Leon Roberts

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: January 22, 1951 in Vicksburg, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Portage Northern HS (Portage, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 3, 1974 (Age 23-224d, 13,542nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-252d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Leon Kauffman Roberts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.0

2737

731

.267

342

RBI

328

OBP

.332

SLG

.419

OPS

.751

OPS+

109

Summary of 78 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 22 go ahead

6 Tms
SEA	47
DET	10
KCR	8
HOU	7
TEX	5
TOR	1

Platoon
vs LHP	45
vs RHP	33

Home/Road
Home	41
Away	37

Outs
0	32
2	26
1	20

18 Opps
MIN	8
CAL	7
DET	7
BAL	7
TOR	7
NYY	6
KCR	6
MIL	6
TEX	5
BOS	4
OAK	3
CHW	3
CIN	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
PIT	1
PHI	1
MON	1

64 Pitchers
Fergie Jenkins	3
Mike Flanagan	3
Frank Tanana	3
Larry Gura	2
Chris Knapp	2
Ron Guidry	2
Geoff Zahn	2
Darrell Jackson	2
Mike Caldwell	2
Mike Willis	2
Dave Rozema	2
Don Cooper	1
Bill Castro	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Allen Ripley	1
Curt Young	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Jack Billingham	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Balor Moore	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Steve Stone	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Pat Underwood	1
Steve Carlton	1
Scott McGregor	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Doug Bird	1
Eric Raich	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Jim Palmer	1
Jerry Garvin	1
Tim Stoddard	1
Howard Bailey	1
Rick Wise	1
John Tudor	1
Bruce Dal Canton	1
Matt Keough	1
Paul Mirabella	1
Moose Haas	1
Dave Hamilton	1
Bud Black	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Bob Shirley	1
Bruce Robbins	1
Jerry Koosman	1
John Candelaria	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Nelson Briles	1
Phil Niekro	1
Claude Osteen	1
Rich Hinton	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
Dock Ellis	1
Tom Underwood	1
Mike Pazik	1
Ray Burris	1
Bill Travers	1
Tom Murphy	1
Dan Spillner	1
Mike Bacsik	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Dave LaRoche	1

17 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	27
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
Arlington St (ARL)	6
County Stad (MIL)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	54
9	10
8	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	74
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	10
12-	8
-2-	7
123	3
--3	3
-23	2
1-3	2

131 RBI
RISP	25
0 on	43
1 on	20
2 on	12
3 on	3
Any on	35

Inning
1	7
2	8
3	4
4	13
5	6
6	14
7	9
8	8
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	19
4-6	33
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	10
+1	13
Tied	16
-1	8
-2	3
-3	7
-4..	16

Ahead	28
Tied	16
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	52
LF	20
PH	4
CF	1
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	17
4th	17
6th	13
7th	12
3rd	9
8th	4
9th	3
1st	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-05-03	DET	@	BOS	Rick Wise	behind 1-9	t 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.004	1%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1975-05-07	DET		MIL	Eduardo Rodríguez	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	1	7	9	0.049	9%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1975-05-12	DET		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	12-	3	6	9	0.104	97%		Home Run; N. Colbert Scores; B. Freehan Scores
4	4	4	1	1975-05-18	DET	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.122	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1975-05-19	DET	@	MIN	Mike Pazik	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	0.173	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores
6	6	6	1	1975-06-01 (2)	DET		CHW	Claude Osteen	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.111	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1975-07-08	DET		CHW	Wilbur Wood	ahead 1-0	b 8	2	1--	2	3	9	0.115	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. LeFlore Scores
8	8	8	1	1975-07-19	DET		KCR	Doug Bird	ahead 9-8	b 8	1	---	1	7	9	0.079	94%		Home Run
9	9	9	1	1975-07-20	DET		KCR	Nelson Briles	tied 2-2	b 6	2	--3	2	7	9	0.267	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores
10	10	10	1	1975-07-27 (1)	DET		CLE	Eric Raich	behind 2-7	b 5	0	---	1	7	9	0.046	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1976-04-10	HOU	@	CIN	Jack Billingham	behind 2-8	t 6	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.031	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Metzger Scores
12	12	2	1	1976-04-28 (1)	HOU	@	MON	Woodie Fryman	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	7	0.227	83%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores; C. Johnson Scores
13	13	3	1	1976-05-16	HOU		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 1-8	b 7	0	---	1	6	7	0.006	1%		Home Run
14	14	4	1	1976-06-18	HOU	@	PIT	John Candelaria	behind 1-7	t 7	1	---	1	5	7	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	5	1	1976-06-21	HOU	@	ATL	Bruce Dal Canton	behind 5-9	t 6	2	12-	3	5	9	0.198	27%		Home Run; R. Andrews Scores/unER; B. Watson Scores/unER; L. Roberts Scores/unER
16	16	6	1	1976-06-25	HOU		CIN	Rich Hinton	behind 1-2	b 1	2	-2-	2	5	9	0.217	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Cedeño Scores
17	17	7	1	1976-09-16	HOU	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	0.147	65%		Home Run
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1978-04-09	SEA		MIN	Geoff Zahn	behind 1-4	b 4	0	123	4	7	9	0.287	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Stanton Scores; R. Jones Scores; B. Stein Scores
19	19	2	1	1978-04-14	SEA	@	MIN	Geoff Zahn	behind 3-9	t 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1978-04-27	SEA	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.110	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1978-05-07	SEA		TOR	Mike Willis	ahead 7-5	b 8	2	--3	2	3	9	0.045	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores
22	22	5	1	1978-05-13	SEA	@	TOR	Balor Moore	ahead 4-2	t 4	0	---	1	8	PH	0.085	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1978-06-13	SEA	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 1-1	t 10	1	---	1	4	9	0.392	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	7	1	1978-06-14	SEA	@	NYY	Sparky Lyle	tied 7-7	t 10	1	---	1	9	PH	0.389	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1978-06-17	SEA	@	BOS	Allen Ripley	tied 3-3	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	0.265	72%		Home Run
26	26	9	1	1978-06-25	SEA	@	MIL	Bill Castro	behind 4-7	t 7	1	12-	3	4	9	0.317	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Reynolds Scores; D. Meyer Scores
27	27	10	1	1978-06-30	SEA		MIL	Bill Travers	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.070	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	11	1	1978-07-08 (1)	SEA	@	CAL	Chris Knapp	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.113	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1978-07-13	SEA		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 1-4	b 8	0	-23	3	5	9	0.343	60%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); T. Paciorek Scores; B. Bochte Scores
30	30	13	1	1978-07-18	SEA		TOR	Mike Willis	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	1--	2	4	9	0.167	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Paciorek Scores
31	31	14	1	1978-07-24 (2)	SEA	@	TOR	Tom Murphy	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.098	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Reynolds Scores
32	32	15	1	1978-07-25	SEA	@	TOR	Tom Underwood	tied 2-2	t 9	0	-2-	2	4	9	0.258	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Paciorek Scores
33	33	16	1	1978-07-30	SEA	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.097	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	17	1	1978-08-03	SEA		MIN	Darrell Jackson	behind 0-1	b 1	1	-23	3	4	9	0.194	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; L. Milbourne Scores/unER
35	35	18	1	1978-08-12 (2)	SEA		CAL	Chris Knapp	behind 0-1	b 3	1	123	4	4	9	0.289	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Plummer Scores; J. Cruz Scores/unER; C. Reynolds Scores
36	36	19	1	1978-08-16	SEA		BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.195	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Reynolds Scores
37	37	20	2	1978-08-16	SEA		BAL	Mike Flanagan	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	1-3	3	4	9	0.213	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores; T. Paciorek Scores
38	38	21	1	1978-09-23	SEA	@	TEX	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-4	t 4	2	---	1	4	9	0.053	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	22	1	1978-09-26	SEA	@	KCR	Larry Gura	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	4	9	0.137	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1979-04-04	SEA		CAL	Frank Tanana	tied 3-3	b 6	0	1--	2	4	9	0.215	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Meyer Scores/unER
41	41	2	1	1979-04-15	SEA		MIN	Jerry Koosman	behind 3-13	b 7	2	12-	3	4	9	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Stein Scores; B. Bochte Scores
42	42	3	1	1979-04-30	SEA		BAL	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.179	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores
43	43	4	1	1979-05-07	SEA	@	NYY	Dick Tidrow	ahead 11-4	t 9	2	---	1	2	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	1979-05-19	SEA		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.073	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	6	1	1979-05-25 (2)	SEA	@	TEX	Dock Ellis	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	2	6	9	0.160	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Meyer Scores
46	46	7	1	1979-05-30	SEA		CAL	Nolan Ryan	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	1	6	9	0.236	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	8	1	1979-07-03 (2)	SEA	@	MIN	Mike Bacsik	ahead 7-1	t 6	1	12-	3	6	7	0.020	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Horton Scores; T. Paciorek Scores
48	48	9	1	1979-07-07	SEA		BOS	Tom Burgmeier	behind 4-7	b 5	2	--3	2	6	7	0.182	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores
49	49	10	1	1979-07-10	SEA		NYY	Ron Guidry	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	7	0.094	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	11	1	1979-07-11	SEA		NYY	Ray Burris	ahead 11-1	b 7	0	1--	2	1	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mendoza Scores
51	51	12	1	1979-08-03	SEA		OAK	Matt Keough	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	1	8	7	0.229	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	13	1	1979-08-19	SEA		DET	Bruce Robbins	tied 1-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.170	70%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Paciorek Scores
53	53	14	1	1979-09-10	SEA	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1	6	7	0.120	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	15	1	1979-09-14	SEA	@	KCR	Larry Gura	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	123	4	5	9	0.150	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores; R. Jones Scores; W. Horton Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1980-04-12	SEA		TOR	Paul Mirabella	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	0.105	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	2	2	1980-04-12	SEA		TOR	Jerry Garvin	tied 2-2	b 10	0	---	1	3	9	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	1980-04-21	SEA		OAK	Dave Hamilton	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	0.219	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mendoza Scores
58	58	4	1	1980-05-04	SEA	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	0.085	26%		Home Run (Deep CF)
59	59	5	1	1980-05-07	SEA		DET	Dave Rozema	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.092	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	6	1	1980-05-09	SEA		CLE	Dan Spillner	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	1	5	DH	0.043	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	7	1	1980-07-11	SEA		MIN	Darrell Jackson	behind 1-2	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	9	0.292	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores
62	62	8	1	1980-07-20	SEA		DET	Dan Schatzeder	behind 1-5	b 9	2	---	1	6	9	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	9	1	1980-08-01 (2)	SEA	@	DET	Pat Underwood	behind 1-5	t 9	0	---	1	5	8	0.019	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	10	1	1980-08-13	SEA		CAL	Dave LaRoche	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	9	0.075	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1981-05-05	TEX		CHW	Ross Baumgarten	tied 0-0	b 6	2	12-	3	4	7	0.354	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores; A. Oliver Scores
66	66	2	1	1981-05-28	TEX		MIN	Don Cooper	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	12-	3	7	7	0.092	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores; J. Grubb Scores
67	67	3	1	1981-06-10	TEX	@	MIL	Moose Haas	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	9	0.040	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	4	1	1981-08-27	TEX	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1--	2	7	9	0.108	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1982-05-31	TEX	@	BAL	Tim Stoddard	behind 3-8	t 9	0	1-3	3	9	PH	0.037	7%		Home Run; D. Hostetler Scores; B. Stein Scores
70	70	2	1	1982-07-19	TOR		KCR	Bud Black	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.052	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1983-05-02	KCR		NYY	Bob Shirley	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	9	0.125	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. McRae Scores
72	72	2	1	1983-06-29	KCR	@	OAK	Curt Young	behind 2-5	t 2	1	---	1	8	7	0.079	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	3	1	1983-07-23	KCR	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 0-5	t 7	2	---	1	7	7	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	4	1	1983-07-31 (2)	KCR	@	DET	Howard Bailey	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	7	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	5	1	1983-08-02 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.171	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	6	1	1983-08-14 (2)	KCR	@	BOS	John Tudor	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.118	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	7	1	1983-08-21	KCR	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	7	0.103	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	8	1	1983-08-29	KCR		BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 0-4	b 5	2	---	1	6	9	0.058	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)