Dave Roberts | Major Leaguer 1969-1981

Full Name: David Arthur Roberts
Born: September 11,1944 in Gallipolis, Ohio
Height: 6-2 Weight: 197 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College: University of Oregon

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Drafted: Selected by San Diego Padres in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1972 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 11,1963] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies. [Apr 6,1964] - Claimed on waivers by Pirates from Phillies. [Apr 7,1967] - Returned to Pirates. [Oct 14,1968] - Selected by Padres from Pirates in expansion draft (Pick #39). [Dec 3,1971] - Traded by Padres to Astros for Mark Schaeffer, Bill Greif and Derrell Thomas. [Dec 6,1975] - Traded by Astros with Jim Crawford and Milt May to Tigers for Mark Lemongello, Gene Pentz, Terry Humphrey and Leon Roberts. [Jul 30,1977] - Purchased by Cubs from Tigers. [Nov 2,1978] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 22,1979] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Jun 28,1979] - Traded by Giants with Len Randle and Bill Madlock to Pirates for Al Holland, Fred Breining and Eddie Whitson. [Apr 24,1980] - Purchased by Mariners from Pirates. [Nov 4,1980] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 5,1981] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [May 27,1981] - Released by Mets. [Jun 15,1981] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1963	Sprtanburg	Wcar	18	Phi	A	9	3	1.79	18						126.0	95	32	25		18	121			6.79	---	1.29	8.64	0.90	--
1964	Asheville	Sou	19	Pit	AA	3	3	4.58	11						59.0	64	33	30		28	44			9.76	---	4.27	6.71	1.56	--
1965	Asheville	Sou	20	Pit	AA	9	8	2.93	24						132.0	108	60	43		63	114			7.36	---	4.30	7.77	1.30	--
	Columbus	IL	20	Pit	AAA	0	2	10.13	4						16.0	20	18	18		10	12			11.25	---	5.63	6.75	1.88	--
1966	Asheville	Sou	21	Pit	AA	14	5	2.61	31						190.0	153	63	55		60	157			7.25	---	2.84	7.44	1.12	--
1967	Columbus	IL	22	Pit	AAA	5	1	2.18	10						62.0	55	18	15		16	37			7.98	---	2.32	5.37	1.15	--
1968	Columbus	IL	23	Pit	AAA	18	5	3.17	27						193.0	189	74	68		45	133			8.81	---	2.10	6.20	1.21	--
1969	Elmira	East	24	Sd	AA	7	5	3.50	15						121.0	117	55	47		43	76			8.70	---	3.20	5.65	1.32	--
	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	0	3	4.81	22	5	0	0	6	1	48.2	65	30	26	5	19	19	2	1	12.02	0.92	3.51	3.51	1.73	62%
1970	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	8	14	3.81	43	21	3	2	11	1	181.2	182	80	77	16	43	102	3	0	9.02	0.79	2.13	5.05	1.24	60%
1971	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	14	17	2.10	37	34	14	2	3	0	269.2	238	79	63	9	61	135	4	0	7.94	0.30	2.04	4.51	1.11	60%
1972	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	12	7	4.50	35	28	7	3	4	2	192.0	227	100	96	18	57	111	7	0	10.64	0.84	2.67	5.20	1.48	61%
1973	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	17	11	2.85	39	36	12	6	0	0	249.1	264	92	79	15	62	119	3	0	9.53	0.54	2.24	4.30	1.31	58%
1974	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	10	12	3.40	34	30	8	2	2	1	204.0	216	83	77	6	65	72	2	1	9.53	0.26	2.87	3.18	1.38	50%
1975	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	8	14	4.27	32	27	7	0	3	1	198.1	182	98	94	16	73	101	8	0	8.26	0.73	3.31	4.58	1.29	52%
1976	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	16	17	4.00	36	36	18	4	0	0	252.0	254	122	112	16	63	79	3	0	9.07	0.57	2.25	2.82	1.26	55%
1977	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	1	1	3.23	17	6	1	0	5	1	53.0	55	22	19	1	12	23	1	0	9.34	0.17	2.04	3.91	1.26	58%
	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	4	10	5.15	22	22	5	0	0	0	129.1	143	88	74	20	41	46	2	0	9.95	1.39	2.85	3.20	1.42	55%
1978	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	6	8	5.25	35	20	2	1	6	1	142.1	159	87	83	17	56	54	4	0	10.05	1.07	3.54	3.41	1.51	56%
1979	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	0	2	2.57	26	1	0	0	11	3	42.0	42	15	12	3	18	23	2	0	9.00	0.64	3.86	4.93	1.43	56%
	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	5	2	3.26	21	3	0	0	5	1	38.2	47	18	14	1	12	15	0	0	10.94	0.23	2.79	3.49	1.53	51%
1980	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	2	3	4.37	37	4	0	0	13	3	80.1	86	46	39	7	27	47	4	0	9.64	0.78	3.03	5.27	1.41	55%
	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	0	1	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	7.73	0.00	3.86	3.86	1.29	22%
1981	Phoenix	PCL	36	Sf	AAA	0	0	2.40	6	0	0	0	6	0	15.0	16	4	4	0	3	7	2		9.60	0.00	1.80	4.20	1.27	--
	NY Mets	NL	36	Nym	MLB	0	3	9.39	7	4	0	0	0	0	15.1	26	18	16	5	5	10	0	0	15.26	2.94	2.94	5.87	2.02	58%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						103	125	3.78	445	277	77	20	69	15	2,099.0	2188	979	882	155	615	957	45	2	9.38	0.66	2.64	4.10	1.34	56%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						65	32	3.00	146						914.0	817	357	305		286	701			8.04	---	2.82	6.90	1.21	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1969	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	p	9	23	15	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	534	78%
1970	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	p	9	43	59	6	9	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	16	0	0	4	0	1	.153	.167	.271	438	71%
1971	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	p	9	38	86	2	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	0	0	8	0	1	.221	.221	.244	465	75%
1972	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	p	9	35	67	7	16	1	0	2	9	0	1	4	16	0	0	6	2	1	.239	.274	.343	617	48%
1973	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	41	85	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	25	0	0	12	0	3	.129	.129	.153	282	71%
1974	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	p	9	35	73	3	16	4	3	1	9	0	0	0	19	0	0	2	2	2	.219	.213	.397	610	50%
1975	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	p	9	32	63	2	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	10	0	0	.143	.156	.206	362	55%
1976	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	p	9	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	.059	.056	.059	115	27%
	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Hawaii	PCL	33	Sd	AAA	c		36	120	21	32	8	1	5	31	1	0	13	9	4		1	2		.267	.353	.475	828	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	p	9	37	52	4	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	3	0	2	.327	.352	.500	852	48%
1979	Tucson	PCL	34	Tex	AAA	2b		9	34	4	13	4	0	2	10	1	0	3	9	0		0	1		.382	.421	.676	1097	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p	9	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	p	9	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	25%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Phoenix	PCL	36	Sf	AAA	p		17	35	3	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0		.143	.211	.229	440	--
	NY Mets	NL	36	Nym	MLB	p	9	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								452	531	28	103	15	4	7	46	0	1	8	133	0	0	45	6	10	.194	.204	.277	481	60%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								62	189	28	50	12	1	8	45	2	0	19	27	4		1	3		.265	.340	.466	806	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	34		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.0	0		0		1	0			0.00	---	90,000,000.00	0.00	10,000,000.00	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	---	1		0			0	0.0	0		0		1	0			---	---	---	---	---	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1969	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	P	22		48.2	5	9	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.59

1970	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	P	43		181.2	5	29	1	35	3	-	-	-	.971	1.68

1971	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	P	37		269.2	10	47	1	58	2	-	-	-	.983	1.90

1972	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	P	35		192	0	31	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	1.45

1973	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	39		249.1	9	39	1	49	1	-	-	-	.980	1.73

1974	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	P	34		204	15	43	3	61	5	-	-	-	.951	2.56

1975	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	P	32		198.1	13	36	0	49	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.22

1976	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	36		252	6	53	4	63	6	-	-	-	.937	2.11

1977	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	P	17		53	3	16	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.23
1977	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	22		129.1	4	23	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	1.88

1978	Hawaii	PCL	33	Sd	AAA	C	31			152	14	4	170	1	3			.976	--
1978	Hawaii	PCL	33	Sd	AAA	1B	1			11	1	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1978	Hawaii	PCL	33	Sd	AAA	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
1978	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	P	35		142.1	8	29	0	37	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.34

1979	Tucson	PCL	34	Tex	AAA	2B	9			11	16	0	27	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	21		38.2	1	9	1	11	1	-	-	-	.909	2.33
1979	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	P	26		42	1	9	1	11	1	-	-	-	.909	2.14

1980	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	2		2.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1980	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	P	37		80.1	3	6	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.01

1981	Phoenix	PCL	36	Sf	AAA	P	6			3	2	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1981	NY Mets	NL	36	Nym	MLB	P	7		15.1	0	4	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	2.35

Awards

[1971] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #24), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6)

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