Bip Roberts - The Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads.com

	Choose a Metric

Bip Roberts
	Leon Joseph Roberts


	Born: October 27, 1963 in Berkeley, CA
	49 years old
	Bats: B	Throws: R	Ht: 5'7"	Wt: 150

Fielding Ratings(?)

Links:

Player Pages			Biographical			Photos
Baseball-Reference	Baseball-Almanac		Wikipedia	SABR Baseball Index		Google Photos / +baseball	Getty / Corbis
Retrosheet	The Baseball Page		BR Bullpen	SABR BioProject		Yahoo Photos / +baseball	Alta Vista / Imagery

Notes:
- Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1982 - (Round 1 / Pick 13)
- High School: Skyline (Oakland, CA)

Defensive Regression Analysis

Second Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1986	SDN	NL	22.7	2B		87	561.3		1.7	3.0	1.7		-0.7	-0.7
1988	SDN	NL	24.7	2B		1	3.0		0.0	7.5	0.0		0.5	0.5
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	2B		9	52.0		0.3	6.4	0.3		3.2	3.2
1990	SDN	NL	26.7	2B		8	65.3		0.4	6.6	0.4		2.5	2.5
1991	SDN	NL	27.7	2B		68	563.3		3.5	6.2	3.5		4.7	4.7
1992	CIN	NL	28.7	2B		42	277.7		0.4	1.6	0.4		-1.1	-1.1
1993	CIN	NL	29.7	2B		64	525.3		-4.9	-9.2	-4.9		-0.1	-0.1
1994	SDN	NL	30.7	2B		90	715.0		-3.6	-5.1	-3.6		-12.8	-12.8
1995	SDN	NL	31.7	2B		25	181.0		0.2	1.0	0.2		5.2	5.2
1996	KCA	AL	32.7	2B		63	489.0		0.3	0.7	0.3		9.3	9.3
1997	CLE	AL	33.7	2B		13	93.3		0.1	0.7	0.1		-1.0	-1.0
1998	DET	AL	34.7	2B		1	7.0		0.0	4.5	0.0		0.3	0.3
1998	OAK	AL	34.7	2B		30	201.0		0.9	4.5	0.9		-4.1	-4.1
12	6			2B		501	3734.3		-0.5	-0.1	-0.5		5.9	5.9

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Left Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	LF		35	208.3		2.5	12.1	2.5	0.1		3.8	3.4	0.4
1990	SDN	NL	26.7	LF		75	610.7		7.4	12.1	7.3	0.2		10.5	8.8	1.8
1991	SDN	NL	27.7	LF		19	126.7		1.5	11.9	1.5	0.0		4.4	4.9	-0.5
1992	CIN	NL	28.7	LF		69	496.7		5.5	11.2	5.7	-0.2		-1.1	0.1	-1.2
1993	CIN	NL	29.7	LF		12	46.7		0.6	12.8	0.6	-0.0		0.2	0.5	-0.2
1994	SDN	NL	30.7	LF		16	92.3		0.7	7.3	0.8	-0.1		-0.1	0.3	-0.4
1995	SDN	NL	31.7	LF		48	321.7		2.1	6.7	2.4	-0.2		10.9	11.0	-0.2
1996	KCA	AL	32.7	LF		8	60.3		0.4	6.5	0.4	0.0		-2.5	-2.8	0.3
1997	KCA	AL	33.7	LF		82	606.7		0.6	1.0	0.6	0.0		2.2	3.1	-0.8
1997	CLE	AL	33.7	LF		10	76.0		0.1	1.0	0.1	0.0		-0.7	-1.6	0.9
1998	DET	AL	34.7	LF		2	13.0		0.0	2.2	0.0	-0.0		-1.1	-1.0	-0.1
1998	OAK	AL	34.7	LF		8	25.0		0.1	2.2	0.1	-0.0		1.5	1.6	-0.1
10	6			LF		384	2684.0		21.5	8.0	21.8	-0.3		28.1	28.2	-0.2

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Third Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1988	SDN	NL	24.7	3B		2	14.0		0.0	0.2	0.0		-0.8	-0.8
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	3B		37	237.7		0.7	3.1	0.7		0.8	0.8
1990	SDN	NL	26.7	3B		56	399.7		1.2	3.1	1.2		0.3	0.3
1992	CIN	NL	28.7	3B		36	271.7		1.0	3.8	1.0		3.5	3.5
1993	CIN	NL	29.7	3B		3	19.0		0.1	3.6	0.1		-0.0	-0.0
1997	KCA	AL	33.7	3B		10	69.7		-0.3	-4.4	-0.3		-1.4	-1.4
1998	OAK	AL	34.7	3B		3	18.3		-0.1	-4.4	-0.1		-0.4	-0.4
7	4			3B		147	1030.0		2.7	2.6	2.7		1.9	1.9

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Center Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	CF		1	8.0		0.0	3.7	0.0	-0.0		-0.6	-0.6	-0.0
1991	SDN	NL	27.7	CF		29	218.7		0.8	3.6	1.2	-0.4		2.9	3.7	-0.8
1992	CIN	NL	28.7	CF		16	70.3		0.3	4.3	0.4	-0.1		0.3	0.6	-0.3
1993	CIN	NL	29.7	CF		1	7.0		0.0	4.4	0.0	-0.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.0
1994	SDN	NL	30.7	CF		5	38.0		0.2	5.1	0.2	-0.0		0.2	0.3	-0.1
1995	SDN	NL	31.7	CF		4	32.7		0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	-0.1
1996	KCA	AL	32.7	CF		2	16.0		0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0		-0.4	-0.4	-0.1
1997	KCA	AL	33.7	CF		2	17.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	-0.5	1.2
1998	OAK	AL	34.7	CF		12	100.0		0.1	0.7	-0.0	0.1		-0.4	0.0	-0.4
9	4			CF		72	507.7		1.5	2.9	1.9	-0.4		3.1	3.9	-0.7

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Designated Hitter

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G
1996	KCA	AL	32.7	DH		16
1998	DET	AL	34.7	DH		29
2	2			DH		45

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Shortstop

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	SS		14	105.0		-0.6	-6.0	-0.6		-3.4	-3.4
1990	SDN	NL	26.7	SS		18	121.3		-0.8	-6.2	-0.8		-0.4	-0.4
1993	CIN	NL	29.7	SS		1	1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-0.0		-0.1	-0.1
1995	SDN	NL	31.7	SS		7	56.0		-0.0	-0.3	-0.0		0.1	0.1
4	2			SS		40	283.3		-1.4	-4.9	-1.4		-3.8	-3.8

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Right Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1989	SDN	NL	25.7	RF		20	101.7		0.3	3.2	0.1	0.2		1.4	0.6	0.8
1996	KCA	AL	32.7	RF		1	7.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.0		0.1	0.2	-0.0
1998	OAK	AL	34.7	RF		3	5.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.0
3	3			RF		24	113.7		0.3	2.9	0.1	0.2		1.4	0.6	0.8

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James