Chris Roberson #29

Christopher William Roberson...Single...1997 graduate of El Cerrito High School...Attended Feather River College...Played Little League and Pony League ball...His father, Will, played professional basketball for the Detroit Pistons.

2007

Began the season with Ottawa (AAA)... Played 106 games in CF and 6 in LF... Had 36 multi-hit games... Led Ottawa in stolen bases (19) and finished 2nd in runs (64)... Combined to hit .290 (71- 245) with 16 extra-base hits in 57 games through June and July after hitting .181 (34-188) with 8 extra-base hits in 48 games through April and May... Had a season-best 15-game hit streak (.314, 22-70, 5 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 12 R), 7/2-18... Hit .438 (14- 32) over a 7-game span, 6/1-8... Had a season-high 4 RBI, 7/30 at Norfolk... Was recalled on 7/31... Had career-best 4 hits in his first game of the season with the Phillies, 7/31 at CHI... Optioned back to Ottawa on 8/23... Recalled on 9/3... Made 3 starts all in RF for the Phils... Went 2-for-5 (.400) as a pinch hitter... Appeared as a pinch-runner 7 times.

2006

Shuttled between Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) and the Phillies all season...Began the season with Scranton...With Scranton, played only CF through mid-July until the promotion of OF Michael Bourn; played all 3 outfield positions after that...Had 25 multi-hit games with Scranton...Recalled on 5/12 and made his ML debut that night at CIN as a pinch-runner...His only ML starts came on back-to-back days, 5/13-14 at CIN (RF), when Bobby Abreu had back spasms...Collected his 1st ML hit, 5/13 at CIN (Dave Williams)...Optioned back to Scranton on 5/27...Recalled on 6/9 before being optioned back on 6/23...Recalled on 7/4...Optioned on 7/9...Had his final recall of the season on 7/31...Hit .350 (7-20) over a 17-game stretch in games he had an at-bat, 8/1-29...Tripled on 9/7 at FLA for his 1st ML extra-base hit.

2005

Played entire season with Reading (AA)...Recipient of the Paul Owens Award as the best player in the Phillies minor league system...Named the Eastern League Rookie of the Year...His 172 hits led the EL, were T-7th among all minor leagues players and set a Reading record for hits in a season, breaking the previous mark of 162, set by Tommy Barrett in 1987...Reached professional highs in nearly every offensive category, including games (139), at-bats (553), runs (90), hits, doubles (24), triples (8), HR (15), RBI (70) and SF (4)...Had a season-best 13-game hit streak, 5/4-17 (.350, 21-60, 3 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI), which included 6 straight multi-hit games, 5/5-10...Had 2 season-high 4-RBI games, 4/22 vs Norwich and 8/3 at Akron...Hit over .300 in 4 of the 6 months...Played 73 games in RF, 62 in CF and 1 at 2B.

2004

Spent his season with Clearwater (A)...Had a 23-game hit streak, 5/11-6/4, which was tied for the longest in the Florida State League, along with Lakeland's Michael Woods...During the streak, he hit .442 (42- 95) with 3 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR and 21 RBI and had 10 consecutive multi-hit games, 5/14-24...Reached base safely in 34 consecutive games, 5/11-6/19 (53 H, 13 BB)...Collected a season-high 5 hits, 7/6 vs Daytona...Had his season cut short in July with a stress fracture in his left leg...Despite his injury-shortened season, reached professional highs in triples (6), HR (9) and RBI (38)...Hit .269 for Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League.

2003

Spent season at Lakewood (A) ... Led South Atlantic League in SB (59) ... His 59 SB were the most by a Phillies minor leaguer since 1994 when Jeremy Kendall stole 62 for Spartanburg (A) ... Phillies Minor League Player of the Week twice, 6/16-22 (.412, 1 RBI, 4 SB) and 7/14-20 (.321, 6 R, 4 2B, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 9 SB) ... Swiped 24 bases out of 26 attempts in July (92%) ... Reached base safely in 18 straight games, 8/9-8/26 (.295, 14 BB) ... Played in Florida Instructional League.

2002

Spent season with Batavia (A) ... Collected a season-high 4 hits, 8/29 at Jamestown ... Hit .299 in 32 home games ... Made 30 appearances in CF, 20 in RF and 10 in LF ... Played in FIL.

2001

Made pro debut for Gulf Coast Phillies (R), 6/19 at Tigers ... Had back-to-back 3-hit games, 6/27-30 ... Hit .346 (9-26) in 7 June games ... Played in FIL.