Brian Roberts (Brian Michael Roberts) was born on October 9, 1977 in Durham, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on June 14, 2001 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2001, his rookie year, he hit .253 with 2 home runs and 17 RBI. Roberts played for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire 6 year career.
Most people believe that Brian Roberts's best season was 2005, when he slugged 18 home runs, stole 27 bases, hit for a .314 average and knocked in 73 runs.
Roberts was also one of the players mentioned in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, in 2004, Roberts confided in teammate Larry Bigbie that he had tried steroids once or twice in 2003. Roberts also declined to speak with investigators in the Mitchell Report.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2001
BAL
A
75
273
42
69
2
17
.253
.284
.341
12
3
13
36
0
3
12
0
3
2002
BAL
A
38
128
18
29
1
11
.227
.308
.297
6
0
15
21
1
3
9
0
3
2003
BAL
A
112
460
65
124
5
41
.270
.337
.367
22
4
46
58
1
4
23
1
9
2004
BAL
A
159
641
107
175
4
53
.273
.344
.376
50
2
71
95
1
15
29
1
3
2005
BAL
A
143
561
92
176
18
73
.314
.387
.515
45
7
67
83
3
5
27
5
6
2006
BAL
A
138
563
85
161
10
55
.286
.347
.410
34
3
55
66
0
6
36
4
16
2007
BAL
A
156
621
103
180
12
57
.290
.377
.432
42
5
89
99
0
2
50
6
8
Total
821
3247
512
914
52
307
.281
.351
.409
211
24
356
458
6
38
186
17
47
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2001
BAL
A
2B
12
7
81
13
25
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
.950
2001
BAL
A
DH
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2001
BAL
A
SS
51
47
413
84
131
14
25
0
0
0
0
0
.939
2002
BAL
A
DH
8
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2002
BAL
A
2B
25
25
222.1
44
81
3
19
0
0
0
0
0
.977
2003
BAL
A
DH
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2003
BAL
A
SS
2
2
16
1
8
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.818
2003
BAL
A
2B
107
105
925
198
324
7
68
0
0
0
0
0
.987
2004
BAL
A
DH
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2004
BAL
A
2B
150
148
1322.1
235
426
8
92
0
0
0
0
0
.988
2005
BAL
A
2B
141
138
1208
238
413
8
93
0
0
0
0
0
.988
2006
BAL
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
BAL
A
2B
137
135
1167.2
214
375
9
98
0
0
0
0
0
.985
2007
BAL
A
2B
154
151
1329.2
278
457
7
110
0
0
0
0
0
.991
Total
SS
53
49
429
85
139
16
26
0
0
0
0
0
.933
Total
2B
726
709
6256
1220
2101
44
486
0
0
0
0
0
.987
Total
DH
26
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed July 14, 1999).