129 .251 .286 .346 .632 61.3
August 236 739 74 201 37 2 10 94 3 0 45 136 .272 .314 .368 .682 83.3
Sep/Oct 248 737 60 180 25 2 13 72 2 0 49 142 .244 .293 .336 .629 72.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 23 LAD NL C 96 94 834.0 529 49 6 0 .990 6.24 82 29 .354 6 4.6
    3B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 24 LAD NL C 70 65 586.0 395 21 3 1 .993 6.39 34 12 .353 3 2.7
1976 25 LAD NL C 69 63 566.3 377 23 6 0 .985 6.36 50 12 .240 4 3.2
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 2 1 0 .667 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 26 LAD NL C 97 86 786.0 430 41 7 2 .985 5.39 72 33 .458 0 7.0
    3B 18 16 135.3 8 41 4 2 .925 3.26 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1978 27 LAD NL C 68 58 531.3 272 22 0 1 1.000 4.98 46 13 .283 2 4.7
    3B 7 3 31.3 1 12 1 0 .929 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 30 LAD NL 1B 27 20 187.0 234 18 7 27 .973 12.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 9 0 10.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 32 MIL NL C 24 22 192.0 136 7 3 1 .979 6.70 11 4 .364 0 0.4
    3B 38 8 132.7 2 33 2 4 .946 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 2 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 33 MIL NL 3B 44 26 274.0 22 63 6 4 .934 2.79 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 47 21 241.3 164 13 2 0 .989 6.60 19 8 .421 0 0.8
    1B 10 9 76.0 99 3 2 6 .981 12.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1985 34 MIL NL C 78 66 625.3 464 32 6 0 .988 7.14 62 18 .290 1 1.8
    3B 7 1 22.0 0 3 1 0 .750 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 35 WAS NL C 54 45 421.0 278 24 3 0 .990 6.46 57 18 .316 2 1.8
    3B 27 0 67.0 5 18 0 3 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1987 36 NYG NL 3B 152 146 1300.7 85 320 17 24 .960 2.80 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 37 CLE AL C 135 127 1120.7 644 64 7 3 .990 5.69 128 44 .344 4 7.6
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 38 CLE AL C 112 106 948.3 714 28 4 0 .995 7.04 84 14 .167 4 4.4
    3B 7 5 47.0 6 9 0 0 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 4 31.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1990 39 MIN AL C 38 38 364.6 260 17 0 0 1.000 6.84 38 10 .263 0 2.3
    3B 3 2 16.6 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 6.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL C 10 9 52.4 37 2 0 0 1.000 6.70 6 1 .167 0 0.3
    3B 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 908 800 7283.0 4708 343 47 8 .991 6.24 689 216 .313 26 41.6
  3B 312 207 2049.0 131 507 32 38 .952 2.80 0 0 .000 0 6.4
  1B 37 29 263.0 333 21 9 33 .975 12.11 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 6 5 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 2 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1266 1042 9645.0 5183 874 88 79 .986 5.65 689 216 .313 26 48.5
Career Highs   153 146 1303.7 728 320 17 27 1.000 11.49 128 44 .458 6  
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
1984 33 MIL NL 6 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
1989 38 CLE AL 4 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 .273 .273 .545 .818
Career Post-Season Batting 10 23 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7 .261 .261 .391 .652
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  1. Jay Johnstone (956)
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  5. Ron Pruitt (941)
  6. Thurman Munson (941)
  7. Mike Scioscia (935)
  8. John Tamargo (933)
  9. Alan Ashby (933)
  10. John Bateman (932)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1972
Traded from Boston (A) to Los Angeles on 4/2/1974 (Going to LAD: 3B Dave Roberts. Going to BOS: C Dick Dietz)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1974, off Milt Wilcox (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1974, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/4/1976
Injured on 6/25/1976 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $770,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/24/1979 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $770,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $770,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 6/1/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/18/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 4/3/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $1,180,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $852,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/24/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/11/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $2,080,000 per year
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/24/1988
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/19/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $3,450,901 per year
Traded from Minnesota to Boston (N) on 6/1/1990 (Going to BSN: 2B Rodney Scott, C Dave Roberts. Going to MIN: P Andy Rincon)
 
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