Willis
Roberts
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 19, 1975 in D.R., , SAN CRISTOBAL
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 PIT NL   4 6 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 7
2005 30 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 8
2006 31 PIT NL   4 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 7
2009 34 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 7
2010 35 PIT NL $ 350,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 8
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 31 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 34 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 35 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 29 AAA   6 3 .667 62 0 0 0 0 92.3 97 44 12 35 87 4.29 .279 .345 .431 .776  
2005 30 PIT NL 7 5 .583 100 0 0 0 3 110.3 123 64 13 52 76 5.22 .291 .367 .442 .809 5.6
2006 31 PIT NL 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 1 24.3 33 24 8 12 12 8.88 .337 .416 .653 1.069 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 39 0 0 0 5 42.0 37 15 3 19 38 3.21 .245 .329 .371 .700  
2009 34 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 3 0 1 0 16.27 .444 .500 .556 1.056 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 12 0 0 0 1 11.3 12 6 0 10 12 4.77 .279 .415 .372 .787  
2010 35 PIT NL 3 2 .600 77 0 0 0 5 84.0 101 43 14 33 55 4.61 .300 .369 .472 .841 4.4
4 Years Sim 11 9 .550 202 0 0 0 9 220.3 261 134 35 98 143 5.47 .301 .375 .479 .853 10.0
3 Years AAA 9 5 .643 113 0 0 0 6 145.7 146 65 15 64 137 4.02 .269 .347 .410 .756  
Season Average 2 2 .500 50 0 0 0 2 55.1 65 33 8 24 35 5.47 .301 .375 .479 .853  
Career Highs 7 5 .600 100 0 0 0 5 110.3 123 64 14 52 76 16.27 .444 .500 .653 1.069  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   131 69 21 42 79   .281 .341 .464 .804
vs LH   130 65 14 56 64   .324 .407 .496 .903
Home 5 7 .417 103 0 0 0 3 120.7 151 95 22 59 68 7.09 .313 .388 .527 .915
Away 6 2 .750 99 0 0 0 6 99.7 110 39 13 39 75 3.52 .286 .351 .418 .770
Mar/Apr 4 1 .800 44 0 0 0 4 50.0 58 31 10 21 30 5.58 .299 .367 .505 .873
May 1 4 .200 39 0 0 0 1 40.7 47 34 8 25 24 7.53 .296 .391 .522 .913
June 2 1 .667 26 0 0 0 1 29.0 34 12 4 9 21 3.73 .293 .344 .440 .784
July 3 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 30.7 49 18 2 13 20 5.28 .380 .437 .481 .917
August 0 3 .000 29 0 0 0 1 34.7 40 25 8 14 25 6.49 .292 .358 .533 .890
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 36 0 0 0 2 35.3 33 14 3 16 23 3.57 .250 .331 .364 .695
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 30 PIT NL 100 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0
2006 31 PIT NL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2009 34 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2010 35 PIT NL 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 202 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.7  
Career Highs 100 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 103 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Away 87 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
August 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 30 PIT NL P 100 0 110.3 12 28 0 4 1.000 3.26    
2006 31 PIT NL P 23 0 24.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.07    
2009 34 PIT NL P 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2010 35 PIT NL P 77 0 84.0 8 21 0 1 1.000 3.11    
Career Totals   202 0 220.3 24 56 0 5 1.000 3.27    
Career Highs   100 0 110.3 12 28 0 4 1.000 4.07    
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History
Injured on 7/29/2004 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/20/2005
Released by Pittsburgh on 7/31/2006
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 5/6/2009 to a minor league deal
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration