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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-11 / in Starts: 12-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1959	WS g1	Oct 1	LAD	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.19	-0.019	10.07	-0.55%	-1.14	C
2	1959	WS g2	Oct 2	LAD	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	7	.76	-0.051	40.49	-1.52%	-0.36	C
3	1959	WS g3	Oct 4	LAD		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	7	1.04	-0.081	65.51	-2.79%	-0.95	C
4	1959	WS g4	Oct 5	LAD		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	.64	0.037	41.21	1.32%	1.23	C
5	1959	WS g5	Oct 6	LAD		CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	7	1.37	-0.111	66.89	-3.44%	-0.73	C
6	1959	WS g6	Oct 8	LAD	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	7	.59	-0.055	53.58	-3.21%	-1.16	C
1963 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1963	WS g1	Oct 2	LAD	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	8	.54	0.196	28.10	6.64%	1.86	C
8	1963	WS g2	Oct 3	LAD	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.500	.625	8	.39	-0.057	19.78	-1.89%	-1.23	C
9	1963	WS g3	Oct 5	LAD		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636	7	.93	-0.004	38.75	-0.09%	-0.02	C
10	1963	WS g4	Oct 6	LAD		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.357	.500	7	.55	-0.039	12.37	-0.49%	-0.39	C
1965 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1965	WS g1	Oct 6	LAD	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.35	-0.030	18.43	-0.87%	-1.10	C
12	1965	WS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	2.02	0.052	107.07	1.06%	-0.09	C
13	1965	WS g3	Oct 9	LAD		MIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	8	1.71	0.106	71.25	2.43%	0.70	C
14	1965	WS g4	Oct 10	LAD		MIN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.286	.333	.286	.619	7	.40	0.017	24.61	0.58%	0.40	C
15	1965	WS g5	Oct 11	LAD		MIN	W,7-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.250	.618	8	.40	0.024	32.91	1.12%	0.45	C
16	1965	WS g6	Oct 13	LAD	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.263	.364	.263	.627	7	1.04	-0.035	93.88	-1.54%	-0.21	C
17	1965	WS g7	Oct 14	LAD	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.423	.333	.756	8	.80	0.084	133.75	9.03%	0.87	C
1966 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1966	WS g1	Oct 5	LAD		BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.77	-0.174	92.51	-5.84%	-1.56	C
19	1966	WS g2	Oct 6	LAD		BAL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	7	.72	-0.100	36.89	-2.93%	-1.05	C
20	1966	WS g3	Oct 8	LAD	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	7	1.79	-0.122	74.58	-3.00%	-0.80	C
21	1966	WS g4	Oct 9	LAD	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	7	.80	-0.061	17.75	-0.74%	-0.38	C
1969 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1969	ALCS g1	Oct 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	6.83	-0.166	213.44	-3.00%	-0.74	PH C
23	1969	ALCS g3	Oct 6	MIN		BAL	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	.54	-0.053	12.82	-0.80%	-0.22	C
									82	75	2	12	1	0	1	7	5	2	12	0	2	0		1	1	2	.160	.213	.213	.426

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