LOS ANGELES -- Dave Roberts is the 28th manager in Dodgers history, and the 15th manager to have also played for the franchise.
Roberts played parts of three seasons in Los Angeles (2002-04), and hit .262/.342/.341 in 302 games, mostly patrolling center field, with some left field mixed in as well. He stole 118 bases at an 82.5-percent clip with the Dodgers, and finished third, third and fifth, respectively in the National League in steals during his three years in Los Angeles.
The fifth-place mark in 2004 was particularly impressive since Roberts was traded to the American League on July 31 — to the Red Sox for minor league fodder Henri Stanley in one of general manager Paul DePodesta's more baffling moves.