In his 19-season career, Roberts compiled a 286-245 record with 2,357 strikeouts, a 3.41 ERA, 305 complete games, 45 shutouts, and 4,688 innings pitched in 676 games. He holds the Major League records for home runs allowed by a pitcher (505) and for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team with 12, between 1950 and 1961. Also: he's dead.
Games Played | Lists | |
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1. | The 2010 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool | 1 |
2. | The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool | 1 |
3. | The March '02 Lee Jr. | 1 |
Word of his passing came just 3 hours before the end of one contest and the start of another. He always was a damned troublemaker.
(d) December 31st, 2000