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Leon Roberts

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Full Name: Leon Kauffman Roberts Primary Position: OF,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: September 3, 1974
Birthdate: January 22, 1951 Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Vicksburg, Michigan MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Leon Roberts (Leon Kauffman Roberts) was born on January 22, 1951 in Vicksburg, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1974 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 10 home runs and 38 RBI. Roberts played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Leon Roberts's best season was 1978, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .301 average and knocked in 92 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 DET A 17 63 5 17 0 7 .270 .303 .381 3 2 3 10 0 0 0 1 3
1975 DET A 129 447 51 115 10 38 .257 .316 .385 17 5 36 94 4 5 3 1 9
1976 HOU N 87 235 31 68 7 33 .289 .347 .443 11 2 19 43 3 1 1 1 2
1977 HOU N 19 27 1 2 0 2 .074 .107 .074 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1
1978 SEA A 134 472 78 142 22 92 .301 .364 .515 21 7 41 52 8 3 6 2 7
1979 SEA A 140 450 61 122 15 54 .271 .352 .451 24 6 56 64 2 7 3 6 8
1980 SEA A 119 374 48 94 10 33 .251 .325 .396 18 3 43 59 1 3 8 1 12
1981 TEX A 72 233 26 65 4 31 .279 .345 .421 17 2 25 38 1 2 3 2 8
1982 TOR A 40 105 6 24 1 5 .229 .274 .295 4 0 7 16 0 0 1 0 3
1982 TEX A 31 73 7 17 1 6 .233 .278 .315 3 0 4 14 1 1 0 1 4
1982 TOT A 71 178 13 41 2 11 .230 .276 .303 7 0 11 30 1 1 1 1 7
1983 KC A 84 213 24 55 8 24 .258 .313 .404 7 0 17 27 1 1 1 1 7
1984 KC A 29 45 4 10 0 3 .222 .300 .289 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
Total NL 106 262 32 70 7 35 .267 .324 .405 11 2 20 51 3 1 1 1 3
Total AL 795 2475 310 661 71 293 .267 .332 .421 115 26 236 377 19 22 25 15 62
Total 901 2737 342 731 78 328 .267 .332 .419 126 28 256 428 22 23 26 16 65

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 DET A OF 17 15 140.2 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1974 DET A RF 16 14 132.2 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1974 DET A CF 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 DET A OF 127 124 1097 268 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1975 DET A RF 127 124 1097 265 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1975 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 HOU N OF 60 55 476.2 99 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1976 HOU N LF 50 44 385.2 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1976 HOU N RF 12 11 91 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1977 HOU N OF 9 5 48.1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 HOU N RF 6 4 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 HOU N LF 4 1 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 SEA A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 SEA A OF 128 122 1073.1 296 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1978 SEA A RF 128 122 1073.1 289 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1979 SEA A LF 67 56 510.1 137 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1979 SEA A OF 136 118 1056.1 286 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1979 SEA A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 SEA A RF 69 62 546 150 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1980 SEA A RF 69 64 572.1 163 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1980 SEA A DH 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 SEA A LF 21 17 152.2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SEA A OF 104 96 859.1 238 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1980 SEA A CF 19 15 134.1 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1981 TEX A LF 26 22 206.1 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1981 TEX A OF 71 63 581.2 130 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1981 TEX A CF 4 2 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 TEX A RF 46 39 351.1 70 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1982 TOR A OF 16 14 126 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOR A DH 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 TOR A LF 16 14 126 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A RF 17 8 82.2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 TEX A LF 13 9 91 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A OF 28 17 178.2 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A CF 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOT A LF 29 23 217 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOT A OF 44 31 304.2 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOT A DH 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 KC A RF 34 26 221 62 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1983 KC A 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 KC A OF 75 59 507.1 139 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1983 KC A CF 3 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 KC A LF 41 31 273.1 80 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1983 KC A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A RF 7 4 37 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A OF 16 10 90 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A LF 10 6 53 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 35 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 248 200 1814.2 435 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total RF 531 478 4236.1 1078 33 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 .979
Total CF 29 20 184.1 51 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total OF 787 698 6235.1 1574 40 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 .982

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1984 KC A 1 0 0 0 27.00 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz and Mark Lemongello to Houston Astros in exchange for Milt May, Dave Roberts and Jim Crawford (December 6, 1975).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Jimmy Sexton (December 5, 1977).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners with Rick Honeycutt, Mario Mendoza, Larry Cox and Willie Horton to Texas Rangers in exchange for Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Gleaton, Brian Allard and Steve Finch (December 12, 1980).
  • Sold by Texas Rangers to Toronto Blue Jays (July 15, 1982).
  • Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Cecil Fielder (February 5, 1983).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (October 10, 1984).

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