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Robin Roberts

Birthdate:

9/30/1926

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Springfield, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Roberts was an outstanding, intelligent pitcher, great control, and his fastball helped him win 20 games or more for 6 straight seasons. In 1952, Robin was 28-7, the most wins in the National League since 1935; still a number that has not been equaled. His Michigan St. college coach, John Kobs, remarked "that his every throw was right on a dime and the ball moved like lightning." Roberts led the National League in strikeouts in 1953 and again in 1954. In 1950, Roberts helped the Phillies win the National League pennant. His career record of 286 wins and 245 loses, would have been much better had he not pitched on second division teams. Roberts pitched in 4689 career innings and struck out 2357 batters; with a ERA of 3.41. This Hall of Famer had a blazing fastball with pinpoint control. He walked only 902 batters in 18 years. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1948	PHI (NL)	20	20	7	9	0	9	0	146.2	148	63	52	10	61	0	84	1	4	0	3.19
1949	PHI (NL)	43	31	15	15	4	11	3	226.2	229	101	93	15	75	0	95	1	5	0	3.69
1950	PHI (NL)	40	39	20	11	1	21	5	304.1	282	112	102	29	77	0	146	2	2	0	3.02
1951	PHI (NL)	44	39	21	15	2	22	6	315.0	284	115	106	20	64	0	127	4	3	0	3.03
1952	PHI (NL)	39	37	28	7	2	30	3	330.0	292	104	95	22	45	0	148	3	5	0	2.59
1953	PHI (NL)	44	41	23	16	2	33	5	346.2	324	119	106	30	61	0	198	3	2	0	2.75
1954	PHI (NL)	45	38	23	15	4	29	4	336.2	289	116	111	35	56	0	185	2	5	0	2.97
1955	PHI (NL)	41	38	23	14	3	26	1	305.0	292	137	111	41	53	3	160	3	2	0	3.28
1956	PHI (NL)	43	37	19	18	3	22	1	297.1	328	155	147	46	40	3	157	2	2	0	4.45
1957	PHI (NL)	39	32	10	22	2	14	2	249.2	246	122	113	40	43	16	128	0	1	0	4.07
1958	PHI (NL)	35	34	17	14	0	21	1	269.2	270	112	97	30	51	5	130	2	2	0	3.24
1959	PHI (NL)	35	35	15	17	0	19	2	257.1	267	137	122	34	35	4	137	1	5	2	4.27
1960	PHI (NL)	35	33	12	16	1	13	2	237.1	256	113	106	31	34	7	122	0	2	0	4.02
1961	PHI (NL)	26	18	1	10	0	2	0	117.0	154	85	76	19	23	6	54	1	2	0	5.85
1962	BAL (AL)	27	25	10	9	0	6	0	191.1	176	63	59	17	41	7	102	2	4	0	2.78
1963	BAL (AL)	35	35	14	13	0	9	2	251.1	230	100	93	35	40	8	124	0	3	0	3.33
1964	BAL (AL)	31	31	13	7	0	8	4	204.0	203	69	66	18	52	6	109	2	3	1	2.91
1965	HOU (NL)	10	10	5	2	0	3	2	76.0	61	22	16	1	10	1	34	1	0	0	1.89
1965	BAL (AL)	20	15	5	7	0	5	1	114.2	110	51	43	17	20	3	63	1	1	0	3.38
1966	CHC (NL)	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	48.1	62	35	33	8	11	0	28	2	0	0	6.14
1966	HOU (NL)	13	12	3	5	1	1	1	63.2	79	31	27	7	10	0	26	0	1	0	3.82
21 years		676	609	286	245	25	305	45	4688.2	4582	1962	1774	505	902	69	2357	33	54	3	3.41

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1948	PHI (NL)	21	44	1	11	2	0	1	5	6	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	.250	.340	SLG
1949	PHI (NL)	43	67	2	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	.75	.162	SLG
1950	PHI (NL)	40	102	1	12	0	0	0	7	8	39	0	0	0	0	7	0	.118	.182	SLG
1951	PHI (NL)	44	87	8	15	2	0	0	4	20	27	2	0	0	1	14	0	.172	.333	SLG
1952	PHI (NL)	39	112	3	14	6	1	0	7	11	19	0	0	0	1	13	0	.125	.210	SLG
1953	PHI (NL)	44	123	14	22	5	1	1	7	7	29	0	0	0	1	9	0	.179	.229	SLG
1954	PHI (NL)	45	122	11	15	6	1	0	6	5	34	0	0	0	0	4	2	.123	.155	SLG
1955	PHI (NL)	51	107	12	27	9	4	2	13	18	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	.252	.360	SLG
1956	PHI (NL)	43	100	8	20	2	1	1	8	6	13	0	0	0	1	3	2	.200	.248	SLG
1957	PHI (NL)	39	80	5	13	4	0	0	6	4	16	0	0	0	0	4	1	.163	.200	SLG
1958	PHI (NL)	36	99	12	20	5	1	0	9	7	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	.202	.255	SLG
1959	PHI (NL)	35	89	6	17	5	0	0	3	5	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	.191	.242	SLG
1960	PHI (NL)	35	79	6	12	1	0	0	4	6	26	1	1	0	0	4	0	.152	.212	SLG
1961	PHI (NL)	26	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	.91	.143	SLG
1962	BAL (AL)	27	52	3	10	1	0	0	2	5	13	0	0	0	1	7	1	.192	.271	SLG
1963	BAL (AL)	35	79	7	16	1	0	0	8	5	12	0	0	0	0	8	0	.203	.250	SLG
1964	BAL (AL)	31	68	3	9	1	0	0	0	4	21	0	0	0	1	4	0	.132	.192	SLG
1965	BAL (AL)	20	35	1	6	2	0	0	7	2	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	.171	.216	SLG
1965	HOU (NL)	10	21	1	5	2	1	0	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.238	.360	SLG
1966	HOU (NL)	13	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.63	.167	SLG
1966	CHC (NL)	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.200	.333	SLG
21 years		688	1525	107	255	55	10	5	103	135	372	3	1	0	8	108	6	.167	.238	.SLG

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