Robin Roberts

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 30, 1926 in Springfield, IL us

Died: May 6, 2010 in Temple Terrace, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lanphier HS (Springfield, IL)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: June 18, 1948 (Age 21-262d, 10,524th in major league history)
vs. PIT 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 3, 1966 (Age 39-338d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1976. (Voted by BBWAA on 337/388 ballots)
View Robin Roberts's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Robin Evan Roberts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

86.1

286

245

ERA

3.41

676

609

4688.2

2357

WHIP

1.170

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-17 / in Starts: 24-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	101 (55-30-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (47-28-14)

Most Driven In
S Burgess	3
W Jones	2
T Kazanski	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Ashburn	5
C Ryan	2
G Hamner	1
Self	1
E Waitkus	1
D Ennis	1
T Kazanski	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	188	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.00	-0.082	2.55	-0.12%	-0.80	P
2	189	4 (2)	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.55	-0.006	3.54	-0.01%	-0.19	P
3	190	7 (2)	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	9	.78	0.053	2.34	0.10%	0.72	P
4	191	10 (2)	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	9	.54	-0.036	1.93	-0.08%	-0.41	P
5	192	14 (3)	Apr 30	PHI		STL	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	9	1.30	-0.073	4.62	-0.16%	-0.71	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	193	16 (1)	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	9	.29	-0.022	.94	-0.04%	-0.48	P
7	194	19 (2)	May 9 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238	.465	9	1.72	-0.222	7.43	-0.58%	-1.94	P
8	195	23 (3)	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	9	1.26	-0.087	4.71	-0.20%	-0.65	P
9	196	26 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.62	-0.028	2.46	-0.07%	-0.79	P
10	197	29 (2)	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9	1.08	-0.085	4.52	-0.21%	-0.75	P
11	198	32 (2)	May 27 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.200	.182	.382	9	.17	0.013	.47	0.02%	-1.53	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	199	36 (3)	Jun 2	PHI		STL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.278	.515	9	.25	0.037	.76	0.07%	0.83	P
13	200	41 (4)	Jun 6	PHI		MLN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.256	.476	9	.58	-0.052	2.08	-0.11%	-1.42	P
14	201	46 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.222	.238	.460	9	.63	0.014	1.47	0.02%	-0.35	P
15	202	49 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.178	.229	.244	.474	9	1.45	-0.033	3.09	-0.04%	-0.42	P
16	203	51 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.229	.244	.474	9						P
17	204	54 (2)	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.160	.208	.220	.428	9	.48	-0.082	.68	-0.07%	-1.57	P
18	205	58 (3)	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.170	.214	.226	.441	9	.63	-0.016	1.11	-0.02%	-1.02	P
19	206	62 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.203	.214	.418	9	1.58	-0.172	5.74	-0.37%	-1.26	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	207	66 (3)	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.206	.217	.423	9	1.52	-0.073	6.43	-0.19%	-0.24	P
21	208	71 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.209	.234	.443	9	1.28	-0.026	3.62	-0.04%	-0.45	P
22	209	77 (5)	Jul 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.203	.227	.430	9	1.66	-0.126	3.07	-0.14%	-1.29	P
23	210	80 (2)	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.205	.229	.434	9	.66	-0.060	1.46	-0.08%	-0.57	P
24	211	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.197	.219	.417	9	.46	-0.036	1.18	-0.06%	-0.40	P
25	212	88 (5)	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,10-0	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.184	.215	.237	.452	9	.27	0.028	.60	0.04%	1.61	P
26	213	92 (3)	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.207	.228	.435	9	.83	-0.066	1.63	-0.08%	-0.75	P
27	214	95 (2)	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-13	GS-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.217	.228	.445	9	1.45	0.031	1.55	0.02%	0.34	P
28	215	97 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.207	.217	.424	9	.57	-0.060	.72	-0.05%	-1.29	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	216	103 (5)	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.161	.198	.207	.405	9	.65	-0.089	.44	-0.04%	-1.58	P
30	217	107 (3)	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.194	.202	.396	9	1.15	-0.101	.99	-0.05%	-1.00	P
31	218	111 (3)	Aug 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.196	.226	.422	9	1.47	0.223	.65	0.06%	1.98	P
32	219	115 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.156	.190	.219	.409	9	1.22	-0.138	.22	-0.02%	-1.13	P
33	220	119 (3)	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.188	.216	.405	9	1.03	-0.026	.03	0.00%	-0.31	P
34	221	121 (1)	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.192	.212	.404	9	1.14	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.37	P
35	222	124 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.192	.212	.404	1						P
36	223	126 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.157	.196	.225	.422	9	.77	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.53	P
37	224	130 (3)	Aug 29	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.200	.229	.429	9	.91	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	225	135 (4)	Sep 2	PHI		STL	L,7-10	GS-7	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.168	.212	.234	.446	9	.61	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
39	226	138 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.165	.209	.229	.438	9	1.50	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
40	227	142 (3)	Sep 11	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.203	.223	.427	9	.61	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
41	228	146 (3)	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.172	.213	.259	.472	9	.74	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.96	P
42	229	149 (2)	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.216	.261	.477	9	1.37	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
43	230	153 (3)	Sep 23	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.219	.262	.481	9	1.27	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
44	231	156 (2)	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-8	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.229	.260	.489	9	1.07	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.68	P
							26-17		140	123	14	22	5	1	1	7	7	0	28	1	9		2	4	0	0	.179	.229	.260	.489		.90	-1.453	1.75	-2.49%	-18.88

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