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Dave Roberts CF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 3090 .266 .342 .366 85 5.7
Birth Date5-31-1972
Height5' 10"
Weight180 lbs
Age51 years, 10 months, 25 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1999 CLE 27 41 156 34 4 0 2 9 16 0 11 3 .238 .281 .308 53 -9.2 1.4 -0.7 -0.3
2000 CLE 28 19 13 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 75 -0.4 -0.6 -1.1 -0.2
2001 CLE 29 15 13 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .333 .385 .417 80 -0.3 -1.1 -0.5 -0.1
2002 LAN 30 127 479 117 14 7 3 48 51 2 45 10 .277 .353 .365 86 -6.4 9.0 -1.3 1.6
2003 LAN 31 107 440 97 6 5 2 43 39 4 40 14 .250 .331 .307 83 -8.1 0.8 0.6 0.6
2004 BOS 32 45 101 22 10 0 2 10 17 1 5 2 .256 .330 .442 82 -2.1 -1.0 0.6 0.0
2004 LAN 32 68 270 59 4 7 2 28 31 4 33 1 .253 .340 .356 80 -6.2 5.4 -0.5 0.5
2005 SDN 33 115 480 113 19 10 8 53 59 1 23 12 .275 .356 .428 96 -1.7 0.8 -10.9 0.3
2006 SDN 34 129 566 146 18 13 2 51 61 4 49 6 .293 .360 .393 90 -4.9 3.6 6.3 1.8
2007 SFN 35 114 442 103 17 9 2 42 66 0 31 5 .260 .331 .364 81 -8.9 7.1 -0.1 1.2
2008 SFN 36 52 130 24 2 2 0 20 18 0 5 3 .224 .341 .280 87 -1.8 -1.8 3.3 0.3
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1994 JAM A- NYP 54 212 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 LAK A+ FSL 92 401 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 VIS A+ CLF 126 591 .000 .000 .000 .336 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 JAX AA SOU 3 10 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 JAX AA SOU 0 460 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 AKR AA EAS 0 263 .000 .000 .000 .395 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 JAX AA SOU 0 335 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 BUF AAA INT 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .167 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB AL 41 156 .271 .347 .431 .254 103 -10.5 4.4 0.4 53 11 -0.7 1.4 -9.2 -0.3
1999 BUF AAA INT 0 395 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB AL 19 13 .268 .362 .455 .250 87 -1 0.4 0 75 11 -1.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2
2000 BUF AAA INT 0 523 .000 .000 .000 .320 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB AL 15 13 .267 .348 .429 .400 105 0.1 0.4 0 80 12 -0.5 -1.1 -0.3 -0.1
2001 AKR AA EAS 17 77 .000 .000 .000 .224 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BUF AAA INT 62 272 .000 .000 .000 .356 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 LAN MLB NL 127 479 .260 .323 .414 .309 94 -1.1 13.8 1.2 86 10 -1.3 9.0 -6.4 1.6
2003 LAN MLB NL 107 440 .257 .323 .414 .274 89 0.2 11.6 1.2 83 9 0.6 0.8 -8.1 0.6
2003 LVG AAA PCL 2 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OGD Rk PIO 3 12 .000 .000 .000 .364 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 BOS MLB AL 45 101 .275 .343 .438 .286 110 -1 3.0 -0.6 82 10 0.6 -1.0 -2.1 0.0
2004 LAN MLB NL 68 270 .268 .338 .432 .281 96 -3.1 8.0 -1.2 80 10 -0.5 5.4 -6.2 0.5
2004 VRO A+ FSL 2 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SDN MLB NL 115 480 .269 .333 .427 .302 93 9.2 13.8 1.2 96 9 -10.9 0.8 -1.7 0.3
2005 LEL A+ CLF 3 13 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SDN MLB NL 129 566 .269 .333 .430 .327 86 14.5 17.0 -3.5 90 11 6.3 3.6 -4.9 1.8
2006 LEL A+ CLF 1 3 .000 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN MLB NL 114 442 .262 .326 .409 .308 96 -8.5 13.1 0.8 81 9 -0.1 7.1 -8.9 1.2
2007 FRE AAA PCL 2 8 .314 .379 .496 .200 121 -1 0.2 0 66 0 0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.0
2008 SFN MLB NL 52 130 .260 .319 .404 .264 95 -3.2 3.8 -0.7 87 10 3.3 -1.8 -1.8 0.3
2008 FRE AAA PCL 11 37 .278 .345 .457 .435 115 4.5 1.1 -0.3 155 0 -0.3 -1.8 2.0 0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1994 JAM A- NYP 212 178 33 52 7 2 0 63 12 29 27 12 8 .292 .389 .354 .062 3 3
1995 LAK A+ FSL 401 357 67 108 10 5 3 137 30 39 43 30 8 .303 .371 .384 .081 2 2
1996 VIS A+ CLF 591 482 112 131 24 7 5 184 37 98 105 65 21 .272 .394 .382 .110 3 3
1996 JAX AA SOU 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .300 .222 .000 0 0
1997 JAX AA SOU 460 415 76 123 24 2 4 163 41 45 62 23 5 .296 .365 .393 .096 0 0
1998 JAX AA SOU 335 279 71 91 14 5 5 130 42 53 59 21 9 .326 .439 .466 .140 0 0
1998 AKR AA EAS 263 227 49 82 10 5 7 123 33 35 30 28 6 .361 .449 .542 .181 0 0
1998 BUF AAA INT 15 15 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 .133 .133 .133 .000 0 0
1999 BUF AAA INT 395 350 65 95 17 10 0 132 38 43 52 39 3 .271 .354 .377 .106 0 0
1999 CLE MLB AL 156 143 26 34 4 0 2 44 12 9 16 11 3 .238 .281 .308 .070 1 3
2000 BUF AAA INT 523 462 93 135 16 3 13 196 55 59 68 39 11 .292 .375 .424 .132 0 0
2000 CLE MLB AL 13 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .000 0 1
2001 BUF AAA INT 272 241 34 73 12 4 0 93 22 18 44 17 6 .303 .346 .386 .083 8 8
2001 AKR AA EAS 77 64 9 13 5 0 0 18 2 9 8 4 0 .203 .303 .281 .078 2 2
2001 CLE MLB AL 13 12 3 4 1 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 1 .333 .385 .417 .083 0 0
2002 LAN MLB NL 479 422 63 117 14 7 3 154 34 48 51 45 10 .277 .353 .365 .088 1 6
2003 OGD Rk PIO 12 10 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 .400 .417 .400 .000 1 1
2003 LVG AAA PCL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .000 0 0
2003 LAN MLB NL 440 388 56 97 6 5 2 119 16 43 39 40 14 .250 .331 .307 .057 0 5
2004 LAN MLB NL 270 233 45 59 4 7 2 83 21 28 31 33 1 .253 .340 .356 .103 3 2
2004 VRO A+ FSL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2004 BOS MLB AL 101 86 19 22 10 0 2 38 14 10 17 5 2 .256 .330 .442 .186 3 1
2005 SDN MLB NL 480 411 65 113 19 10 8 176 38 53 59 23 12 .275 .356 .428 .153 4 11
2005 LEL A+ CLF 13 10 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 .200 .385 .300 .100 0 0
2006 SDN MLB NL 566 499 80 146 18 13 2 196 44 51 61 49 6 .293 .360 .393 .100 5 7
2006 LEL A+ CLF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 0 0
2007 FRE AAA PCL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .000 0 0
2007 SFN MLB NL 442 396 61 103 17 9 2 144 23 42 66 31 5 .260 .331 .364 .104 0 4
2008 FRE AAA PCL 37 31 4 12 4 1 2 24 5 6 6 0 2 .387 .486 .774 .387 0 0
2008 SFN MLB NL 130 107 18 24 2 2 0 30 9 20 18 5 3 .224 .341 .280 .056 2 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 542 0.5461 0.3192 0.9249 0.4426 0.1707 0.9389 0.8810 0.0751 -0.0070
Career5420.54610.31920.92490.44260.17070.93890.88100.0751-0.0070

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2008-04-08 2008-07-22 60-DL 105 91 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus and Cartilage 2008-04-11
2007-05-10 2007-06-09 15-DL 30 27 Left Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs 2007-05-11
2006-06-18 2006-07-05 15-DL 17 15 Right Knee Contusion -
2005-04-02 2005-04-18 15-DL 16 12 Right Groin Strain -
2004-05-05 2004-05-28 15-DL 23 20 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2003-07-02 2003-07-26 15-DL 24 21 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2003-05-17 2003-06-01 15-DL 15 13 Right Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2001-04-02 2001-06-24 60-DL 83 71 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum and Frayed Rotator Cuff 2000-12-20 -
2000-12-20 2000-12-20 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Frayed Rotator Cuff 2000-12-20 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SFN $6,500,000
2007 SFN $5,000,000
2006 SDN $2,250,000
2005 SDN $1,350,000
2004 LAN, BOS $975,000
2003 LAN $400,000
2002 LAN $217,500
2001 CLE $212,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$16,904,500
8 yrTotal$16,904,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 36 dJohn Boggs3 years/$18M (2007-09)

Details
  • 3 years/$18M (2007-09), 07:$5M, 08:$6.5M, 09:$6.5M. Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/07. Award bonuses: $0.1M for MVP. $50,000 for All-Star ($25,000 for selection). $50,000 each Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $75,000 for World Series MVP. Perks: may purchase four premium season tickets each season. Roberts to donate $25,000 per year to buy tickets for charity.
  • 1 year/$2.25M (2006). Re-signed by San Diego.
  • 1 year/$1.35M (2005). Signed 12/04 (avoided arbitration. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 450, 550 plate appearances.
  • 1 year/$0.975M (2004). Re-signed 1/04 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Boston in trade from LA 7/04. Acquired by San Diego in trade from Boston 12/04 (San Diego also paid $2.65M in cash).
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2003). Re-signed 3/03.
  • 1 year/$0.2175M (2002). Re-signed 3/02.
  • Acquired in trade from Cleveland 12/01 after being designated for assignment.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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