MLB / Players

John Roseboro

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornMay 13, 1933 · Ashland, OH, USA

MLB debutJune 14, 1957

Final gameAugust 11, 1970

Seasons14 (1957–1970)

Brooklyn Dodgers 1957; Los Angeles Dodgers 1958–1967; Minnesota Twins 1968–1969; Washington Senators 1970

Percentile snapshot

1963 season — qualified batters

135

518

6.9

470

8.9

12.9

111

5.9

74.3

33.7

RBI

29.7

23.8

83.2

61.4

23.8

.236

16.8

OBP

.291

8.9

SLG

.351

22.8

OPS

.642

19.8

wRC+

89.3

24.8

OPS+

91.0

26.7

wOBA

.292

19.8

sWAR

2.4

45.5

of 102 qualified 1963 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

93.1

28.1

OPS+

95.6

32.8

sWAR

27.0

95.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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
1957	35	79	69	6	10	2	0	2	6	10	20	0	0	.145	.253	.261	.514	26.4	35.2	.233	-0.3
1958	114	431	384	52	104	11	9	14	43	36	56	11	8	.271	.333	.456	.788	101.2	101.2	.348	2.4
1959	118	461	397	39	92	14	7	10	38	52	69	7	5	.232	.322	.378	.700	77.3	81.5	.311	1.2
1960	103	340	287	22	61	15	3	8	42	44	53	7	6	.213	.323	.369	.693	86.1	86.2	.315	1.3
1961	128	462	394	59	99	16	6	18	59	56	62	6	4	.251	.346	.459	.805	109.5	111.2	.352	3.1
1962	128	456	389	45	97	16	7	7	55	50	60	12	3	.249	.341	.380	.722	95.1	98.0	.324	2.3
1963	135	518	470	50	111	13	7	9	49	36	50	7	6	.236	.291	.351	.642	89.3	91.0	.292	2.4
1964	134	475	414	42	119	24	1	3	45	44	61	3	3	.287	.357	.372	.729	113.7	114.5	.330	3.5
1965	136	480	437	42	102	10	0	8	57	34	51	1	6	.233	.289	.311	.601	73.3	76.5	.273	1.2
1966	142	500	445	47	123	23	2	9	53	44	51	3	2	.276	.343	.398	.740	111.1	114.9	.327	3.6
1967	116	380	334	37	91	18	2	4	24	38	33	2	4	.272	.348	.374	.723	113.4	116.4	.328	2.9
1968	135	435	380	31	82	12	0	8	39	46	57	2	3	.216	.300	.311	.611	78.2	82.6	.284	1.6
1969	115	406	361	33	95	12	0	3	32	39	44	5	5	.263	.333	.321	.654	77.6	83.6	.300	1.3
1970	46	104	86	7	20	4	0	1	6	18	10	1	1	.233	.365	.314	.679	90.0	93.3	.313	0.5

Career totals

1,585

5,527

4,847

512

1,206

190

104

RBI

548

547

677

.2488

OBP

.3263

SLG

.3705

OPS

.6968

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	HR	RBI	TB
1968-04-29	MIN @ BOS Gameday	5	3	5	1	1	2	9
1959-06-03	LAD @ CIN Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	4	8
1958-08-03	LAD @ CIN Gameday	6	2	2	0	2	3	8
1966-06-07	LAD @ CHC Gameday	5	1	4	0	1	2	7
1965-09-06	SF @ LAD Gameday	5	2	3	1	1	2	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.

Honors

2× Gold Glove4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.