Dave Roberts (baseball manager)

Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts
	Roberts with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 30
	Outfielder / Manager
	Born: May 31, 1972; Naha, Okinawa, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	August 7, 1999, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
	September 27, 2008, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics ; (through 2025 season)
Batting average	.266
Home runs	23
Runs batted in	213
Stolen bases	243
Managerial record	944–576
Winning %	.621
	Stats at Baseball Reference
	Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Cleveland Indians (1999–2001); Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2004); Boston Red Sox (2004); San Diego Padres (2005–2006); San Francisco Giants (2007–2008); As manager San Diego Padres (2015); Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–present); As coach San Diego Padres (2011–2015);
Career highlights and awards
	4× World Series champion (2004, 2020, 2024, 2025); NL Manager of the Year (2016);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
Pan American Games

David Ray Roberts (Japanese: 池原礼, Ikehara Rei, born May 31, 1972), nicknamed "Doc", is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for five MLB teams over a ten-year career and then coached for the San Diego Padres before being named Dodgers manager in 2016. Although he played for the Boston Red Sox for only part of one season, his most notable achievement as a player was a key stolen base in the 2004 American League Championship Series that extended the Red Sox's postseason, which culminated in a championship in the 2004 World Series. Roberts batted and threw left-handed.

The son of an African American father and Japanese mother, Roberts became the first manager of Asian heritage to lead a team to the World Series in 2017, when the Dodgers captured the National League pennant. He also led the Dodgers to the World Series in 2018, 2020, 2024, and 2025 winning in the following years after this first appearance. Roberts is the first manager of Asian heritage and second Black manager to lead a team to a World Series title following Cito Gaston and preceding Dusty Baker.