Robin Roberts stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 676
- W
- 286
- L
- 245
- ERA
- 3.41
- IP
- 4688.2
- K
- 2,357
- BB
- 902
- WHIP
- 1.17
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | PHI | 20 | 7 | 9 | 3.19 | 146.2 | 84 | 61 | 1.43 |
| 1949 | PHI | 43 | 15 | 15 | 3.69 | 226.2 | 95 | 75 | 1.34 |
| 1950 | PHI | 40 | 20 | 11 | 3.02 | 304.1 | 146 | 77 | 1.18 |
| 1951 | PHI | 44 | 21 | 15 | 3.03 | 315.0 | 127 | 64 | 1.10 |
| 1952 | PHI | 39 | 28 | 7 | 2.59 | 330.0 | 148 | 45 | 1.02 |
| 1953 | PHI | 44 | 23 | 16 | 2.75 | 346.2 | 198 | 61 | 1.11 |
| 1954 | PHI | 45 | 23 | 15 | 2.97 | 336.2 | 185 | 56 | 1.02 |
| 1955 | PHI | 41 | 23 | 14 | 3.28 | 305.0 | 160 | 53 | 1.13 |
| 1956 | PHI | 43 | 19 | 18 | 4.45 | 297.1 | 157 | 40 | 1.24 |
| 1957 | PHI | 39 | 10 | 22 | 4.07 | 249.2 | 128 | 43 | 1.16 |
| 1958 | PHI | 35 | 17 | 14 | 3.24 | 269.2 | 130 | 51 | 1.19 |
| 1959 | PHI | 35 | 15 | 17 | 4.27 | 257.1 | 137 | 35 | 1.17 |
| 1960 | PHI | 35 | 12 | 16 | 4.02 | 237.1 | 122 | 34 | 1.22 |
| 1961 | PHI | 26 | 1 | 10 | 5.85 | 117.0 | 54 | 23 | 1.51 |
| 1962 | BAL | 27 | 10 | 9 | 2.78 | 191.1 | 102 | 41 | 1.13 |
| 1963 | BAL | 35 | 14 | 13 | 3.33 | 251.1 | 124 | 40 | 1.07 |
| 1964 | BAL | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2.91 | 204.0 | 109 | 52 | 1.25 |
| 1965 |  BAL/HOU | 30 | 10 | 9 | 2.78 | 190.2 | 97 | 30 | 1.05 |
| 1966 |  HOU/CHC | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4.82 | 112.0 | 54 | 21 | 1.45 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.64
- IP
- 11.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.27
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 305
- SHO
- 45
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | PHI | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PHI | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 0 | 30 | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 0 | 33 | 5 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 0 | 29 | 4 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PHI | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PHI | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PHI | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PHI | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PHI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | BAL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | BAL | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BAL | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | BAL/HOU | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | HOU/CHC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Robin Roberts's career stats?
Robin Roberts played 19 seasons for the Phillies and the Orioles. He had 286 wins and 2,357 strikeouts with a 3.41 ERA over 4,688.2 innings. His best season was 1952: 28 wins, a 2.59 ERA and 148 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
19 seasons, 1 postseason, 1948 to 1966
Robin Roberts finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 54th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,357)
- 27th in wins (pitching) (286)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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