Dave Roberts

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: September 11, 1944 in Gallipolis, OH us

Died: January 9, 2009 in Short Gap, WV

Buried: Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, MD

High School: Central HS (Columbus, OH)

Debut: July 6, 1969 (Age 24-298d, 12,861st in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: May 16, 1981 (Age 36-247d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: David Arthur Roberts

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1979 World Series

+11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.6

103

125

ERA

3.78

445

277

2099.0

957

WHIP

1.335

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-27 / in Starts: 9-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 5

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	279	1	Apr 7	DET		KCR	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	9	6	6	1	2	2	0	10.80	7.74	24	7	5	0	1	9	26			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.341	1.20	-0.24%	-3.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	280	5	Apr 12	DET	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	3	1	0	4.50	5.88	34	14	9	0	1	4	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.346	.76	0.23%	3.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
3	281	10	Apr 17	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	8	6	3	2	3	1	0	4.09	5.33	34	13	8	2	1	8	49			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	.91	-0.408	.94	-0.25%	-1.87	1b start a 3	8b 3 out d1
4	282	15	Apr 24(1)	DET		BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	6	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	3	0	4.18	6.13	23	9	6	0	1	5	51			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.031	.94	-0.02%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
5	283	20	Apr 30	DET	@	MIN	L,3-7	GS-2	L(1-4)	5	1.2	6	6	6	2	1	1	1	5.76	6.62	13	4	0	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.426	1.28	-0.25%	-5.60	1b start a 1	2b -23 2 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	284	23	May 6	DET		MIL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-4)	5	7.1	9	2	1	0	6	1	0	4.86	5.87	32	6	11	3	0	9	60			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.090	.97	0.05%	1.32	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
7	285	27	May 11	DET		MIN	W,8-3	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	3	1	1	4	0	0	4.11	5.15	36	14	12	0	1	5	72			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	4	.75	0.114	.50	0.05%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	286	32	May 15(2)	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-10	L(3-5)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.93	5.07	38	14	12	0	2	9	56			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.142	1.31	0.10%	1.64	1b start tie	10b --3 0 out tie
9	287	35	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5		4	4.2	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.22	4.97	22	4	7	1	1	6	33			0	0	0	19	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.241	.84	-0.11%	-1.91	1b start a 2	5b 12- 2 out tie
10	288	39	May 25	DET		CAL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.0	8	4	4	5	5	2	0	4.32	5.20	32	8	6	1	2	8	45			3	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.005	.87	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d4
11	289	43	May 30	DET		OAK	L,3-6	GS-4	L(3-7)	4	3.2	3	5	2	1	1	0	1	4.35	5.13	17	10	1	0	1	3	41			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.07	-0.255	.56	-0.08%	-3.21	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	290	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.91	5.26	17	2	5	0	1	7	20			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.379	.69	-0.13%	-3.53	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out tie
13	291	52	Jun 9	DET	@	SEA	L,1-2	GS-5		4	4.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.73	5.12	20	7	6	1	2	5	50			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.122	.69	0.04%	1.28	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
14	292	60	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7		8	6.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.71	5.05	28	5	11	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.065	.95	0.03%	0.54	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a2
15	293	65	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,11-12	GS-4		3	3.2	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	4.83	5.00	18	7	3	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.282	.42	-0.09%	-3.11	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
16	294	70	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.47	4.76	35	14	10	1	1	7	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.353	.44	0.10%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	295	74	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.56	4.79	27	10	8	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.048	.99	-0.03%	0.01	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
18	296	80	Jul 6	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-8)	3	8.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.39	4.74	30	14	7	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	.71	0.138	.32	0.04%	1.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
19	297	84	Jul 11	DET		TOR	W,9-7	GS-7		4	6.2	9	7	6	3	3	1	0	4.60	4.76	31	8	8	0	0	9	30			2	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.377	.14	-0.04%	-3.79	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
20	298	88	Jul 15	DET	@	TOR	L,6-8	GS-7		3	6.1	6	5	3	2	1	0	0	4.58	4.69	29	10	10	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	26	1	2	1	0	1	2	1.39	-0.344	.15	-0.02%	-1.72	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out tie
21	299	92	Jul 21	DET		KCR	L,1-8	GS-3	L(4-9)	5	2.2	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	4.84	4.85	13	5	3	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.286	.09	-0.02%	-3.51	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
22	300	97	Jul 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-10)	4	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	2	0	5.15	5.04	17	4	3	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.424	.15	-0.04%	-4.87	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 0 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago Cubs
23	301	103	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	4-6		5	3.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.03	5.00	14	7	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	.84	0.095	2.56	0.18%	1.50	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
24	302	104	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.98	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.041	1.63	0.08%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
25	303	106	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	L,8-11	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	4.96	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.010	.67	0.02%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	304	110	Aug 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	9-GF		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	4.96	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.366	11.37	-0.85%	-1.42	9b 1-- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
27	305	112	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7		1	6.1	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.80	4.87	26	15	9	7	0	0	55			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.159	3.88	0.38%	1.81	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
28	306	115	Aug 14(1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	6-8		3	3.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.82	4.84	13	2	5	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	0	1	0	.11	0.005	.31	0.01%	-0.37	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
29	307	117	Aug 16	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	8-9		1	1.2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.77	4.79	9	4	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.60	-0.186	2.08	-0.15%	-0.17	8t --- 1 out tie	9t 3 out d1
30	308	124	Aug 23	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	5-10		6	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.61	4.68	16	9	4	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	0.360	1.24	0.17%	2.23	5t 1-3 1 out tie	10t -2- 1 out tie
31	309	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-4	L(4-11)	4	3.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.73	4.62	19	8	6	4	0	1	33			0	0	0	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.284	.57	-0.10%	-2.65	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	310	136	Sep 5	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(5-11)	7	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.58	4.48	32	19	10	6	1	0	70			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.394	.13	0.03%	2.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	311	143	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	GS-5		6	4.2	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.78	4.42	23	5	14	8	1	1	23			1	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.333	.01	0.00%	-3.89	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
34	312	148	Sep 17(2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	4.65	4.38	28	11	14	8	2	0	56			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.65	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out d1
35	313	153	Sep 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	7-7	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	4.37	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.150	.00	0.00%	0.69	7b -2- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
36	314	155	Sep 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	GS-5		1	4.2	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.61	4.40	21	12	5	3	1	0	43			1	1	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
37	315	158	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	L,9-15	7-7		2	0.1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.65	4.41	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.65	7t -23 1 out d2	7t 123 2 out d2
38	316	159	Sep 28	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	8-GF		0	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.62	4.41	7	2	4	4	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.08	8t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 3
39	317	160	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	4.40	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							12-27		W-L:5-11,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.6	182.1	198	110	93	53	69	21	3	4.59	4.40	792	1.25		11%	4%	147	45	7	43%	13	10	0	721	44	8	10	10	6	16	1.03	-2.601	.77	-0.94%	-18.02

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