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Dave Robertson

Davis Aydelotte Robertson

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: September 25, 1889 in Portsmouth, VA
School: North Carolina State University (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1912
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/Pirates 1912-1922

Final Game: September 27, 1922
Died: November 5, 1970 in Virginia Beach, VA
Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1152. Jerry Lumpe… #1153. Elmer Smith… #1154. Eddie Murphy… #1155. DAVE ROBERTSON… #1156. Walt Wilmot… #1157. Jack Farrell… #1158. Mike Mowrey… 

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
1912 22 NYG NL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 170 1 0 0 /3O
1914 24 NYG NL 82 275 256 25 68 12 3 2 32 9 10 26 .266 .299 .359 .658 98 92 2 7 O
1915 25 NYG NL 141 584 544 72 160 17 10 3 58 22 10 22 52 .294 .326 .379 .705 119 206 4 14 *O
1916 26 NYG NL 150 620 587 88 180 18 8 12 69 21 17 14 56 .307 .326 .426 .752 135 250 3 16 *O
1917 27 NYG NL 142 560 532 64 138 16 9 12 54 17 10 47 .259 .276 .391 .667 106 208 2 16 *O
1919 29 TOT NL 28 98 96 8 20 2 0 1 10 3 1 10 .208 .224 .260 .485 45 25 1 0 O8/7
1919 29 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 29 CHC NL 27 98 96 8 20 2 0 1 10 3 1 10 .208 .224 .260 .485 45 25 1 0 O8/7
1920 30 CHC NL 134 555 500 68 150 29 11 10 75 17 23 40 44 .300 .353 .462 .815 132 231 1 14 *O
1921 31 TOT NL 82 290 266 36 82 21 3 6 62 4 7 13 19 .308 .345 .477 .823 114 127 2 9 O9/87
1921 31 CHC NL 22 38 36 7 8 3 0 0 14 0 2 1 3 .222 .243 .306 .549 44 11 0 1 /O87
1921 31 PIT NL 60 252 230 29 74 18 3 6 48 4 5 12 16 .322 .361 .504 .865 125 116 2 8 O9/78
1922 32 NYG NL 42 50 47 5 13 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 7 .277 .320 .383 .703 79 18 0 0 /O
9 Seasons 804 3034 2830 366 812 117 44 47 364 94 57 113 262 .287 .318 .409 .727 116 1158 15 76
162 Game Avg. 162 611 570 74 164 24 9 9 73 19 23 53 .287 .318 .409 .727 116 233 3 15
NYG (7 yrs) 561 2091 1968 254 560 65 30 30 217 70 27 59 189 .285 .309 .394 .703 116 775 11 53
CHC (3 yrs) 183 691 632 83 178 34 11 11 99 20 25 42 57 .282 .328 .422 .751 114 267 2 15
PIT (1 yr) 60 252 230 29 74 18 3 6 48 4 5 12 16 .322 .361 .504 .865 125 116 2 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 22 NYG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3O
1914 24 NYG NL 275 -1 0 0 0 0 -4 8 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ O
1915 25 NYG NL 584 15 4 0 0 -3 -7 16 25 2.9 28 3.3 -0.4 $ *O
1916 26 NYG NL 620 24 -2 0 0 3 -7 17 35 4.1 32 3.6 0.5 $ *O
1917 27 NYG NL 560 4 2 0 0 6 -7 16 21 2.2 15 1.7 0.5 $ *O
1919 29 CHC NL 98 -6 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ O8/7
1920 30 CHC NL 555 20 -5 0 0 -6 -6 16 19 2.1 25 2.7 -0.6 $ *O
1921 31 CHC NL 38 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /O87
1921 31 PIT NL 252 6 -2 0 0 -1 -3 7 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ O9/78
1922 32 NYG NL 50 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /O
9 Seasons 3034 57 -3 0 0 -4 -35 86 101 11.3 105 11.8 -0.5 $
NYG (6 yrs) 2091 40 4 0 0 5 -25 59 83 9.4 78 8.9 0.5 $
CHC (3 yrs) 691 11 -5 0 0 -8 -7 20 11 1.2 19 2.1 -0.9 $
PIT (1 yr) 252 6 -2 0 0 -1 -3 7 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1917 27 NYG NL WS CHW L 6 23 22 3 11 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .522 .636 1.158 14 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 23 22 3 11 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .522 .636 1.158 14 0 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1912 NYG NL 22 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 10.20
1912 NYG NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1914 NYG NL 24 OF 71 120 101 13 6 2 .950 1.61 .957 2.13 15-0-56
1915 NYG NL 25 OF 138 249 225 13 11 4 .956 1.72 .959 2.12 16-0-123
1916 NYG NL 26 OF 144 276 248 17 11 5 .960 1.84 .967 2.15 0-0-144
1917 NYG NL 27 OF 140 295 266 12 17 1 .942 1.99 .963 2.20 0-1-140
1919 CHC NL 29 OF 25 25 25 59 53 2 4 0 .932 2.20 .964 2.26
1919 CHC NL 29 CF 24 24 24 59 53 2 4 0 .932 2.29 .968 2.60
1919 CHC NL 29 LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1920 CHC NL 30 OF 134 248 230 10 8 1 .968 1.79 .964 2.34
1920 CHC NL 30 LF 134 129 122 248 230 10 8 1 .968 1.79 .967 2.18
1921 TOT NL 31 OF 65 62 59 133 126 2 5 0 .962 1.97 .965 2.40
1921 TOT NL 31 CF 7 5 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 .967 2.79
1921 TOT NL 31 LF 3 2 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 .963 2.37
1921 CHC NL 31 OF 7 4 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 .964 2.40
1921 CHC NL 31 CF 6 4 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 .967 2.78
1921 CHC NL 31 LF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.40
1921 PIT NL 31 OF 58 58 55 124 117 2 5 0 .960 2.05 .965 2.40
1921 PIT NL 31 RF 55 55 52 114 107 2 5 0 .956 1.98 .964 2.08
1921 PIT NL 31 LF 2 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .962 2.35
1921 PIT NL 31 CF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.80
1922 NYG NL 32 OF 8 11 9 1 1 1 .909 1.25 .962 2.40
1922 NYG NL 32 CF 6 5 2 11 9 1 1 1 .909 1.67 .970 2.82
1922 NYG NL 32 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1922 NYG NL 32 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
9 Seasons OF 726 87 84 1391 1258 70 63 14 .955 1.83 .963 2.22 171-38-519
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 139 132 125 258 240 10 8 1 .969 1.80 .967 2.18
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 56 55 52 114 107 2 5 0 .956 1.95 .964 2.08
3 Seasons (incomplete) CF 37 34 31 79 71 3 5 1 .937 2.00 .968 2.67
1 Season 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 10.20
9 Seasons TOT 727 87 84 1393 1260 70 63 14 .955 1.83 .963 2.23 171-38-519
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1916 NL  4.1 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1916 NL  3.6 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1916 NL  0.5 (10th)
1917 NL  0.5 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1915 NL  .294 (9th)
1916 NL  .307 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1916 NL  .426 (7th)
1920 NL  .462 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1916 NL  .752 (10th)
1920 NL  .815 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1916 NL  587 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1916 NL  88 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1915 NL  160 (8th)
1916 NL  180 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1916 NL  250 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1920 NL  29 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 NL  12 (1st)
1917 NL  12 (1st)
1920 NL  10 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1916 NL  69 (8th)
1920 NL  75 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1915 NL  130 (4th)
1916 NL  142 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1916 NL  135 (8th)
1920 NL  132 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1916 NL  77 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1916 NL  20 (9th)
1920 NL  20 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1916 NL  2.3 (9th)
1920 NL  2.1 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1920 NL  50 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1916 NL  .659 (10th)
1920 NL  .634 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 NL  23 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1916 NL  15.3 (1st)
1917 NL  14.1 (1st)
1920 NL  12.6 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1916 NL  48.9 (3rd)
1917 NL  44.3 (2nd)
1920 NL  50.0 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1916 NL  440 (10th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1916 NL  11 (5th)
1917 NL  17 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1920 NL  .968 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (283), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 46 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (998), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Al Zarilla (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Zarilla (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Weatherly (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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