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Specs Roberts

1937–1945  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 162 lb  ·  b. 1907 High Point, NC

Career 12–4 · 3.97 ERA · 73 SO · 163.1 IP · 35 G · 17 H · 10 RBI · .258 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Team records #1 Washington Black Senators career W #1 Washington Black Senators career SO #1 Washington Black Senators career IP #1 Washington Black Senators 1938 ERA #1 Washington Black Senators 1938 W #1 Washington Black Senators 1938 SO #1 Washington Black Senators 1938 WHIP #1 Washington Black Senators 1938 IP #9 Washington Black Senators career H #9 Washington Black Senators 1938 H

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Putouts — #3 — 1938 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 1938 #2
Saves — #2 — 1939 #2

Pitching

9 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1937 PS NN2 0 1 3.86 7 1 1 21.0 25 9 0 11 8 1.71
1938 SEN +1 NN2 4 3 3.73 9 7 0 60.1 60 25 4 22 30 1.36
1939 HG NN2 5 0 3.83 7 6 1 47.0 41 20 8 19 26 1.28
1940 HG NN2 1 0 5.14 1 1 0 7.0 8 4 0 5 4 1.86
1941 NBY NN2 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1942 PS NN2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 4 0 1 2 1 4.50
1943 NBY NN2 0 0 2.16 2 0 0 8.1 6 2 0 3 1 1.08
1944 NBY +1 NN2 1 0 5.56 3 1 0 11.1 12 7 0 10 2 1.94
1945 NE NN2 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 6.2 7 5 0 3 1 1.50
Career — — 12 4 3.97 32 16 2 163.1 163 72 13 75 73 1.46

Batting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 PS NN2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1938 SEN +1 NN2 9 24 2 9 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 .375 .423 .500 .923
1939 HG NN2 7 20 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
1940 HG NN2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 NBY NN2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1942 PS NN2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1943 NBY NN2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 NBY +1 NN2 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1945 NE NN2 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career — — 35 66 7 17 3 0 0 10 4 0 0 .258 .300 .303 .603

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1937 PS NN2 P 7 1 21.0 0 7 1 0 8 .875 1.00
1938 SEN NN2 P 9 7 60.1 4 10 1 0 15 .933 1.56
1939 HG NN2 P 7 6 47.0 0 10 0 0 10 1.000 1.43
1940 HG NN2 P 1 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1941 NBY NN2 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1942 PS NN2 P 1 0 1.1 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1943 NBY NN2 P 2 0 8.1 0 4 0 0 4 1.000 2.00
1944 NBY NN2 P 3 1 11.1 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 1.00
1945 NE NN2 P 1 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
Career — — P 32 16 163.1 4 37 2 0 43 .953 1.28