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Dave Roberts (pitcher) was born on 11 September, 1944 in Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S., is an American baseball player (1944-2009). Discover Dave Roberts (pitcher)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S. |
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2009 |
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Short Gap, West Virginia, U.S. |
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Dave Roberts (pitcher) Net Worth
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Timeline
David Arthur Roberts (September 11, 1944 – January 9, 2009) was an American professional baseball player.
He attended George Washington elementary school, and then started high school at Gallia Academy, finally moving to and in 1963 graduating from Central High School in Columbus, Ohio, where his parents had relocated.
In basketball, he was All-Columbus.
Roberts was signed in June 1963 as an undrafted amateur free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Pitching for the 1963 Spartanburg Phillies he was 9-3 with a 1.79 ERA, Class-A Western Carolina League and throwing three shutouts in his 17 starts.
In the minor leagues from 1963–69, he was 65–32 with a 3.00 ERA.
He played on farm clubs for the Phillies, Kansas City A's, and Pittsburgh Pirates (who claimed him on waivers in April 1964 for $8,000 ($0 in current dollar terms), and was chosen by San Diego with the 39th pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
In 1966 he pitched for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League, posting an ERA of 2.17 in 108 innings.
Roberts was 1968 Pitcher of the Year for the International League Columbus Jets, after going 18–5.
He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1969 to 1981 for eight teams.
He was second in the National League (NL) with a 2.10 earned run average (ERA) in for the San Diego Padres, after which he was traded to the Houston Astros, where he spent the four most productive years of his career.
After debuting with the Padres in 1969, Roberts was sixth in the NL in walks per 9 innings (2.13) in 1970.
He went 14–17 for the last-place 1971 Padres, finishing second to the New York Mets' Tom Seaver with a 2.10 ERA.
His being traded by the Padres was just prior to the Padres signing another Dave Roberts (see below), who joined the club in 1972.
If this trade had not taken place, the Padres' roster would have featured two unrelated players named "Dave Roberts", making this among the few occasions where a team's roster featured two unrelated players with the same name.
In 1972, Roberts was 12–7 for the Astros.
In 1973, he recorded a career-best 17–11 record, setting a club record with a career-high six shutouts (second in the NL).
Roberts was the August 25, 1974 NL Player of the Week.
That season, he finished sixth in the NL in wins and sacrifice hits (12), seventh in games started (36), eighth in complete games (12), and tenth in ERA (2.85) and walks per nine innings (2.24).
After a 16–17 season with the 1976 Tigers, in which he was fifth in the American League (AL) in shutouts (4), seventh in games started (36) and ninth in complete games (18), he had surgery on his knee.
On the final day of the 1976 season, Roberts gave up Hank Aaron's final career hit and RBI in the sixth inning.
Aaron was lifted for a pinch runner.
In 1977, Roberts was the Opening Day starter for the Tigers.
In July 1977 he was purchased by the Chicago Cubs.
In 1978, Roberts batted .327 for the Cubs, with a .500 slugging percentage, in 52 at bats.
Roberts was also a member of the 1979 World Series winning Pittsburgh Pirates team.
Over his major league career he won 103 games.
In February 1979 he signed as free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
Combined, in 1979 he had a 2.90 ERA.
After pitching just two games for the Pirates in 1980, Roberts was purchased by the Seattle Mariners in April.
He pitched the rest of the season in Seattle, going 2–3.
Following that season, Roberts became a free agent, and in January 1981 he was signed by the Mets.
He pitched just seven games for the Mets, going 0–3 with a 9.39 ERA, before being released in May.
He was sixth in the voting for the NL Cy Young Award, seventh in walks per 9 innings (2.04), ninth in innings pitched (269.7), tenth in complete games (14), and 24th in the voting for the NL MVP Award.
He held batters to a .191 batting average when runners were in scoring position.
Roberts was one of the best Jewish pitchers all-time in major league history through 2010, ranking fourth in career games (445; behind only Scott Schoeneweis, Ken Holtzman, and John Grabow), fourth in wins (103) and strikeouts (957) behind Sandy Koufax, Holtzman, and Steve Stone, and seventh in ERA (3.78).
Roberts was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, and was Jewish.