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Robert
Roten		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 15, 1950 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1979   
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1977   
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1976   
Slick Fielder Award 1984   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 DM FL   2 3 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4
1974 23 CAL JL   3 4 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
1975 24 CAL JL   4 6 5 6 7 6 0 0 0 8 9 8 4 4 4 5 3 4
1976 25 CAL JL $ 300,000 5 7 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 10 10 10 4 4 4 5 4 4
1977 26 CAL JL $ 300,000 5 7 6 6 7 6 0 0 0 10 11 10 4 4 4 7 5 6
1978 27 CAL JL $ 300,000 5 7 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 5 6
1979 28 CAL JL $ 4,614,286 6 7 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 5 6
1980 29 CAL JL $ 9,500,000 6 7 6 7 8 7 0 0 0 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 5 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 3 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000 6 7 6 7 8 7 0 0 0 10 11 10 4 4 4 7 5 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 CAL JL $ 9,500,000   16 16 15 19 20 20 14 15 15 9 10 10 16 13 14
1982 31 CAL JL $ 9,500,000   16 16 15 20 20 20 14 15 15 10 11 11 16 14 15
1983 32 CAL JL $ 9,500,000   15 15 15 18 19 18 14 15 14 10 10 10 17 14 15
1984 33 CAL JL $ 9,500,000   15 15 14 17 17 17 14 15 15 9 9 9 16 14 14
1985 34 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   14 14 13 17 17 17 14 14 14 9 9 9 16 13 14
1986 35 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   11 11 10 12 13 13 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 8 8
1987 36 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 10 11 11 6 6 6 11 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,000,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 10 11 11 6 6 6 10 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   16 16 15 20 20 20 14 15 15 10 11 11 17 14 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 AA   74 290 29 69 16 0 9 41 5 1 16 62 .238 .278 .386 .664 31.3  
    A   77 310 30 76 10 1 5 43 2 1 22 50 .245 .295 .332 .627 30.5  
1974 23 AA   95 370 49 100 29 0 5 43 5 4 37 83 .270 .337 .389 .726 47.4  
1975 24 AAA   137 523 77 140 27 0 30 101 6 4 56 96 .268 .339 .491 .830 86.2  
1976 25 CAL JL 157 544 73 162 37 9 22 101 1 2 48 118 .298 .359 .520 .880 93.1 25.0
1977 26 CAL JL 125 477 74 156 28 6 33 110 0 0 36 101 .327 .380 .618 .998 101.1 26.3
1978 27 CAL JL 147 552 79 147 23 7 32 91 1 0 40 80 .266 .322 .507 .829 85.7 16.7
1979 28 CAL JL 156 581 86 164 39 3 22 92 0 0 59 73 .282 .351 .473 .825 91.1 22.1
1980 29 CAL JL 156 592 90 162 33 5 36 102 0 0 49 84 .274 .338 .529 .867 100.3 17.4
1981 30 CAL JL 154 598 101 170 27 0 35 115 2 3 55 89 .284 .346 .505 .851 98.5 16.3
1982 31 CAL JL 157 578 100 171 27 3 36 116 1 0 55 85 .296 .357 .540 .897 105.2 21.0
1983 32 CAL JL 156 602 74 155 37 1 23 100 2 0 38 117 .257 .301 .437 .738 77.5 14.3
1984 33 CAL JL 154 561 65 136 21 1 23 70 1 0 51 96 .242 .306 .406 .712 71.9 10.0
1985 34 VAN JL 110 402 51 115 31 1 10 55 2 0 26 68 .286 .327 .443 .770 55.4 9.3
1986 35 VAN JL 75 279 44 87 28 1 12 49 1 0 27 75 .312 .383 .548 .931 54.3 9.5
1987 36 AAA   79 134 39 57 13 0 19 47 1 4 20 31 .425 .500 .948 1.448 47.5  
11 Years Sim 1547 5766 837 1625 331 37 284 1001 11 5 484 986 .282 .341 .500 .840 934.0 187.9
2 Years AAA 216 657 116 197 40 0 49 148 7 8 76 127 .300 .372 .584 .956 133.7  
2 Years AA 169 660 78 169 45 0 14 84 10 5 53 145 .256 .317 .388 .705 78.6  
1 Years A 77 310 30 76 10 1 5 43 2 1 22 50 .245 .305 .332 .637 30.5  
5 Years Minors 462 1627 224 442 95 1 68 275 19 14 151 322 .272 .337 .457 .794 242.9  
162 Game Average 603 87 170 34 3 29 104 1 0 50 103 .282 .341 .500 .840 97.8  
Career Highs 157 602 101 171 39 9 36 116 2 3 59 118 .327 .383 .618 .998 105.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3788 579 1130 225 29 207 705 9 3 362 731 .298 .362 .537 .899 693.3
vs LH   1978 258 495 106 8 77 296 2 2 122 255 .250 .299 .429 .728 246.4
Home 773 2754 415 777 155 14 128 468 5 4 246 484 .282 .344 .488 .832 443.9
Away 774 3012 422 848 176 23 156 533 6 1 238 502 .282 .338 .511 .848 495.7
RISP   1536 0 454 98 5 81 689 0 0 155 294 .296 .360 .524 .884 276.2
Pinch Hitting   56 10 17 4 0 2 4 0 0 5 13 .304 .381 .482 .863 9.2
Close/Late   662 75 222 46 6 32 105 0 0 81 120 .335 .409 .568 .977 139.7
Mar/Apr 288 1088 177 322 58 9 71 220 2 0 92 186 .296 .356 .562 .917 203.5
May 279 1042 169 309 77 8 49 181 2 2 85 198 .297 .354 .527 .881 180.1
June 237 880 110 253 51 6 33 133 1 1 65 147 .288 .341 .472 .813 133.7
July 270 1023 147 285 58 9 51 180 3 1 86 166 .279 .335 .502 .837 166.7
August 249 914 116 232 41 5 35 132 1 0 90 145 .254 .324 .425 .749 125.9
Sep/Oct 224 819 118 224 46 0 45 155 2 1 66 144 .274 .329 .495 .824 129.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 25 CAL JL RF 94 92 796.0 151 2 4 1 .975 1.73   0.5
    LF 56 54 465.0 83 1 4 1 .955 1.63    
    CF 3 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1977 26 CAL JL LF 82 81 698.7 161 2 6 0 .964 2.10   1.1
    RF 42 42 369.0 84 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
1978 27 CAL JL LF 135 133 1178.0 241 5 11 1 .957 1.88   1.7
    CF 8 4 43.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1979 28 CAL JL LF 151 148 1318.7 283 1 3 1 .990 1.94   2.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1980 29 CAL JL LF 147 146 1297.3 290 5 13 3 .958 2.05   4.1
    RF 5 3 29.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55    
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1981 30 CAL JL LF 143 142 1247.3 282 1 5 1 .983 2.04   4.5
    RF 9 8 77.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.57    
1982 31 CAL JL LF 145 140 1268.0 287 1 8 1 .973 2.04   3.0
    CF 6 1 19.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79    
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1983 32 CAL JL LF 151 149 1317.7 299 2 11 0 .965 2.06   2.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 33 CAL JL LF 150 147 1277.3 309 3 7 0 .978 2.20   2.3
    SS 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1985 34 VAN JL LF 107 107 910.3 240 3 4 0 .984 2.40   2.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 35 VAN JL LF 73 72 627.0 132 4 7 2 .951 1.95   1.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1340 1319 11605.3 2607 28 79 10 .971 2.04   25.9
  RF 159 146 1293.0 266 2 5 1 .982 1.87   0.5
  CF 23 5 77.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.79    
  SS 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1523 1471 12983.6 2898 31 84 11 .972 2.03   26.4
Career Highs   155 150 1331.3 311 5 13 3 .990 2.40    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 25 CAL JL 16 61 11 14 6 0 3 12 0 0 8 17 .230 .314 .475 .790
1979 28 CAL JL 18 73 11 19 1 1 4 16 0 0 8 11 .260 .333 .466 .799
1980 29 CAL JL 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .077 .000 .077
1981 30 CAL JL 5 19 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .211 .211 .263 .474
1982 31 CAL JL 17 63 11 22 5 0 5 15 0 0 6 12 .349 .408 .667 1.075
Career Post-Season Batting 59 228 33 59 13 1 12 45 0 0 23 46 .259 .327 .482 .809
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1977-3-.327
 On-Base Pct
1977-9-.380
 Slugging Pct
1976-3-.520
1977-1-.618
1978-8-.507
1980-4-.529
1982-4-.540
CAR-42-.500
 OPS
1976-5-.880
1977-1-.998
1980-5-.867
1982-6-.897
 XR
1977-7-101.1
1980-6-100.3
1982-7-105.2
 Games
1976-3-157
1979-9-156
1980-9-156
1982-2-157
1983-10-156
At-Bats
1981-5-598
1983-7-602
 Runs
1981-9-101
1982-8-100
 Total Bases
1976-8-283
1977-3-295
1978-10-280
1979-9-275
1980-3-313
1981-6-302
1982-4-312
CAR-50-2882
 Doubles
1976-5-37
1979-7-39
 Triples
1976-8-9
 Homeruns
1977-1-33
1978-5-32
1980-2-36
1981-3-35
1982-4-36
CAR-39-284
RBIs
1976-8-101
1977-1-110
1978-10-91
1979-8-92
1980-6-102
1981-7-115
1982-2-116
1983-10-100
CAR-39-1001
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 89    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Sam Hell (914)
  2. Dave Winfield (910)
  3. Jack Kelly (910)
  4. Jose Primo (904)
  5. Terry Franciscen (902)
  6. Adrian Cabrera (897)
  7. Luther Overson (892)
  8. Theo Reckley (887)
  9. Mickey Masutto (882)
  10. Xavier Jonah (882)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 189th overall pick, by Des Moines in 1973
Injured on 4/1/1973 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Des Moines to California on 1/31/1974 (Going to DM: P K. Maynor, P J. Winter. Going to CAL: RF R. Roten, P T. Tsan, P T. Lesser, P R. Vivero)
Injured on 5/31/1974 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1976, off Roy Hobbs, Jr. (HON)
Won Phenom Award in 1976, hitting .298 with 22 HR, 101 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1977, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/26/1977 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1977, hitting .395 with 10 HR, 26 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Honolulu on 7/6/1977
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/21/1977
Won Super Slugger Award in 1977, hitting .327 with 33 HR, 110 RBI
Injured on 6/5/1978 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/5/1978 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1979, hitting .352 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Omaha on 9/8/1979
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Drove in 6 runs against Phoenix on 4/17/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1981, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
 
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