Leon Roberts
Leon Roberts
Full name: Leon Kauffman Roberts
Born: January 22, 1951, Vicksburg, Michigan
First Game: September 3, 1974 ; Final Game: September 30, 1984
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 200
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Leon Roberts
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1974 DET A Daily Splits 17 63 5 17 3 2 0 7 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 .270 .303 .381 -0.6 1974 DET A
1975 DET A Daily Splits 129 447 51 115 17 5 10 38 36 1 94 4 5 4 0 6 9 3 7 .257 .316 .385 -0.9 1975 DET A
1976 HOU N Daily Splits 87 235 31 68 11 2 7 33 19 1 43 3 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 .289 .347 .443 0.4 1976 HOU N
1977 HOU N Daily Splits 19 27 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .074 .107 .074 -0.7 1977 HOU N
1978 SEA A Daily Splits 134 472 78 142 21 7 22 92 41 2 52 8 3 4 0 1 7 6 3 .301 .364 .515 2.8 1978 SEA A
1979 SEA A Daily Splits 140 450 61 122 24 6 15 54 56 6 64 2 7 3 0 12 8 3 3 .271 .352 .451 0.7 1979 SEA A
1980 SEA A Daily Splits 119 374 48 94 18 3 10 33 43 1 59 1 3 6 0 4 12 8 4 .251 .325 .396 -0.2 1980 SEA A
1981 TEX A Daily Splits 72 233 26 65 17 2 4 31 25 2 38 1 2 5 0 4 8 3 4 .279 .345 .421 0.1 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits 31 73 7 17 3 0 1 6 4 1 14 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 .233 .278 .315 -0.6 1982 TEX A
1982 TOR A Daily Splits 40 105 6 24 4 0 1 5 7 0 16 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 .229 .274 .295 -1.0 1982 TOR A
1982 TOT A 71 178 13 41 7 0 2 11 11 1 30 1 1 2 0 3 7 1 1 .230 .276 .303 -1.6 1982 TOT A
1983 KC A Daily Splits 84 213 24 55 7 0 8 24 17 1 27 1 1 2 0 2 7 1 1 .258 .313 .404 -0.4 1983 KC A
1984 KC A Daily Splits 29 45 4 10 1 1 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .300 .289 -0.3 1984 KC A
Total NL 106 262 32 70 11 2 7 35 20 1 51 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 .267 .324 .405 -0.3 Total NL
Total AL 795 2475 310 661 115 26 71 293 236 15 377 19 22 26 0 34 62 25 25 .267 .332 .421 -0.4 Total AL
Total Splits 901 2737 342 731 126 28 78 328 256 16 428 22 23 28 0 38 65 26 25 .267 .332 .419 -0.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1984 KC A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 -0.1 1984 KC A
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 DET A Daily OF 17 15 15 140.2 25 0 2 0 0 .926 0 1 16
1974 DET A RF 16 14 14 132.2 24 0 2 0 0 .923
1974 DET A CF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 DET A Daily OF 127 124 122 1097 268 10 5 2 0 .982 0 0 127
1975 DET A RF 127 124 122 1097 265 9 5 2 0 .982
1975 DET A DH 1 0 0 -
1976 HOU N Daily OF 60 55 39 476.2 99 1 2 0 0 .980 50 0 12
1976 HOU N LF 50 44 32 385.2 74 1 1 0 0 .987
1976 HOU N RF 12 11 7 91 22 0 1 0 0 .957
1977 HOU N Daily OF 9 5 3 48.1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 6
1977 HOU N RF 6 4 2 32 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1977 HOU N LF 4 1 1 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 SEA A Daily OF 128 122 112 1073.1 296 10 8 4 0 .975 0 0 128
1978 SEA A RF 128 122 112 1073.1 289 10 8 4 0 .974
1978 SEA A DH 2 1 1 -
1979 SEA A Daily OF 136 118 95 1056.1 286 6 5 2 0 .983 67 0 69
1979 SEA A RF 69 62 50 546 150 4 4 0 0 .975
1979 SEA A LF 67 56 45 510.1 137 2 1 1 0 .993
1979 SEA A DH 1 0 0 -
1980 SEA A Daily OF 104 96 85 859.1 238 6 4 1 0 .984 21 19 69
1980 SEA A RF 69 64 60 572.1 163 4 2 1 0 .988
1980 SEA A LF 21 17 13 152.2 36 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SEA A CF 19 15 12 134.1 39 1 1 0 0 .976
1980 SEA A DH 6 4 4 -
1981 TEX A Daily OF 71 63 57 581.2 130 2 1 0 0 .992 26 4 46
1981 TEX A RF 46 39 35 351.1 70 2 1 0 0 .986
1981 TEX A LF 26 22 20 206.1 53 0 1 0 0 .981
1981 TEX A CF 4 2 2 24 7 1 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A Daily OF 28 17 12 178.2 42 0 0 0 0 1.000 13 2 17
1982 TEX A RF 17 8 5 82.2 18 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A LF 13 9 7 91 20 1 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A CF 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A DH 1 0 0 -
1982 TOR A Daily DH 20 14 9 -
1982 TOR A LF 16 14 10 126 23 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOR A OF 16 14 10 126 24 0 0 0 0 1.000 16 0 0
1982 TOT A LF 29 23 17 217 43 1 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TOT A DH 21 14 9 -
1982 TOT A OF 44 31 22 304.2 66 0 0 0 0 1.000 29 2 17
1983 KC A Daily OF 75 59 40 507.1 139 3 3 0 0 .979 41 3 34
1983 KC A LF 41 31 21 273.1 80 2 3 0 0 .965
1983 KC A RF 34 26 19 221 62 2 1 0 0 .985
1983 KC A CF 3 2 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 KC A DH 1 0 0 -
1983 KC A 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 KC A Daily OF 16 10 4 90 24 0 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 7
1984 KC A LF 10 6 2 53 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A RF 7 4 2 37 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A DH 3 0 0 -
1984 KC A P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 787 698 594 6235.1 1574 40 30 9 0 .982 248 29 531
Total RF 531 478 428 4236.1 1078 33 24 7 0 .979
Total LF 248 200 151 1814.2 435 6 6 1 0 .987
Total DH 35 19 14 -
Total CF 29 20 15 184.1 51 2 1 0 0 .981
Total 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Terry Humphrey , Gene Pentz and Mark Lemongello to
Houston Astros in exchange for Milt May , Dave Roberts and Jim Crawford (December 6,
1975 ).
Traded by Houston Astros to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Jimmy Sexton (December
5, 1977 ).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Rick Honeycutt , Mario Mendoza , Larry Cox and Willie
Horton to Texas Rangers in exchange for Richie Zisk , Rick Auerbach , Ken Clay , Jerry
Gleaton , Brian Allard and Steve Finch (December 12, 1980 ).
Sold by Texas Rangers to Toronto Blue Jays (July 15, 1982 ).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Cecil Fielder
(February 5, 1983 ).
Released by Kansas City Royals (October 10, 1984 ).
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