John Roseboro

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: May 13, 1933 in Ashland, OH us

Died: August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Ashland HS (Ashland, OH)

Debut: June 14, 1957 (Age 24-032d, 11,448th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1970 (Age 37-090d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: John Junior Roseboro

Nicknames: Gabby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

4847

1206

104

.249

512

RBI

548

OBP

.326

SLG

.371

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
3	4	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	5	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	7	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	9	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
9	10	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,9-7	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
10	11	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
11	12	Apr 24	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	16 (2)	Apr 29	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	17	Apr 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
16	20 (1)	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	23 (2)	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	66	15.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
18	24	May 6	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	25	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	27 (1)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
21	29 (1)	May 11	LAD		PHI	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
22	30	May 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	31	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	GS	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	44 (12)	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
25	45	May 28	LAD		CHC	L,5-7	GF	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
26	46	May 29	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
27	47	May 30	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	48	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	49	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	50	Jun 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	51	Jun 4	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
33	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
36	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
39	59	Jun 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	60	Jun 14 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	61	Jun 14 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	62	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
43	63	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	65 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	66	Jun 18	LAD		MLN	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	67	Jun 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	68	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	69	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	CG	55	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	70	Jun 22	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
50	71	Jun 23	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	72	Jun 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	73	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	74	Jun 26	LAD		PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	75	Jun 27	LAD		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	76	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	GS	39	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
57	78	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	79	Jul 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
59	81 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	83 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	84	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
62	85	Jul 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	47	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
64	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	89 (1)	Jul 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	91	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
68	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	93	Jul 19 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
70	96 (2)	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
71	97	Jul 22	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
72	98	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	100	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	3	6	0	C
75	105 (4)	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	106	Aug 1	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	107	Aug 2	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
78	109 (1)	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
79	110	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
80	111	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
81	112	Aug 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
82	113	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	114	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
87	118	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	119	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
89	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
90	122 (1)	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
92	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	126 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
94	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
95	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
97	131 (1)	Aug 31	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	132	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
99	133	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
100	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
102	137	Sep 7	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
103	138	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
104	140 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	142 (1)	Sep 13	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	143	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	144	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	CG	54	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	145	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
109	146	Sep 17	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
110	149 (2)	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
111	150	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	GS	31	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	151	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
114	153	Sep 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
115	154	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	155	Sep 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
117	156	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							117gm		1021.2	848	54	8	910	10