Although Ivie hit decently, his defense was poor, and he wound up splitting time with Ted Kubiak and Héctor Torres. Early on, the Padres decided to experiment by putting Mike Ivie-who himself had been the first overall pick by the Padres in the 1970 draft as a catcher-at third base. Veteran Glenn Beckert opened the year as the Padres' third baseman, but lasted just three games. In 1975, Roberts found himself starting the year back in the minor leagues in Hawaii. 095 the rest of the way without an RBI to finish the season with a. Things did not get any better, as Roberts batted. 178 in 88 games, Roberts lost his starting job, as he was once again replaced by Dave Hilton.
Although he finally hit his first home run of the year on May 13, he had just seven extra base hits and seven RBI through the first two months. Roberts remained the Padres' starter at third base in 1974, but struggled out of the gate. Roberts responded with what would be the best offensive season of his career, as he posted career highs in batting average (.286), home runs (21) and runs batted in (64) as well as several other categories. Hilton was returned to the minor leagues and replaced by Roberts, who was the regular third baseman the rest of the season. Meanwhile, Hilton, who had started the year at third base, was batting. Playing with the Triple-A Hawaii Islanders, Roberts hit. 083 and without an extra-base hit, he was demoted to the minor leagues. At the end of April, with Roberts batting. Over the next 17 games, Roberts played in eight, all as a pinch hitter. After five games, in which he went 1-for-16, Fuentes returned, and Roberts was sent to the bench. With regular Tito Fuentes injured to start the season, Roberts opened the 1973 season as the Padres' regular second baseman. Padres Manager Don Zimmer was playing his infield in to guard against the bunt. 244 with five home runs and 33 runs batted in.ĭave Roberts was playing 3rd base on July 18 when Steve Arlin came within one out of no-hitting the Philadelphia Phillies until Denny Doyle bounced a single over Roberts head. However, he was shifted to second base in mid-September following the promotion of Dave Hilton from the minors. Roberts spent most of the remainder of the 1972 season as the Padres' regular third baseman. He appeared in the second game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, entering the game in the 12th inning at third base and going 0-for-3. The following day, he signed with the Padres, and later that day made his major league debut, becoming the sixth player to go straight to the majors after being drafted without first playing in the minor leagues. After his junior year, he was made the number one overall pick in the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft by the Padres on June 6. Roberts attended Corvallis High School (Oregon) and played college baseball for the University of Oregon, where he was primarily a shortstop. San Diego Padres 1972: First overall pick
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San Diego Padres ( 1972– 1975, 1977– 1978)ĭavid Wayne Roberts (born February 17, 1951), is a former professional baseball third baseman and catcher, who played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, and Philadelphia Phillies, between 19.
September 18, 1982, for the Philadelphia Phillies
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