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Roy
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Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 182
 
Born: December 27, 1943 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1971   
All-Star Selections 1968    1969    1970    1971   
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
1965 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1966 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1967 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1968 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1969 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1970 26 OAK AL $ 2,857,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
1971 27 OAK AL $ 4,071,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 9
1972 28 OAK AL $ 4,071,429   8 8 8 2 3 3 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 9
1973 29 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 9
1974 30 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 9 8
1975 31 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 8 9 8 9 9 9
1976 32 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9
1977 33 OAK AL $ 3,350,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1978 34 OAK AL $ 3,350,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1979 35 OAK AL $ 5,070,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
1980 36 OAK AL $ 5,070,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
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
1965 21 OAK AL 26 92 7 19 3 1 1 8 3 0 12 7 .207 .305 .293 .598 8.8 1.1
    AAA   134 496 68 118 15 2 16 57 4 7 70 47 .238 .332 .373 .705 64.4  
1966 22 OAK AL 25 87 13 23 5 0 3 9 1 2 8 10 .264 .326 .425 .752 11.5 2.3
    AAA   135 511 104 151 25 3 23 80 12 3 88 46 .295 .399 .491 .890 100.8  
1967 23 OAK AL 133 490 58 131 26 3 10 59 8 5 52 32 .267 .336 .394 .730 63.9 13.2
1968 24 OAK AL 156 595 105 171 26 6 14 47 7 4 77 48 .287 .370 .422 .792 92.2 21.5
1969 25 OAK AL 156 573 80 153 19 0 19 92 10 4 72 40 .267 .348 .400 .747 82.9 16.6
1970 26 OAK AL 155 596 104 186 28 3 16 79 7 5 92 31 .312 .403 .450 .853 103.9 25.2
1971 27 OAK AL 148 593 109 187 33 7 9 79 10 5 82 41 .315 .397 .440 .837 101.7 25.4
1972 28 OAK AL 157 620 76 179 28 2 8 73 7 1 59 65 .289 .350 .379 .729 79.7 12.7
1973 29 OAK AL 154 530 79 150 28 2 9 74 5 6 77 49 .283 .373 .394 .767 75.1 13.7
1974 30 OAK AL 127 452 73 146 26 0 6 64 2 3 78 23 .323 .420 .420 .840 80.1 17.1
1975 31 OAK AL 156 581 65 158 32 3 6 60 1 0 69 39 .272 .350 .368 .718 73.1 11.9
1976 32 OAK AL 154 574 71 163 32 5 2 34 3 1 75 34 .284 .369 .368 .736 77.4 14.7
1977 33 OAK AL 154 573 67 170 36 2 4 54 3 0 49 20 .297 .352 .387 .739 71.6 12.6
1978 34 OAK AL 155 557 70 152 25 1 2 53 1 1 77 43 .273 .363 .332 .695 67.4 14.1
1979 35 OAK AL 154 550 58 151 21 0 1 33 4 1 52 38 .275 .340 .318 .658 59.9 9.8
1980 36 OAK AL 153 514 44 124 22 3 3 51 1 1 44 61 .241 .301 .313 .614 47.1 6.2
1981 37 AAA   52 197 21 52 5 1 2 19 0 1 25 16 .264 .347 .330 .677 23.8  
16 Years Sim 2163 7977 1079 2263 390 38 113 869 73 39 975 581 .284 .362 .385 .746 1096.2 218.1
3 Years AAA 321 1204 193 321 45 6 41 156 16 11 183 109 .267 .363 .416 .779 189.0  
162 Game Average 597 80 169 29 2 8 65 5 2 73 43 .284 .362 .385 .746 82.1  
Career Highs 157 620 109 187 36 7 19 92 10 6 92 65 .323 .420 .450 .853 103.9  
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   5712 775 1638 281 22 82 605 52 27 720 383 .287 .366 .387 .753 824.2
vs LH   2265 304 625 109 16 31 264 21 12 255 198 .276 .350 .379 .729 303.5
Home 1080 3877 531 1129 188 24 45 429 38 19 484 286 .291 .370 .387 .757 562.6
Away 1083 4100 548 1134 202 14 68 440 35 20 491 295 .277 .354 .382 .736 565.0
RISP   1710 0 504 84 6 27 718 0 0 238 115 .295 .376 .398 .774 264.2
Pinch Hitting   80 9 25 3 0 2 17 1 0 9 6 .313 .382 .425 .807 13.0
Close/Late   877 104 280 47 5 18 108 0 0 95 57 .319 .386 .446 .832 144.9
Mar/Apr 349 1292 184 361 67 4 20 133 10 5 187 83 .279 .371 .384 .755 190.6
May 362 1331 181 355 76 7 21 146 10 0 131 102 .267 .334 .382 .716 170.4
June 341 1263 171 369 60 8 21 138 12 9 145 95 .292 .364 .402 .766 184.5
July 332 1216 170 358 60 4 14 149 7 6 154 94 .294 .373 .385 .758 176.9
August 370 1357 176 396 59 8 20 153 16 10 178 100 .292 .373 .391 .764 202.0
Sep/Oct 409 1518 197 424 68 7 17 150 18 9 180 107 .279 .356 .367 .723 203.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 21 OAK AL LF 26 25 220.0 41 2 0 1 1.000 1.76   0.6
1966 22 OAK AL LF 25 24 200.7 30 1 0 1 1.000 1.39   0.3
1967 23 OAK AL LF 129 127 1081.0 200 3 1 0 .995 1.69   2.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1968 24 OAK AL LF 152 150 1304.3 224 8 1 2 .996 1.60   2.9
1969 25 OAK AL LF 155 149 1315.3 244 5 2 1 .992 1.70   3.0
1970 26 OAK AL LF 153 148 1302.0 218 4 0 1 1.000 1.53   3.1
1971 27 OAK AL LF 144 141 1273.7 262 9 1 4 .996 1.91   3.7
    CF 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1972 28 OAK AL LF 154 147 1284.0 249 6 2 1 .992 1.79   3.0
1973 29 OAK AL LF 148 138 1210.0 218 10 0 1 1.000 1.70   3.1
1974 30 OAK AL LF 125 122 1019.0 188 6 3 1 .985 1.71   1.7
1975 31 OAK AL LF 153 151 1274.3 227 7 0 1 1.000 1.65   1.8
1976 32 OAK AL LF 153 152 1301.0 247 6 2 2 .992 1.75   4.0
1977 33 OAK AL LF 151 148 1222.7 238 7 1 1 .996 1.80   2.7
1978 34 OAK AL LF 104 102 846.3 179 8 0 3 1.000 1.99   1.6
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 35 OAK AL LF 149 145 1204.3 237 13 3 3 .988 1.87   1.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1980 36 OAK AL LF 150 148 1231.7 256 10 4 0 .985 1.94   2.0
  LF 2071 2017 17290.3 3258 105 20 23 .994 1.75   37.6
  CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
  RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2076 2017 17298.3 3263 106 20 23 .994 1.75   37.7
Career Highs   155 152 1315.3 264 13 4 4 1.000 2.00    
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
1967 23 OAK AL 5 23 3 10 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .435 .435 .609 1.043
1970 26 OAK AL 16 59 9 19 7 0 0 8 3 1 11 6 .322 .437 .441 .877
1971 27 OAK AL 7 31 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 .226 .273 .226 .499
1973 29 OAK AL 17 74 12 22 2 1 2 14 1 1 10 5 .297 .381 .432 .813
1976 32 OAK AL 4 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .133 .188 .133 .321
Career Post-Season Batting 49 202 25 60 11 2 2 28 5 2 24 14 .297 .374 .401 .775
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.
Batting Average
1970-1-.312
1971-5-.315
1974-5-.323
 On-Base Pct
1970-2-.403
1971-5-.397
1974-1-.420
 OPS
1970-8-.853
1971-10-.837
 XR
1968-7-92.2
1970-6-103.9
1971-6-101.7
 Games
1968-9-156
1969-7-156
1970-7-155
1972-4-157
1975-6-156
1978-6-155
 At-Bats
1968-3-595
1970-4-596
1971-9-593
1972-6-620
Runs
1968-2-105
1970-6-104
1971-4-109
 Hits
1968-7-171
1970-2-186
1971-3-187
1972-8-179
 Total Bases
1970-7-268
 Singles
1968-8-125
1969-10-115
1970-2-139
1971-5-138
1972-5-141
1976-10-124
1977-9-128
CAR-26-1722
 Doubles
1971-7-33
 Triples
1968-8-6
1971-3-7
RBIs
1969-8-92
 Walks
1968-8-77
1970-6-92
1978-10-77
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Oakland in 1965
Had first career hit on 9/1/1965, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1965, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Injured on 7/19/1967 with a Broken Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 6/22/1968
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 7/13/1971 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1971
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1972, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 7/18/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1973, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 14 RBI
Injured on 5/17/1974 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against Detroit on 8/9/1974
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/25/1974
7/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,350,000 per year, for 2 years
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,070,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 2000th career hit on 4/9/1979, off Dennis Eckersley (PIT)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/9/1979
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/5/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 6/1/1981
 
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