Baseball Projection Banner
Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Fielding Leaders

David Wayne Roberts

First name: Dave

Last name: Roberts

Birthdate: 1951-02-17

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 121278

Retro ID: robed102

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1972SDN5.71.57.2-1.01.16.13
1973SDN6.61.78.32.75.23.215
1974SDN4.61.46.0-2.6-0.86.8-2
1975SDN1.70.52.2-0.30.41.81
1977SDN2.51.13.60.11.22.44
1978SDN1.40.72.10.00.71.52
1979TEX1.20.41.60.40.90.73
1980TEX3.11.14.2-0.60.63.62
1981HOU0.80.10.90.20.40.41
1982PHI0.50.20.6-0.5-0.30.9-1
Career28.18.736.7-1.69.427.428

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1972SDN443-17-141110-11100-228.5-2.60.10.0-2.50
1973SDN5037103-111-610089.00.90.10.01.07
1974SDN358-26-25-1-30-1-6100-369.2-3.90.10.0-3.84
1975SDN13201-1-100-5000-68.6-0.70.00.0-0.7-1
1977SDN202-11-93-201-3400-1010.0-1.00.40.0-0.66
1978SDN112-4-31-100-2200-58.3-0.60.20.0-0.43
1979TEX93-1-10000110009.60.00.10.00.14
1980TEX251-7-61-202-12200-179.8-1.70.20.0-1.5-4
1981HOU59-1-1-1001100007.70.00.00.00.02
1982PHI36-3-30000-2000-59.0-0.60.00.0-0.6-1
Career2,189-63-516-924-451200-93--10.21.20.0-9.020

Defense

Catcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Frame Runs SB Runs Block Runs Err Runs Catcher Runs Total Fielding Runs
1972 SDN 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0 0
1977 SDN 12 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 0.9 1.1 -0.2 2 -1
1978 SDN 15 0.0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 0 -1
1979 TEX 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0.4 0.0 1 1
1980 TEX 10 -1.0 -1 -1 0 1.0 -1.1 -0.6 -1 -2
1981 HOU 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1982 PHI 0 0.0 0 0 0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -1 -1
38 -2.0 -2 -2 -3 2.0 0.6 -1.2 1 -4

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1972 SDN 2B 427 62 -6.0 -6 -4 -14 -13 0.1 -1.0 -1 -5
1972 SDN 3B 2293 326 -8.0 -8 -6 -6 -2 0.8 0.0 1 -5
1972 SDN SS 21 7 -1.0 -1 -1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1973 SDN 2B 233 46 -1.0 -1 -1 4 8 -0.2 0.0 0 -1
1973 SDN 3B 3055 437 -8.0 -9 -6 -13 -2 0.7 0.0 1 -5
1974 SDN 3B 2583 355 -6.0 -8 -6 -15 -15 0.0 0.0 0 -6
1974 SDN SS 81 15 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0 0
1975 SDN 2B 121 15 -3.0 -3 -2 -7 -9 0.1 -0.1 0 -2
1975 SDN 3B 813 128 -3.0 -4 -3 -6 -5 0.3 0.0 0 -3
1977 SDN 2B 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1977 SDN 3B 24 3 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1977 SDN SS 30 6 -2.0 -2 -1 -1 0 -0.1 0.1 0 -1
1978 SDN 1B 76 5 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1979 TEX 1B 29 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1979 TEX 2B 174 26 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 0 -0.1 0.5 0 -1
1979 TEX 3B 3 1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1980 TEX 1B 19 2 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1980 TEX 2B 27 3 0.0 0 0 -1 -3 0.0 0.0 0 0
1980 TEX 3B 858 101 -10.0 -10 -7 -18 -15 -0.4 0.0 0 -7
1980 TEX SS 324 58 -2.0 -2 -1 -3 -2 -0.6 -0.2 -1 -2
1981 HOU 1B 242 29 1.0 1 1 4 2 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1981 HOU 2B 12 1 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1981 HOU 3B 94 17 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0.0 0 0
1982 PHI 2B 115 18 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 0.2 0.1 0 0
1982 PHI 3B 90 15 -2.0 -2 -1 -1 0 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1B 366 38 0.0 0 0 3 2 -0.1 0.0 0 0
2B 1113 172 -11.0 -11 -8 -23 -19 0.1 -0.5 -1 -9
3B 9813 1383 -38.0 -42 -30 -59 -39 1.4 0.0 2 -28
SS 456 86 -5.0 -5 -3 -3 0 -0.7 0.0 -1 -4

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1974 SDN LF 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDN LF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDN CF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX LF 13 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1979 TEX CF 89 10 1.0 1 1 -2 6 -1 0
1979 TEX RF 43 8 0.0 0 0 0 6 1 1
1980 TEX RF 53 3 -1.0 -1 -1 -5 3 0 -1
LF 23 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
CF 92 10 1.0 1 1 -2 6 -1 0
RF 96 11 -1.0 -1 -1 -5 9 1 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1981HOU0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.00.00.00.00.00.00

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1981HOU1000000000005.20.00.00.00.00
Career100000000000-0.00.00.00.00

Glossary

Click to expand glossary
Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by
Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".