Spec Roberts
1936–1945 · bats ? / throws R · Cincinnati Clowns, Homestead Grays, Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars, PH6, WBS
39G
.243AVG
.282OBP
.284SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
12–7W–L
184.1IP
82K
5.22ERA
20GS
2SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 39 | 42 |
| Batting · At bats | 74 | 63 |
| Batting · Doubles | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 18 | 16 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 83 | 67 |
| Batting · Runs | 8 | 6 |
| Batting · RBI | 10 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 4 | 3 |
| Pitching · Games | 36 | 40 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 838 | 726 |
| Pitching · p cg | 13 | 11 |
| Pitching · p er | 107 | 20 |
| Pitching · p gs | 20 | 22 |
| Pitching · p h | 206 | 185 |
| Pitching · p hr | 16 | 13 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 553 | 509 |
| Pitching · p k | 82 | 33 |
| Pitching · p r | 118 | 109 |
| Pitching · p w | 86 | 63 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 83 | 74 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .243 | .282 | .284 | .566 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184.3 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 118 | 107 | 16 | 86 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 5.22 | 1.584 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1938-05-21 to 1938-06-19
3longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1939-08-04 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | PH6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 3 |
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Stars | 12 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | .062 | 45 | 2 |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays, WBS | 9 | 21 | 9 | – | – | – | .429 | 49 | 18 |
| 1939 |  Homestead Grays | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .100 | 29 | 3 |
| 1941 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Stars | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1943 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 5 |
| 1944 | Cincinnati Clowns, New York Black Yankees | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 10 | 2 |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 4 | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .375 | 22 | – |