Rich Robertson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 175lb (193cm, 79kg)

Born: September 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 32nd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

Schools: San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX), San Jacinto College, North Campus (Houston, TX), Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: April 30, 1993 (Age 24-227d, 16,287th in major league history)
vs. HOU 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1998 (Age 29-230d)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Richard Wayne Robertson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

5.40

114

415.1

237

WHIP

1.669

Summary of 50 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 15 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	45
ANA	3
PIT	2

Platoon
vs RHB	45
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	25

Outs
0	20
2	17
1	13

15 Opps
OAK	6
ANA/CAL	5
BAL	5
KCR	4
SEA	4
DET	4
CHW	4
CLE	3
NYY	3
MIL	3
BOS	2
TEX	2
CHC	2
HOU	2
TBD	1

42 Batters
Gerónimo Berroa	3
Mark McGwire	3
Frank Thomas	2
Tim Salmon	2
Chad Curtis	2
Jim Edmonds	2
Gerald Williams	1
Craig Biggio	1
Dan Wilson	1
Jim Leyritz	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Bip Roberts	1
Mark Whiten	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Tim Raines	1
Tony Clark	1
Kevin Young	1
Tino Martinez	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Eddie Murray	1
Steve Buechele	1
Rudy Pemberton	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Albert Belle	1
Damion Easley	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Tim Spehr	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Scott Servais	1
Chris Hoiles	1
Bernie Williams	1
Benji Gil	1
Jack Voigt	1
Scott Spiezio	1
Matt Mieske	1
Jay Buhner	1
Bob Smith	1
Phil Hiatt	1
Charlie O'Brien	1
Pete Incaviglia	1

14 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	22
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	24
78	10
8	7
9	6
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	13
3	10
Unk	6
4	6
5	6
1	5
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	7
-2-	4
123	3
1-3	3
12-	2
-23	2

84 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	29
1 on	11
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	21

Inning
1	6
2	5
3	8
4	9
5	6
6	8
7	5
8	2
9	1

1-3	19
4-6	23
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	1
+1	7
Tied	10
-1	6
-2	8
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	20
Tied	10
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	9
1-1	7
Unk	6
0-0	5
2-1	4
3-1	4
0-1	4
3-2	3
2-2	3
1-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	9
1B	8
CF	7
LF	7
C	6
DH	5
3B	3
PH	2
2B	2
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	11
3rd	7
5th	6
8th	6
1st	5
7th	4
2nd	4
6th	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1994-07-21	Scott Servais	HOU		PIT	ahead 12-1	b 6	1	---		1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1994-07-28	Steve Buechele	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) FBBBFFX	1	7	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1995-05-04	Phil Hiatt	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	1--		2	2	PH	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lind Scores
4	4	2	1	1995-05-08	Tim Raines	CHW		MIN	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	7	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
5	5	3	1	1995-05-24	Chad Curtis	DET		MIN	ahead 7-3	b 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Flaherty Scores
6	6	4	1	1995-10-01	Frank Thomas	CHW		MIN	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	43%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1996-04-02	Chad Curtis	DET	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	1	8	8%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Flaherty Scores
8	8	2	1	1996-04-12	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		MIN	behind 0-1	b 6	1	-23	4,(1-2) FBFX	3	3	3	26%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores; R. Alomar Scores
9	9	3	1	1996-04-17	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 3-2	t 3	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	14%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Baerga Scores; A. Belle Scores
10	10	4	1	1996-04-27	Gerald Williams	NYY		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	8	7	21%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Williams Scores
11	11	5	1	1996-05-03	Jim Edmonds	CAL		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
12	12	6	1	1996-05-08	Dan Wilson	SEA		MIN	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	2	10%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	7	1	1996-05-29	Greg Vaughn	MIL		MIN	behind 1-7	b 4	0	---		1	4	7	4%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	1996-06-03	Tim Salmon	CAL	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	9%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	9	2	1996-06-03	Damion Easley	CAL	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	5	15%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
16	16	10	1	1996-06-14	Cecil Fielder	DET	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBSX	1	4	DH	9%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Fielder Scores
17	17	11	2	1996-06-14	Tony Clark	DET	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	3	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores
18	18	12	1	1996-07-04	Kevin Young	KCR	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 6	0	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	5	3	27%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive); C. Paquette Scores; J. Vitiello Scores
19	19	13	1	1996-07-12	Albert Belle	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	7	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	14	1	1996-07-22	Chris Hoiles	BAL		MIN	behind 2-4	b 4	0	---		1	8	2	11%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	15	2	1996-07-22	Eddie Murray	BAL		MIN	behind 3-7	b 5	1	1--		2	6	DH	13%	28%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Bonilla Scores
22	22	16	1	1996-08-12	Mark McGwire	OAK		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	5,(3-1) BBBF1X	3	4	3	16%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mashore Scores; T. Batista Scores
23	23	17	2	1996-08-12	Gerónimo Berroa	OAK		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	9	6%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	18	3	1996-08-12	Gerónimo Berroa	OAK		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	9	6%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Brosius Scores; M. McGwire Scores
25	25	19	1	1996-08-31	Matt Mieske	MIL		MIN	behind 1-2	b 8	1	-2-	2,(1-0) .B.X	2	8	PH	44%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Newfield Scores
26	26	20	1	1996-09-15	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	3,(2-0) BB.X	2	3	8	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rodriguez Scores
27	27	21	2	1996-09-15	Mark Whiten	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	22	1	1996-09-20	Frank Thomas	CHW		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	3	3	23%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Lewis Scores; T. Phillips Scores; R. Durham Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1997-04-05	Tim Spehr	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	9	2	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	2	2	1997-04-05	Bip Roberts	KCR	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	7	8%	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
31	31	3	1	1997-04-16	Jim Edmonds	ANA	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) ....BFCX	1	6	8	8%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Edmonds Scores
32	32	4	1	1997-04-23	Mark McGwire	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	6,(3-2) C>FBBBX	2	4	3	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Canseco Scores
33	33	5	2	1997-04-23	Scott Spiezio	OAK		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	123	6,(3-2) BFBBCX	4	8	4	23%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Canseco Scores; M. McGwire Scores; J. Giambi Scores
34	34	6	1	1997-04-29	Pete Incaviglia	BAL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1997-05-08	Rudy Pemberton	BOS		MIN	behind 0-1	b 2	2	123	5,(3-1) SBBBX	4	9	9	31%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Stanley Scores; J. Valentin Scores; B. Haselman Scores
36	36	8	1	1997-05-13	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	8	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
37	37	9	1	1997-05-24	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McGwire Scores
38	38	10	1	1997-06-03	Benji Gil	TEX		MIN	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	6	10%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	11	2	1997-06-03	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		MIN	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	2	7%	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	12	1	1997-06-08	Tim Salmon	ANA	@	MIN	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	6%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	13	1	1997-06-14	Craig Biggio	HOU		MIN	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	10%	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); C. Biggio Scores
42	42	14	1	1997-07-05	Jack Voigt	MIL		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	11%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Voigt Scores
43	43	15	1	1997-07-11	Marquis Grissom	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BBFC.X	2	1	8	19%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Giles Scores
44	44	16	1	1997-07-27	Gerónimo Berroa	BAL	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	DH	18%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Palmeiro Scores; C. Ripken Scores
45	45	17	1	1997-08-11	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	1-3		3	4	3	7%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Jeter Scores; B. Williams Scores
46	46	18	1	1997-09-01	Sammy Sosa	CHC		MIN	behind 0-2	b 1	2	-2-	4,(2-1) CBB.X	2	4	9	17%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Grace Scores
47	47	19	1	1997-09-06	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	4	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1998-04-18	Bob Smith	TBD	@	ANA	ahead 7-0	t 7	2	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	6	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	2	1	1998-04-29	Jim Leyritz	BOS		ANA	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---	7,(2-2) CCBBFFX	1	4	DH	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	1998-05-03	Charlie O'Brien	CHW	@	ANA	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Cordero Scores