Robin Roberts

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb

BornSeptember 30, 1926 · Springfield, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 18, 1948

Final gameSeptember 3, 1966

Seasons19 (1948–1966)

Philadelphia Phillies 1948–1961; Baltimore Orioles 1962–1965; Houston Astros 1965; Chicago Cubs 1966; Houston Astros 1966

Percentile snapshot

1965 season — qualified pitchers

1.4

8.3

20.8

66.7

47.2

SHO

69.4

171

79.2

88.9

98.6

18.1

190.7

26.4

ERA

2.78

WHIP

1.054

93.1

K/9

4.58

19.4

FIP

3.19

66.7

FIP-

92.5

72.2

ERA+

123.5

72.2

sWAR

3.9

73.6

of 73 qualified 1965 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

112.8

78.4

sWAR

73.2

99.7

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
1948	21	53	44	1	11	2	0	1	5	6	16	0	0	.250	.340	.364	.704	93.5	92.0	.331	3.1
1949	43	79	67	2	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	0	0	.075	.162	.090	.252	-36.2	-30.6	.138	2.7
1950	40	117	102	1	12	0	0	0	7	8	39	0	0	.118	.182	.118	.299	-25.3	-18.3	.153	6.1
1951	44	122	87	8	15	2	0	0	4	20	27	2	0	.172	.333	.195	.529	60.3	48.1	.278	6.6
1952	39	137	112	3	14	6	1	0	7	11	19	0	0	.125	.210	.196	.406	9.2	14.5	.201	7.6
1953	44	140	123	14	22	5	1	1	7	7	29	0	0	.179	.229	.260	.489	22.8	28.6	.224	9.2
1954	45	133	122	11	15	6	1	0	6	5	34	0	0	.123	.155	.189	.344	-27.6	-9.9	.157	7.0
1955	51	130	107	12	27	9	4	2	13	18	18	0	0	.252	.360	.467	.827	125.0	120.1	.371	6.8
1956	43	112	100	8	20	2	1	1	8	6	13	0	0	.200	.248	.270	.518	37.2	40.7	.238	0.8
1957	39	89	80	5	13	4	0	0	6	4	16	0	0	.163	.200	.213	.413	4.9	12.4	.191	1.7
1958	36	109	99	12	20	5	1	0	9	7	15	0	0	.202	.255	.273	.527	37.1	40.7	.245	5.2
1959	35	97	89	6	17	5	0	0	3	5	23	0	0	.191	.242	.247	.489	26.0	29.8	.230	2.2
1960	35	89	79	6	12	1	0	0	4	6	26	1	1	.152	.212	.165	.376	0.5	4.7	.186	1.7
1961	26	36	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	.091	.143	.091	.234	-41.6	-35.7	.120	-1.5
1962	27	66	52	3	10	1	0	0	2	5	13	0	0	.192	.271	.212	.483	39.3	37.0	.236	4.2
1963	35	92	79	7	16	1	0	0	8	5	12	0	0	.203	.250	.215	.465	33.0	35.3	.221	3.1
1964	31	77	68	3	9	1	0	0	0	4	21	0	0	.132	.192	.147	.339	-10.2	-3.0	.168	3.6
1965	30	68	56	2	11	4	1	0	10	6	13	0	0	.196	.274	.304	.578	67.2	67.1	.272	3.9
1966	24	36	26	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	0	0	.115	.233	.115	.349	8.1	1.9	.189	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1948	20	20	7	9	0	9	0	148	52	61	84	10	146.7	3.19	1.425	5.15	3.64	93.5	121.9	3.1
1949	43	31	15	15	4	11	3	229	93	75	95	15	226.7	3.69	1.341	3.77	3.61	89.8	108.9	2.7
1950	40	39	20	11	1	21	5	282	102	77	146	29	304.3	3.02	1.180	4.32	3.51	87.2	133.6	6.1
1951	44	39	21	15	2	22	6	284	106	64	127	20	315.0	3.03	1.105	3.63	3.04	79.2	126.7	6.6
1952	39	37	28	7	2	30	3	292	95	45	148	22	330.0	2.59	1.021	4.04	2.84	77.9	140.7	7.6
1953	44	41	23	16	2	33	5	324	106	61	198	30	346.7	2.75	1.111	5.14	3.14	75.0	152.3	9.2
1954	45	38	23	15	4	29	4	289	111	56	185	35	336.7	2.97	1.025	4.95	3.21	80.1	135.3	7.0
1955	41	38	23	14	3	26	1	292	111	53	160	41	305.0	3.28	1.131	4.72	3.55	89.3	121.2	6.8
1956	43	37	19	18	3	22	1	328	147	40	157	46	297.3	4.45	1.238	4.75	3.61	97.3	83.4	0.8
1957	39	32	10	22	2	14	2	246	113	43	128	40	249.7	4.07	1.158	4.61	4.10	107.6	93.5	1.7
1958	35	34	17	14	0	21	1	270	97	51	130	30	269.7	3.24	1.190	4.34	3.58	91.1	121.3	5.2
1959	35	35	15	17	0	19	2	267	122	35	137	34	257.3	4.27	1.174	4.79	3.74	92.9	94.4	2.2
1960	35	33	12	16	1	13	2	256	106	34	122	31	237.3	4.02	1.222	4.63	3.78	99.5	94.4	1.7
1961	26	18	1	10	0	2	0	154	76	23	54	19	117.0	5.85	1.513	4.15	4.50	112.3	68.5	-1.5
1962	27	25	10	9	0	6	0	176	59	41	102	17	191.3	2.78	1.134	4.80	3.31	89.0	133.9	4.2
1963	35	35	14	13	0	9	2	230	93	40	124	35	251.3	3.33	1.074	4.44	3.80	109.4	104.2	3.1
1964	31	31	13	7	0	8	4	203	66	52	109	18	204.0	2.91	1.250	4.81	3.35	93.9	122.5	3.6
1965	30	25	10	9	0	8	3	171	59	30	97	18	190.7	2.78	1.054	4.58	3.19	92.5	123.5	3.9
1966	24	21	5	8	1	2	1	141	60	21	54	15	112.0	4.82	1.446	4.34	4.04	113.7	73.6	-0.6

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

688

1,782

1,525

107

255

RBI

103

135

372

.1672

OBP

.2378

SLG

.2262

OPS

.4640

Pitching

G (P)

676

149th-most career G (P)

609

20th-most career GS

286

28th-most career W

245

12th-most career L

305

38th-most career CG

SHO

29th-most career SHO

4,689

21st-most career IP

SO (P)

2,357

54th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

902

160th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.405

374th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1696

104th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.52

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	BB	TB
1955-06-22	PHI @ STL Gameday	3	2	3	2	0	0	1	5
1948-08-07	STL @ PHI Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	5
1953-09-15	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	5
1955-07-09	PHI @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	5
1956-06-17	CHC @ PHI Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	2	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1957-05-02	CHC @ PHI Gameday	9.0	3	2	1	1	13	1
1960-06-19	PHI @ SF Gameday	11.0	5	1	1	0	11	1
1950-04-30	ATL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	8	3	3	3	11	1
1950-05-26	PHI @ SF Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	2	11	1
1954-06-22	CHC @ PHI Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	1

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

Hall of Fame, 1976 (BBWAA)

7× 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.