Dave Roberts
San Diego Padres 1972–1975; San Diego Padres 1977–1978; Texas Rangers 1979–1980; Houston Astros 1981; Philadelphia Phillies 1982
Percentile snapshot
1973 season — qualified batters
of 115 qualified 1973 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 100 | 443 | 418 | 38 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 64 | 7 | 2 | .244 | .275 | .321 | .595 | 70.5 | 73.6 | .277 | 0.1 |
| 1973 | 127 | 503 | 479 | 56 | 137 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 64 | 17 | 83 | 11 | 2 | .286 | .310 | .472 | .782 | 117.7 | 120.1 | .350 | 3.0 |
| 1974 | 113 | 358 | 318 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 69 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .246 | .252 | .497 | 36.0 | 41.6 | .237 | -1.4 |
| 1975 | 33 | 132 | 113 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .283 | .367 | .354 | .721 | 106.6 | 105.6 | .340 | 0.6 |
| 1977 | 82 | 202 | 186 | 15 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .220 | .268 | .323 | .590 | 62.7 | 64.6 | .270 | 0.3 |
| 1978 | 54 | 112 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .309 | .309 | .618 | 67.4 | 79.8 | .274 | 0.2 |
| 1979 | 44 | 93 | 84 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .262 | .319 | .417 | .735 | 99.9 | 98.6 | .332 | 0.3 |
| 1980 | 101 | 251 | 235 | 27 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .280 | .383 | .663 | 78.5 | 82.4 | .297 | 0.5 |
| 1981 | 27 | 59 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .271 | .352 | .623 | 75.0 | 80.1 | .287 | 0.0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .229 | .212 | .441 | 20.9 | 24.2 | .214 | -0.1 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-07-18 | SD @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1973-08-23 | SD @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1972-06-29 | ATL @ SD Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980-09-27 | TEX @ SEA Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1972-07-30 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
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.