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Bob Robertson
Robert Eugene Robertson

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 2, 1946 in Frostburg, MD
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1967
Final Game: June 23, 1979
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1967	20	PIT	NL	9	38	35	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	12	.171	.237	.343	.580	64	12	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1969	22	PIT	NL	32	105	96	7	20	4	1	1	9	1	0	8	30	.208	.267	.302	.569	61	29	5	0	0	1	0	3
1970	23	PIT	NL	117	451	390	69	112	19	4	27	82	4	1	51	98	.287	.367	.564	.931	149	220	8	2	1	7	2	3/57	MVP-27
1971	24	PIT	NL	131	536	469	65	127	18	2	26	72	1	2	60	101	.271	.356	.484	.840	135	227	7	4	0	3	8	*3
1972	25	PIT	NL	115	354	306	25	59	11	0	12	41	1	1	41	84	.193	.291	.346	.637	82	106	4	3	0	4	2	375
1973	26	PIT	NL	119	455	397	43	95	16	0	14	40	0	4	55	77	.239	.332	.385	.717	101	153	12	1	0	2	4	3
1974	27	PIT	NL	91	272	236	25	54	11	0	16	48	0	0	33	48	.229	.320	.479	.799	125	113	8	0	0	3	1	3
1975	28	PIT	NL	75	152	124	17	34	4	0	6	18	0	0	23	25	.274	.388	.452	.840	134	56	0	2	0	3	0	3
1976	29	PIT	NL	61	147	129	10	28	5	1	2	25	0	1	16	23	.217	.299	.318	.617	76	41	1	0	0	2	0	3

1978	31	SEA	AL	64	200	174	17	40	5	2	8	28	0	0	24	39	.230	.325	.420	.745	109	73	6	1	0	1	1	D3
1979	32	TOR	AL	15	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	.103	.188	.207	.394	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
11 Seasons				829	2742	2385	283	578	93	10	115	368	7	9	317	546	.242	.331	.434	.766	113	1036	51	13	1	26	18
162 Game Avg.				162	536	466	55	113	18	2	22	72	1	2	62	107	.242	.331	.434	.766	113	202	10	3	0	5	4

PIT (9 yrs)				750	2510	2182	265	535	88	8	106	339	7	9	290	498	.245	.334	.439	.772	115	957	45	12	1	25	17
SEA (1 yr)				64	200	174	17	40	5	2	8	28	0	0	24	39	.230	.325	.420	.745	109	73	6	1	0	1	1
TOR (1 yr)				15	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	.103	.188	.207	.394	7	6	0	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				750	2510	2182	265	535	88	8	106	339	7	9	290	498	.245	.334	.439	.772	115	957	45	12	1	25	17
AL (2 yrs)				79	232	203	18	43	5	2	9	29	0	0	27	48	.212	.306	.389	.695	94	79	6	1	0	1	1

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1967	20	PIT	NL	38	29	3	2.8	90	.190	.171	.258	.237	.320	.343	.379	.580	.699	64	.344	-1.8	-0.2	.517	.257	.171	.0

1969	22	PIT	NL	105	82	7	2.3	93	.288	.208	.257	.267	.327	.302	.381	.569	.708	61	.250	-5.1	-0.5	.469	.188	.094	1.0
1970	23	PIT	NL	451	295	83	7.6	101	.313	.287	.263	.367	.336	.564	.402	.931	.738	149	.709	27.0	2.6	.962	.415	.277	7.0
1971	24	PIT	NL	536	354	83	6.3	94	.293	.271	.262	.356	.328	.484	.384	.840	.712	135	.690	21.6	2.2	.826	.339	.213	1.9
1972	25	PIT	NL	354	256	33	3.5	91	.220	.193	.255	.291	.323	.346	.377	.637	.701	82	.430	-6.9	-0.7	.595	.288	.154	1.8
1973	26	PIT	NL	455	320	50	4.2	95	.263	.239	.260	.332	.329	.385	.387	.717	.716	101	.492	1.1	0.1	.645	.275	.146	.0
1974	27	PIT	NL	272	193	36	5.0	92	.217	.229	.259	.320	.330	.479	.374	.799	.704	125	.575	7.2	0.7	.768	.390	.250	.0
1975	28	PIT	NL	152	93	25	7.2	95	.292	.274	.264	.388	.335	.452	.382	.840	.716	134	.721	7.0	0.7	.900	.363	.177	.0
1976	29	PIT	NL	147	105	13	3.3	92	.245	.217	.263	.299	.329	.318	.374	.617	.703	76	.407	-3.9	-0.4	.544	.217	.101	.0

1978	31	SEA	AL	200	141	24	4.6	94	.250	.230	.261	.325	.326	.420	.385	.745	.711	109	.524	1.8	0.2	.700	.328	.190	.0
1979	32	TOR	AL	32	26	1	1.0	102	.105	.103	.270	.188	.334	.207	.408	.394	.743	7	.058	-4.0	-0.4	.346	.207	.103	.0
11 Seasons				2742	1894	358	5.1	95	.265	.242	.261	.331	.329	.434	.385	.766	.714	113	.580	43.8	4.3	.731	.324	.192	13.2
162 Game Avg.				536	370	70	5.1	95	.265	.242	.261	.331	.329	.434	.385	.766	.714	113	.580	9	1	.731	.324	.192	3

PIT (9 yrs)				2510	1727	333	5.2	95	.268	.245	.261	.334	.330	.439	.385	.772	.714	115	.591	46.0	4.5	.739	.325	.193	13.1
SEA (1 yr)				200	141	24	4.5	94	.250	.230	.261	.325	.326	.420	.385	.745	.711	109	.524	1.8	0.2	.700	.328	.190	.0
TOR (1 yr)				32	26	1	1.0	102	.105	.103	.270	.188	.334	.207	.408	.394	.743	7	.058	-4.0	-0.4	.346	.207	.103	.0

NL (9 yrs)				2510	1727	333	5.2	95	.268	.245	.261	.334	.330	.439	.385	.772	.714	115	.591	46.0	4.5	.739	.325	.193	13.1
AL (2 yrs)				232	167	25	4.0	95	.231	.212	.262	.306	.327	.389	.388	.695	.715	94	.459	-2.2	-0.2	.645	.310	.177	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	23	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	2	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	PIT	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	4	16	16	5	7	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	2	.438	.438	1.250	1.688	20	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	7	29	25	4	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	4	8	.240	.345	.480	.825	12	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	27	PIT	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	1	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	28	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons (6 Series)							21	59	53	10	15	2	0	6	12	0	0	6	10	.283	.356	.660	1.016	35	0	0	0	0	0
5 NLCS							14	30	28	6	9	2	0	4	7	0	0	2	2	.321	.367	.821	1.188	23	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							7	29	25	4	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	4	8	.240	.345	.480	.825	12	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	20	PIT	NL	38	5.3%	31.6%	7.9%	5.3%	33%	4.00	2.9	17.5	8.8	0.38	55%

1969	22	PIT	NL	105	1.0%	28.6%	7.6%	5.7%	30%	3.75	3.2	96.0	10.7	0.56	63%
1970	23	PIT	NL	451	6.0%	21.7%	11.3%	11.1%	45%	1.92	4.0	14.4	4.8	0.57	60%
1971	24	PIT	NL	536	4.9%	18.8%	11.2%	8.6%	36%	1.68	4.6	18.0	6.5	0.55	64%
1972	25	PIT	NL	354	3.4%	23.7%	11.6%	6.5%	39%	2.05	3.6	25.5	7.5	0.57	60%
1973	26	PIT	NL	455	3.1%	16.9%	12.1%	6.6%	32%	1.40	5.2	28.4	9.9	0.67	68%
1974	27	PIT	NL	272	5.9%	17.7%	12.1%	9.9%	50%	1.45	4.9	14.8	4.9	0.74	64%
1975	28	PIT	NL	152	4.0%	16.5%	15.1%	6.6%	29%	1.09	5.0	20.7	6.9	0.72	63%
1976	29	PIT	NL	147	1.4%	15.7%	10.9%	5.4%	29%	1.44	5.6	64.5	5.2	0.44	72%

1978	31	SEA	AL	200	4.0%	19.5%	12.0%	7.5%	38%	1.63	4.5	21.8	6.2	0.71	64%
1979	32	TOR	AL	32	3.1%	28.1%	9.4%	3.1%	33%	3.00	3.2	29.0	29.0	1.43	59%
11 Seasons				2742	4.2%	19.9%	11.6%	8.0%	38%	1.72	4.4	20.7	6.5	0.62	64%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	20	PIT	NL	0	0	29%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	22	PIT	NL	4	0	22%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1970	23	PIT	NL	5	0	30%	178	4	1	80%	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	48%	25	16	9	7	4	1	16	2	13
1971	24	PIT	NL	12	0	24%	186	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	8	39%	36	30	5	5	3	2	18	1	16
1972	25	PIT	NL	5	0	14%	109	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	26%	14	12	2	3	1	2	6	3	2
1973	26	PIT	NL	6	0	21%	162	0	4	0%	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	44%	25	18	7	2	2	0	12	2	10
1974	27	PIT	NL	3	0	13%	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	26%	11	9	2	2	2	0	6	3	3
1975	28	PIT	NL	1	0	21%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	24%	11	10	1	8	6	1	6	2	4
1976	29	PIT	NL	0	0	19%	38	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	27%	6	6	0	0	0	0	5	2	3

1978	31	SEA	AL	1	0	16%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	9%	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	1
1979	32	TOR	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				37	0	21%	833	7	9	44%	7	7	0	0	0	2	3	2	26	46	36%	139	111	27	27	18	6	75	17	54
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1967	20	PIT	NL	26	15%	6			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	19	2	11%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	12

1969	22	PIT	NL	101	34%	20			7	3	0	1	1.03	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		26	5	19%	8	1	13%	73	8	11%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	4
1970	23	PIT	NL	451	37%	112			9	2	1	1	1.99	27	1	14	20	7	7	20	0	1	1	100%	93	8	9%	48	11	23%	317	56	18%	46	22	48%	23	8	35%	0
1971	24	PIT	NL	536	37%	127			5	0	0	0	2.04	26	0	10	16	10	10	16	0	0	0		105	7	7%	46	7	15%	344	47	14%	28	9	32%	37	12	32%	0
1972	25	PIT	NL	354	39%	59			4	0	0	0	1.59	12	0	8	7	5	6	6	0	0	0		79	4	5%	36	6	17%	249	29	12%	23	10	43%	17	5	29%	0
1973	26	PIT	NL	455	40%	95			10	1	0	1	1.52	14	0	9	10	4	6	8	0	0	0		95	12	13%	50	9	18%	279	29	10%	22	8	36%	27	6	22%	0
1974	27	PIT	NL	272	50%	54			28	8	2	6	1.97	16	0	7	10	6	9	7	0	0	0		74	8	11%	20	8	40%	215	34	16%	16	8	50%	13	4	31%	0
1975	28	PIT	NL	152	61%	34			40	7	1	3	2.20	6	0	4	2	4	1	5	0	0	0		32	0	0%	16	3	19%	122	12	10%	17	4	24%	9	3	33%	0
1976	29	PIT	NL	147	66%	28			25	3	0	5	2.11	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		33	1	3%	11	3	27%	117	24	21%	12	5	42%	8	1	13%	0

1978	31	SEA	AL	200	51%	40			16	4	1	2	2.21	8	0	2	2	6	4	4	0	0	0		38	6	16%	23	3	13%	142	20	14%	9	2	22%	21	4	19%	0
1979	32	TOR	AL	32	81%	3			1	0	0	0	1.73	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	2	67%	24	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
11 Seasons				2726	43%	578			145	28	5	19	2.00	115	1	64	69	45	46	68	0	1	1	100%	583	51	9%	263	53	20%	1901	261	14%	180	69	38%	163	46	28%	16
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1967	20	9	38	35	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	12	.171	.237	.343	.580	64	12	0	0	0	0	0
1968	21	9	38	35	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	12	.171	.237	.343	.580	64	12	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	41	143	131	11	26	4	1	3	13	1	0	11	42	.198	.259	.313	.572	62	41	5	0	0	1	0
1970	23	158	594	521	80	138	23	5	30	95	5	1	62	140	.265	.341	.501	.842	128	261	13	2	1	8	2
1971	24	289	1130	990	145	265	41	7	56	167	6	3	122	241	.268	.348	.493	.841	131	488	20	6	1	11	10
1972	25	404	1484	1296	170	324	52	7	68	208	7	4	163	325	.250	.334	.458	.793	120	594	24	9	1	15	12
1973	26	523	1939	1693	213	419	68	7	82	248	7	8	218	402	.247	.334	.441	.775	115	747	36	10	1	17	16
1974	27	614	2211	1929	238	473	79	7	98	296	7	8	251	450	.245	.332	.446	.778	116	860	44	10	1	20	17
1975	28	689	2363	2053	255	507	83	7	104	314	7	8	274	475	.247	.336	.446	.782	118	916	44	12	1	23	17
1976	29	750	2510	2182	265	535	88	8	106	339	7	9	290	498	.245	.334	.439	.772	115	957	45	12	1	25	17
1977	30	750	2510	2182	265	535	88	8	106	339	7	9	290	498	.245	.334	.439	.772	115	957	45	12	1	25	17
1978	31	814	2710	2356	282	575	93	10	114	367	7	9	314	537	.244	.333	.437	.770	115	1030	51	13	1	26	18
1979	32	829	2742	2385	283	578	93	10	115	368	7	9	317	546	.242	.331	.434	.766	113	1036	51	13	1	26	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	20	9	38	35	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	3	12	.171	.237	.343	.580	3	9

1969	22	32	105	96	8	20	4	1	1	10	1	8	30	.208	.267	.302	.569	8	32
1970	23	117	453	392	70	114	19	4	27	83	4	52	98	.291	.371	.566	.937	84	117
1971	24	131	552	480	72	138	20	2	28	80	1	65	101	.288	.375	.513	.888	92	131
1972	25	120	385	328	30	70	13	0	14	49	1	49	88	.213	.319	.381	.701	40	115
1973	26	119	461	401	47	99	17	0	15	43	0	57	77	.247	.341	.401	.742	54	119
1974	27	91	275	238	27	56	11	0	17	52	0	34	48	.235	.327	.496	.823	39	91
1975	28	75	160	129	18	39	5	0	7	20	0	26	25	.302	.419	.504	.923	27	75
1976	29	61	152	132	11	31	6	1	2	28	0	18	23	.235	.322	.341	.663	15	61

1978	31	64	203	176	19	42	5	2	8	31	0	25	39	.239	.335	.426	.761	26	64
1979	32	15	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	.103	.188	.207	.394	1	15
11 Seasons		834	2816	2436	307	618	100	10	122	401	7	340	550	.254	.345	.453	.798	389	829
162 Game Avg.		162	547	473	60	120	19	2	24	78	1	66	107	.254	.345	.453	.798	76	829

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL-27-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1971 NL--.484--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 NL--7--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1971 NL--18.038--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Mark Teixeira (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nate Colbert (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Delgado (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Plantier (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Pena (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Epstein (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Gernert (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Whitfield (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Whitfield (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50