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Leon Roberts
Leon Kauffman Roberts

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut September 3, 1974
  vs. CLE 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born January 22, 1951 in Vicksburg, MI

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 23 DET AL  17   63    5   17   3  2   0    7   0  2   3  10  .270  .303  .381   95   24   0   0   1   0   3
 1975 24 DET AL 129  447   51  115  17  5  10   38   3  7  36  94  .257  .316  .385   95  172   5   4   1   4   9
 1976 25 HOU NL  87  235   31   68  11  2   7   33   1  0  19  43  .289  .347  .443  133  104   1   2   1   3   2
 1977 26 HOU NL  19   27    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .074  .107  .074  -48    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1978 27 SEA AL 134  472   78  142  21  7  22   92   6  3  41  52  .301  .364  .515  145  243   3   4   2   8   7 MVP-33
 1979 28 SEA AL 140  450   61  122  24  6  15   54   3  3  56  64  .271  .352  .451  114  203   7   3   6   2   8
 1980 29 SEA AL 119  374   48   94  18  3  10   33   8  4  43  59  .251  .325  .396   97  148   3   6   1   1  12
 1981 30 TEX AL  72  233   26   65  17  2   4   31   3  4  25  38  .279  .345  .421  126   98   2   5   2   1   8
 1982 31 TOT AL  71  178   13   41   7  0   2   11   1  1  11  30  .230  .276  .303   57   54   1   2   1   1   7
         TEX AL  31   73    7   17   3  0   1    6   0  0   4  14  .233  .278  .315   67   23   1   1   1   1   4
         TOR AL  40  105    6   24   4  0   1    5   1  1   7  16  .229  .274  .295   51   31   0   1   0   0   3
 1983 32 KCR AL  84  213   24   55   7  0   8   24   1  1  17  27  .258  .313  .404   96   86   1   2   1   1   7
 1984 33 KCR AL  29   45    4   10   1  1   0    3   0  0   4   3  .222  .300  .289   65   13   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     901 2737  342  731 126 28  78  328  26 25 256 428  .267  .332  .419  108 1147  23  28  16  22  65
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   61  131  23  5  14   59   5  4  46  77  .267  .332  .419  108  206   4   5   3   4  12
 Career High    140  472   78  142  24  7  22   92   8  7  56  94  .301  .364  .515  145  243   7   6   6   8  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 23 DET AL   66   51    6   3.2    91| .270  .261| .303  .325| .381  .375| .684  .700|  95  .380  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1975 24 DET AL  496  357   53   4.0    96| .257  .263| .316  .333| .385  .386| .701  .719|  95  .465  -4.5  -0.5  30%
 1976 25 HOU NL  260  172   38   6.0    84| .289  .252| .347  .317| .443  .359| .790  .676| 133  .665   9.8   1.0 100%
 1977 26 HOU NL   28   26    0   0.0    95| .074  .258| .107  .324| .074  .394| .181  .718| -48  .000  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1978 27 SEA AL  528  347   90   6.9    94| .301  .261| .364  .326| .515  .385| .879  .711| 145  .704  27.2   2.7  66%
 1979 28 SEA AL  518  349   73   5.6   104| .271  .272| .352  .337| .451  .412| .803  .749| 114  .577   9.0   0.9  50%
 1980 29 SEA AL  427  305   48   4.2   100| .251  .270| .325  .333| .396  .401| .721  .734|  97  .463  -1.3  -0.1  66%
 1981 30 TEX AL  266  187   33   4.8    84| .279  .249| .345  .313| .421  .362| .766  .675| 126  .567   9.0   0.9  42%
 1982 31 TOT AL  193  148   14   2.5   101| .230  .268| .276  .333| .303  .409| .579  .741|  57  .253 -10.7  -1.0  50%
         TEX AL   80   62    6   2.6    94| .233  .258| .278  .321| .315  .393| .593  .715|  67  .261  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         TOR AL  113   86    8   2.5   107| .229  .275| .274  .341| .295  .420| .569  .760|  51  .248  -7.5  -0.7  50%
 1983 32 KCR AL  234  169   26   4.1    98| .258  .266| .313  .328| .404  .401| .717  .728|  96  .455  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 1984 33 KCR AL   50   36    4   3.0    97| .222  .264| .300  .326| .289  .398| .589  .724|  65  .318  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3066 2147  385   4.8    96| .267  .263| .332  .329| .419  .390| .751  .719| 108  .539  28.5   2.9  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 33 KCR AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    4    3    3   1    1    1   0   0     8   0   0 27.00  4.04   15 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    4    3    3   1    1    1   0   0     8   0   0 27.00  4.04   15 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  272  204  204  68   68   68   0   0   544   0   0 27.00  4.04   15 5.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1974 23 DET AL OF 17 25 0 2 0 .926 .980 1.47 2.12 1.60 2.41 15 140.7 RF 16 24 0 2 0 .923 .976 1.50 1.86 1.63 2.18 14 132.7 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 1.12 2.93 1 8.0 1975 24 DET AL RF 127 265 9 5 2 .982 .976 2.16 1.84 2.25 2.11 124 1097.0 DH 1 1976 25 HOU NL OF 60 99 1 2 0 .980 .979 1.67 2.03 1.89 2.34 55 476.7 LF 50 74 1 1 0 .987 .977 1.50 1.59 1.75 2.02 44 385.7 RF 12 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.83 1.83 2.18 2.15 11 91.0 1977 26 HOU NL OF 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 1.93 0.93 2.25 5 48.3 RF 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.78 1.12 2.11 4 32.0 LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.50 0.55 1.93 1 16.3 1978 27 SEA AL RF 128 289 10 8 4 .974 .978 2.34 1.85 2.51 2.24 122 1073.3 DH 2 1979 28 SEA AL OF 136 286 6 5 2 .983 .981 2.15 2.13 2.49 2.46 118 1056.3 RF 69 150 4 4 0 .975 .980 2.23 1.88 2.54 2.25 62 546.0 LF 67 137 2 1 1 .993 .980 2.07 1.80 2.45 2.22 56 510.3 DH 1 1980 29 SEA AL OF 104 238 6 4 1 .984 .979 2.35 2.15 2.56 2.47 96 859.3 RF 69 163 4 2 1 .988 .975 2.42 1.77 2.63 2.13 64 572.3 LF 21 36 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.71 1.92 2.12 2.35 17 152.7 CF 19 39 1 1 0 .976 .983 2.11 2.65 2.68 2.92 15 134.3 DH 4 1981 30 TEX AL OF 71 130 2 1 0 .992 .983 1.86 2.16 2.04 2.48 63 581.7 RF 46 70 2 1 0 .986 .980 1.57 1.75 1.84 2.16 39 351.3 LF 26 53 0 1 0 .981 .980 2.04 1.99 2.31 2.38 22 206.3 CF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.60 3.00 2.89 2 24.0 1982 31 TOT AL OF 44 66 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.50 2.15 1.95 2.47 31 304.7 TOT AL LF 29 43 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.52 1.91 1.82 2.29 23 217.0 TOT AL DH 22 TEX AL OF 28 42 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.15 2.12 2.47 17 178.7 RF 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.06 1.90 1.96 2.27 8 82.7 LF 13 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.91 2.08 2.29 9 91.0 CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 5.40 2.88 0 5.0 DH 1 TOR AL DH 21 LF 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.44 1.91 1.64 2.29 14 126.0 1983 32 KCR AL OF 76 139 3 3 0 .979 .981 1.87 2.16 2.52 2.50 59 507.3 LF 41 80 2 3 0 .965 .977 2.00 1.90 2.70 2.32 31 273.3 RF 34 62 2 1 0 .985 .979 1.88 1.85 2.61 2.25 26 221.0 CF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.57 0.69 2.91 2 13.0 DH 1 1984 33 KCR AL OF 16 24 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.17 2.40 2.51 10 90.0 LF 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.10 1.80 1.87 2.28 6 53.0 RF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.89 3.16 2.24 4 37.0 DH 3 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 DET AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 1.12 2.93 1 8.0 1980 29 SEA AL CF 19 39 1 1 0 .976 .983 2.11 2.65 2.68 2.92 15 134.3 1981 30 TEX AL CF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.60 3.00 2.89 2 24.0 1982 31 TEX AL CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 5.40 2.88 0 5.0 1983 32 KCR AL CF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.57 0.69 2.91 2 13.0 1975 24 DET AL DH 1 1978 27 SEA AL DH 2 1979 28 SEA AL DH 1 1980 29 SEA AL DH 4 1982 31 TOT AL DH 22 TEX AL DH 1 TOR AL DH 21 1983 32 KCR AL DH 1 1984 33 KCR AL DH 3 1976 25 HOU NL LF 50 74 1 1 0 .987 .977 1.50 1.59 1.75 2.02 44 385.7 1977 26 HOU NL LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.50 0.55 1.93 1 16.3 1979 28 SEA AL LF 67 137 2 1 1 .993 .980 2.07 1.80 2.45 2.22 56 510.3 1980 29 SEA AL LF 21 36 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.71 1.92 2.12 2.35 17 152.7 1981 30 TEX AL LF 26 53 0 1 0 .981 .980 2.04 1.99 2.31 2.38 22 206.3 1982 31 TOT AL LF 29 43 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.52 1.91 1.82 2.29 23 217.0 TEX AL LF 13 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.91 2.08 2.29 9 91.0 TOR AL LF 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.44 1.91 1.64 2.29 14 126.0 1983 32 KCR AL LF 41 80 2 3 0 .965 .977 2.00 1.90 2.70 2.32 31 273.3 1984 33 KCR AL LF 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.10 1.80 1.87 2.28 6 53.0 1974 23 DET AL OF 17 25 0 2 0 .926 .980 1.47 2.12 1.60 2.41 15 140.7 1975 24 DET AL OF 127 268 10 5 2 .982 .979 2.19 2.10 2.28 2.37 124 1097.0 1976 25 HOU NL OF 60 99 1 2 0 .980 .979 1.67 2.03 1.89 2.34 55 476.7 1977 26 HOU NL OF 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 1.93 0.93 2.25 5 48.3 1978 27 SEA AL OF 128 296 10 8 4 .975 .979 2.39 2.13 2.57 2.47 122 1073.3 1979 28 SEA AL OF 136 286 6 5 2 .983 .981 2.15 2.13 2.49 2.46 118 1056.3 1980 29 SEA AL OF 104 238 6 4 1 .984 .979 2.35 2.15 2.56 2.47 96 859.3 1981 30 TEX AL OF 71 130 2 1 0 .992 .983 1.86 2.16 2.04 2.48 63 581.7 1982 31 TOT AL OF 44 66 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.50 2.15 1.95 2.47 31 304.7 TEX AL OF 28 42 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.15 2.12 2.47 17 178.7 TOR AL OF 16 24 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.15 1.71 2.47 14 126.0 1983 32 KCR AL OF 76 139 3 3 0 .979 .981 1.87 2.16 2.52 2.50 59 507.3 1984 33 KCR AL OF 16 24 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.17 2.40 2.51 10 90.0 1984 33 KCR AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 23 DET AL RF 16 24 0 2 0 .923 .976 1.50 1.86 1.63 2.18 14 132.7 1975 24 DET AL RF 127 265 9 5 2 .982 .976 2.16 1.84 2.25 2.11 124 1097.0 1976 25 HOU NL RF 12 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.83 1.83 2.18 2.15 11 91.0 1977 26 HOU NL RF 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.78 1.12 2.11 4 32.0 1978 27 SEA AL RF 128 289 10 8 4 .974 .978 2.34 1.85 2.51 2.24 122 1073.3 1979 28 SEA AL RF 69 150 4 4 0 .975 .980 2.23 1.88 2.54 2.25 62 546.0 1980 29 SEA AL RF 69 163 4 2 1 .988 .975 2.42 1.77 2.63 2.13 64 572.3 1981 30 TEX AL RF 46 70 2 1 0 .986 .980 1.57 1.75 1.84 2.16 39 351.3 1982 31 TEX AL RF 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.06 1.90 1.96 2.27 8 82.7 1983 32 KCR AL RF 34 62 2 1 0 .985 .979 1.88 1.85 2.61 2.25 26 221.0 1984 33 KCR AL RF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.89 3.16 2.24 4 37.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 788 1574 40 30 9 .982 .980 2.05 2.13 2.33 2.44 698 6235.3 248 29 531# RF* 531 1078 33 24 7 .979 .977 2.09 1.83 2.36 2.18 478 4236.3 LF* 248 435 6 6 1 .987 .979 1.78 1.81 2.19 2.23 200 1814.7 DH 34 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 29 51 2 1 0 .981 .985 1.83 2.62 2.59 2.92 20 184.3 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 789 1574 40 30 9 .982 .980 2.05 2.12 2.33 2.44 698 6236
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-33-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1978 AL-.301-6

Slugging %
1978 AL-.515-7

OPS
1978 AL-.879-5

Adjusted OPS+
1978 AL-145-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1978 AL-27-9

Batting Wins
1978 AL-2.7-9

Offensive Win%
1978 AL-.704-4

Hit By Pitch
1978 AL-8-4

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1560) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2083) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1815) (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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Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

December 6, 1975: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello, and Gene Pentz to the Houston Astros for Milt May, Dave Roberts, and Jim Crawford.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Jimmy Sexton.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, and Mario Mendoza to the Texas Rangers for Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton, Brian Allard, and Steve Finch (minors).

July 15, 1982: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Texas Rangers.

February 5, 1983: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for Cecil Fielder.

October 10, 1984: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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