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A workhorse, hard thrower, and a tough competitor, Roberts is considered by many as the best right-handed pitcher in Phillies history. In 1950 he led his team, the youngest major league baseball squad ever fielded, to the first National League pennant in 35 years. Amazingly, Roberts started three games in the last five days of the season, winning the heavily favored Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in a pennant-deciding, 10-inning game. It was his 20th victory, becoming the Phillies' first 20-game-winner since Grover Alexander did it in 1917. Since then, the 1950 Phillies went in the baseball history known forever as the Whiz Kids.
Between 1950 and 1955 Roberts wonIn baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W ) when, in a game won by his team, he is the team's pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. An exception to this is that a pitcher who st 20 games, with NL highs from 1952-55. Six times he led the league in games startedIn baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS is credited to a pitcher who throws the very first pitch to the opposing team of a single game. Baseball statistics., five times in complete games and innings pitchedIn baseball, innings pitched IP are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and runners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third, and once pitched 28 complete games in a row. A fabulous control pitcher, Roberts never walkedIn baseball statistics, a base on balls BB , also called a walk is used in baseball to track the performance of pitchers and batters. If a batter receives four pitches which the umpire calls balls, he is entitled to "walk" to first base. Receiving a base more than 77 batters in any regular season. Beside this, he helped himself as a fielder as well as his bat, hitting 55 doublesBaseball statistics In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fiel, 10 triplesBaseball statistics In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base by striking the ball and getting to third before being made out, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielde, and five home runIn baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. Home runs are among the most popular aspects ofs with 103 RBI. His only weakness as a pitcher was surrendering the longball.
Despite his 28 victories in 1952, Roberts enjoyed his best season in 1953 posting a 23-16 record and also leading the NL pitchers in strikeouts with 198. In a career-high 346.2 innings pitched he walked just 66 batters, and his 2.75 ERA was second in the league behind Warren Spahn 2.10, narrowly missing the Triple Crown.
In his 19-seasons career, Roberts compiled a 286-245 record with 2,357 strikeouts, a 3.41 ERA, 305 complete games, 45 shutouts, and 4,688.2 innings pitched in 676 games. He holds the major league record for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team with 12, between 1950 and 1961.
Robin Roberts was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976
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