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Brian Roberts
Brian Michael Roberts

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.
Schools University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina

Debut June 14, 2001

Born October 9, 1977 in Durham, NC

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 23 BAL AL  75  273   42   69  12  3   2   17  12  3  13  36  .253  .284  .341   68   93   3   3   0   0   3
 2002 24 BAL AL  38  128   18   29   6  0   1   11   9  2  15  21  .227  .308  .297   66   38   3   2   0   1   3
 2003 25 BAL AL 112  460   65  124  22  4   5   41  23  6  46  58  .270  .337  .367   87  169   4   1   1   1   9
 2004 26 BAL AL 159  641  107  175  50  2   4   53  29 12  71  95  .273  .344  .376   90  241  15   6   1   1   3
 2005 27 BAL AL 143  561   92  176  45  7  18   73  27 10  67  83  .314  .387  .515  139  289   5   4   5   3   6 MVP-18,AS
 2006 28 BAL AL 138  563   85  161  34  3  10   55  36  7  55  66  .286  .347  .410   96  231   6   5   4   0  16
 2007 29 BAL AL 156  621  103  180  42  5  12   57  50  7  89  99  .290  .377  .432  112  268   2   4   6   0   8 AS
 2008 30 BAL AL 100  398   65  114  38  8   7   34  27 10  52  72  .286  .368  .475  124  189   0   3   3   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      921 3645  577 1028 249 32  59  341 213 57 408 530  .282  .353  .416  103 1518  38  28  20   7  52
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        641  101  181  44  6  10   60  37 10  72  93  .282  .353  .416  103  267   7   5   4   1   9
 Career High    159  641  107  180  50  8  18   73  50 12  89  99  .314  .387  .515  139  289  15   6   6   3  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 23 BAL AL  292  216   28   3.5   103| .253  .261| .284  .327| .341  .420| .625  .747|  68  .334 -12.7  -1.2  80%
 2002 24 BAL AL  149  109   13   3.2   101| .227  .258| .308  .325| .297  .416| .605  .740|  66  .310  -5.4  -0.5  81%
 2003 25 BAL AL  512  356   60   4.5   106| .270  .267| .337  .333| .367  .427| .704  .759|  87  .449  -8.2  -0.8  79%
 2004 26 BAL AL  734  502   90   4.8   108| .273  .268| .344  .336| .376  .430| .720  .766|  90  .465  -6.5  -0.6  70%
 2005 27 BAL AL  640  410  117   7.6   104| .314  .267| .387  .330| .515  .423| .902  .753| 139  .692  33.7   3.2  72%
 2006 28 BAL AL  629  436   82   5.0   110| .286  .274| .347  .339| .410  .436| .757  .775|  96  .482  -1.9  -0.2  83%
 2007 29 BAL AL  716  462  113   6.5   108| .290  .272| .377  .340| .432  .426| .809  .765| 112  .615  13.9   1.3  87%
 2008 30 BAL AL  454  301   73   6.5   104| .286  .266| .368  .335| .475  .415| .843  .750| 124  .632  14.9   1.4  72%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      4126 2792  576   5.5   106| .282  .268| .353  .334| .416  .426| .769  .760| 103  .540  27.7   2.6  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 23 BAL AL SS 51 84 131 14 25 .939 .973 4.22 4.03 4.69 4.49 47 413.0 2B 12 13 25 2 6 .950 .982 3.17 4.44 4.22 4.87 7 81.0 DH 7 2002 24 BAL AL 2B 25 44 81 3 19 .977 .979 5.00 4.36 5.06 4.90 25 222.3 DH 7 2003 25 BAL AL 2B 107 198 324 7 68 .987 .982 4.88 4.37 5.08 4.94 105 925.0 DH 3 SS 2 1 8 2 1 .818 .968 4.50 4.15 5.06 4.56 2 16.0 2004 26 BAL AL 2B 150 235 426 8 92 .988 .982 4.41 4.35 4.50 4.95 148 1322.3 DH 6 2005 27 BAL AL 2B 141 238 413 8 93 .988 .983 4.62 4.48 4.85 4.96 138 1208.0 AS 2006 28 BAL AL 2B 137 214 375 9 98 .985 .986 4.30 4.47 4.54 4.92 135 1167.7 DH 1 2007 29 BAL AL 2B 154 278 457 7 110 .991 .985 4.77 4.54 4.97 4.98 151 1329.7 AS 2008 30 BAL AL 2B 99 201 295 4 81 .992 .987 5.01 4.58 5.17 5.01 97 863.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 BAL AL 2B 12 13 25 2 6 .950 .982 3.17 4.44 4.22 4.87 7 81.0 2002 24 BAL AL 2B 25 44 81 3 19 .977 .979 5.00 4.36 5.06 4.90 25 222.3 2003 25 BAL AL 2B 107 198 324 7 68 .987 .982 4.88 4.37 5.08 4.94 105 925.0 2004 26 BAL AL 2B 150 235 426 8 92 .988 .982 4.41 4.35 4.50 4.95 148 1322.3 2005 27 BAL AL 2B 141 238 413 8 93 .988 .983 4.62 4.48 4.85 4.96 138 1208.0 2006 28 BAL AL 2B 137 214 375 9 98 .985 .986 4.30 4.47 4.54 4.92 135 1167.7 2007 29 BAL AL 2B 154 278 457 7 110 .991 .985 4.77 4.54 4.97 4.98 151 1329.7 2008 30 BAL AL 2B 99 201 295 4 81 .992 .987 5.01 4.58 5.17 5.01 97 863.0 2001 23 BAL AL DH 7 2002 24 BAL AL DH 7 2003 25 BAL AL DH 3 2004 26 BAL AL DH 6 2006 28 BAL AL DH 1 2001 23 BAL AL SS 51 84 131 14 25 .939 .973 4.22 4.03 4.69 4.49 47 413.0 2003 25 BAL AL SS 2 1 8 2 1 .818 .968 4.50 4.15 5.06 4.56 2 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 825 1421 2396 48 567 .988 .984 4.63 4.46 4.83 4.96 806 7119.0 SS* 53 85 139 16 26 .933 .973 4.23 4.03 4.70 4.49 49 429.0 DH 24 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 878 1506 2535 64 593 .984 .983 4.60 4.43 4.82 4.93 855 7548
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2005   BAL AL   *   2   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 2007   BAL AL       2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   4   2   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .400  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2005 (2B)
2007 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-AL-18-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Batting Average
2005 AL-.314-5

On-base %
2005 AL-.387-8

OPS
2005 AL-.903-10

Games
2004 AL-159-5
2008 AL-100-8

At Bats
2004 AL-641-5
2007 AL-621-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2004 AL-734-3
2007 AL-716-3
2008 AL-454-7

Runs
2008 AL-65-8

Hits
2008 AL-114-9

Total Bases
2008 AL-189-10

Doubles
2004 AL-50-1
2005 AL-45-2
2007 AL-42-8
2008 AL-38-1

Triples
2005 AL-7-6
2008 AL-8-1

Bases on Balls
2007 AL-89-9

Stolen Bases
2003 AL-23-8
2004 AL-29-4
2005 AL-27-7
2006 AL-36-6
2007 AL-50-1
2008 AL-27-4
Act-213-27

Adjusted OPS+
2005 AL-139-9

Runs Created
2005 AL-117-10
2008 AL-73-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
2005 AL-34-9

Batting Wins
2005 AL-3.2-9

Extra-Base Hits
2005 AL-70-10
2008 AL-53-1

Times on Base
2007 AL-269-7
2008 AL-167-6

Offensive Win%
2005 AL-.692-8

Sac. Hits
2004 AL-15-3

Caught Stealing
2004 AL-12-5
2005 AL-10-5
2008 AL-10-2

Power/Speed Number
2005 AL-21.6-5
2008 AL-11.1-8

Outs
2004 AL-502-1
2007 AL-462-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (632) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1177) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.5 (654) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1999.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Baltimore Orioles$345,000
2005Baltimore Orioles$390,000
2006Baltimore Orioles$3,075,000
2007Baltimore Orioles$4,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,010,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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