Dave Roberts
San Diego Padres 1969–1971; Houston Astros 1972–1975; Detroit Tigers 1976; Chicago Cubs 1977; Detroit Tigers 1977; Chicago Cubs 1978; Pittsburgh Pirates 1979; San Francisco Giants 1979; Pittsburgh Pirates 1980; Seattle Mariners 1980; New York Mets 1981
Percentile snapshot
1977 season — qualified pitchers
of 81 qualified 1977 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 45.9 | 51.8 | .249 | -0.2 |
| 1970 | 43 | 64 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .153 | .167 | .271 | .438 | 8.6 | 17.0 | .196 | 2.2 |
| 1971 | 38 | 94 | 86 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .244 | .465 | 25.7 | 35.3 | .215 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 35 | 79 | 67 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .274 | .343 | .617 | 72.6 | 76.8 | .284 | -0.2 |
| 1973 | 41 | 97 | 85 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .153 | .282 | -37.2 | -21.5 | .130 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 35 | 77 | 73 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .213 | .397 | .611 | 60.5 | 71.6 | .271 | 2.7 |
| 1975 | 32 | 74 | 63 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .156 | .206 | .363 | -8.6 | 3.4 | .169 | -0.1 |
| 1976 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 1977 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .056 | .059 | .114 | -101.4 | -70.6 | .051 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 57 | 52 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .327 | .352 | .500 | .852 | 130.4 | 125.1 | .388 | -0.1 |
| 1979 | 47 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 1981 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 34.9 | 43.3 | .235 | -1.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 48.7 | 4.81 | 1.726 | 3.51 | 4.57 | 129.5 | 73.3 | -0.2 |
| 1970 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 182 | 77 | 43 | 102 | 16 | 181.7 | 3.81 | 1.239 | 5.05 | 3.60 | 91.0 | 103.6 | 2.2 |
| 1971 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 238 | 63 | 61 | 135 | 9 | 269.7 | 2.10 | 1.109 | 4.51 | 2.71 | 82.1 | 157.0 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 227 | 96 | 57 | 111 | 18 | 192.0 | 4.50 | 1.479 | 5.20 | 3.51 | 103.7 | 75.3 | -0.2 |
| 1973 | 39 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 264 | 79 | 62 | 119 | 15 | 249.3 | 2.85 | 1.307 | 4.30 | 3.15 | 86.3 | 127.9 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 216 | 77 | 65 | 72 | 6 | 204.0 | 3.40 | 1.377 | 3.18 | 3.26 | 93.1 | 103.1 | 2.7 |
| 1975 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 182 | 94 | 73 | 101 | 16 | 198.3 | 4.27 | 1.286 | 4.58 | 3.78 | 110.5 | 80.2 | -0.1 |
| 1976 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 254 | 112 | 63 | 79 | 16 | 252.0 | 4.00 | 1.258 | 2.82 | 3.61 | 98.5 | 91.7 | 1.4 |
| 1977 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 198 | 93 | 53 | 69 | 21 | 182.3 | 4.59 | 1.377 | 3.41 | 4.40 | 103.3 | 92.9 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 159 | 83 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 142.3 | 5.25 | 1.511 | 3.41 | 4.66 | 117.9 | 75.3 | -0.1 |
| 1979 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 26 | 30 | 38 | 4 | 80.7 | 2.90 | 1.475 | 4.24 | 3.58 | 97.7 | 127.2 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 40 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 82.7 | 4.35 | 1.403 | 5.23 | 3.75 | 91.5 | 94.1 | 0.6 |
| 1981 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15.3 | 9.39 | 2.022 | 5.87 | 6.58 | 189.9 | 36.9 | -1.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-07-09 | SD @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1972-06-06 | HOU @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1972-05-15 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972-07-02 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1974-04-24 | HOU @ STL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-09-16 | SD @ LAD Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1973-06-28 | SF @ HOU Gameday | 9.2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1971-07-15 | SD @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1973-09-17 | HOU @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1971-05-12 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.