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David Robertson

David Alan Robertson (Houdini) (twitter: @DRob30)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 9, 1985 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Paul W. Bryant HS (Tuscaloosa, AL)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 21, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 2008 (Age 23)
Team: Yankees 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.070, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Lapa/Leventhal [*]
Relatives: Brother of Connor Robertson
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 23 NYY AL 4 0 1.000 5.34 25 0 8 0 0 0 30.1 29 18 18 3 15 2 36 0 0 6 131 83 1.451 8.6 0.9 4.5 10.7 2.40
2009 24 NYY AL 2 1 .667 3.30 45 0 20 0 0 1 43.2 36 19 16 4 23 1 63 1 0 6 191 140 1.351 7.4 0.8 4.7 13.0 2.74
2010 25 NYY AL 4 5 .444 3.82 64 0 10 0 0 1 61.1 59 26 26 5 33 6 71 3 2 7 273 114 1.500 8.7 0.7 4.8 10.4 2.15
2011 26 NYY AL 4 0 1.000 1.08 70 0 8 0 0 1 66.2 40 9 8 1 35 6 100 1 1 6 272 399 1.125 5.4 0.1 4.7 13.5 2.86 AS,CYA-11,MVP-22
2012 27 NYY AL 2 7 .222 2.67 65 0 17 0 0 2 60.2 52 19 18 5 19 0 81 1 1 1 248 157 1.170 7.7 0.7 2.8 12.0 4.26
2013 28 NYY AL 4 1 .800 2.93 30 0 2 0 0 0 27.2 19 9 9 3 9 0 36 2 0 0 112 140 1.012 6.2 1.0 2.9 11.7 4.00
6 Yrs 20 14 .588 2.94 299 0 65 0 0 5 290.1 235 100 95 21 134 15 387 8 4 26 1227 147 1.271 7.3 0.7 4.2 12.0 2.89
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .588 2.94 68 0 15 0 0 1 66 53 23 22 5 30 3 88 2 1 6 279 147 1.271 7.3 0.7 4.2 12.0 2.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 23 NYY AL 30.1 25 0 18 5.34 4.90 -0.21 -0.36 102.4 4.86 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.1 0.1 2 .491 .499
2009 24 NYY AL 43.2 45 0 19 3.92 4.90 -0.12 -0.36 102.7 4.78 4 0.4 .7 -0.2 0.7 9 .508 .502 $406,825
2010 25 NYY AL 61.1 64 0 26 3.82 4.61 0.25 -0.35 103.9 4.17 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.7 9 .503 .501 $426,650
2011 26 NYY AL 66.2 70 0 9 1.22 4.53 0.02 -0.35 106.8 4.45 24 2.6 1.7 0.7 4.0 31 .537 .516 $460,450 AS,CYA-11,MVP-22
2012 27 NYY AL 60.2 65 0 19 2.82 4.43 -0.04 -0.33 101.8 4.22 9 1.0 1.4 0.1 1.7 16 .515 .506 $1,600,000
2013 28 NYY AL 27.2 30 0 9 2.93 4.30 0.06 -0.32 101.5 3.98 3 0.3 1.6 0.0 0.6 6 .510 .502 $3,100,000
6 Seasons 290.1 299 0 100 3.10 4.60 0.01 -0.34 103.6 4.39 39 4.2 1.3 0.4 7.8 72 .514 .506 $5,993,925

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 24 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 24 NYY AL ALCS W LAA 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
2009 24 NYY AL WS W PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
2010 25 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
2010 25 NYY AL ALCS L TEX 0 0 20.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 6 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 17 3.375 27.0 3.4 3.4 13.5 4.00
2011 26 NYY AL ALDS L DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2012 27 NYY AL ALDS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 0.231 2.1 0.0 0.0 10.4
2012 27 NYY AL ALCS L DET 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0
4 Yrs (8 Series) 3 0 1.000 3.71 19 0 7 0 0 0 17.0 15 7 7 2 5 3 17 1 0 1 73 1.176 7.9 1.1 2.6 9.0 3.40
4 ALDS 2 0 1.000 0.00 9 0 5 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 28 0.375 2.3 0.0 1.1 9.0 8.00
3 ALCS 1 0 1.000 9.45 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 11 7 7 2 3 3 7 0 0 1 35 2.100 14.9 2.7 4.1 9.5 2.33
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 23 NYY AL 25 131 113 18 29 2 0 3 4 3 15 36 .257 .336 .354 .690 .338 40 1 0 0 3 2 0
2009 24 NYY AL 45 191 167 19 36 10 2 4 2 2 23 63 .216 .314 .371 .685 .320 62 0 1 0 0 1 0
2010 25 NYY AL 64 273 229 26 59 8 1 5 6 1 33 71 .258 .354 .367 .721 .346 84 4 3 5 3 6 1
2011 26 NYY AL 70 272 235 9 40 8 1 1 16 2 35 100 .170 .280 .226 .506 .291 53 2 1 1 0 6 1
2012 27 NYY AL 65 248 227 19 52 8 2 5 8 1 19 81 .229 .290 .348 .638 .331 79 5 1 0 1 0 1
2013 28 NYY AL 30 112 98 9 19 2 0 3 4 0 9 36 .194 .275 .306 .581 .271 30 0 2 3 0 0 0
6 Yrs 299 1227 1069 100 235 38 6 21 40 9 134 387 .220 .310 .326 .635 .320 348 12 8 9 7 15 3
162 Game Avg. 68 279 243 23 53 9 1 5 9 2 30 88 .220 .310 .326 .635 .320 79 3 2 2 2 3 1
MLB Averages .258 .325 .408 .733 .297

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 23 NYY AL -2.3 -0.2 143 0.7 1.8 -1.1 .70 0.1 1.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.70 1.5 5 3 16
2009 24 NYY AL 5.5 0.5 201 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 .66 0.5 -0.8 0.9 0.1 0.66 0.6 7 8 26
2010 25 NYY AL 4.3 0.4 289 1.4 5.8 -4.5 1.24 0.5 0.6 7.8 0.8 1.24 2.9 25 10 28
2011 26 NYY AL 22.7 2.3 293 4.1 8.9 -4.8 1.65 1.8 0.7 27.8 2.8 1.65 20.3 37 19 14
2012 27 NYY AL 10.3 1.0 259 0.4 6.8 -6.4 1.50 0.9 -0.7 8.4 0.8 1.50 10.5 29 18 17
2013 28 NYY AL 3.9 0.4 118 1.5 4.2 -2.7 1.86 0.5 0.4 4.4 0.5 1.86 4.0 18 5 7
6 Yrs 44.4 4.5 1303 7.9 29.6 -21.7 1.29 4.2 1.9 49.1 4.9 1.29 39.7 121 63 108

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 23 NYY AL 25 25 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% 6 .703 5 3 16 6 3 16 8 17 9 4 9 4 3.6 23
2009 24 NYY AL 45 45 20 2 1 1 1 0 100% 6 5 25 9 36% 9 .659 7 8 26 18 5 22 14 31 10 12 13 7 2.9 19
2010 25 NYY AL 64 64 10 4 5 3 1 2 33% 18 14 33 10 30% 8 1.242 25 10 28 38 10 16 21 43 16 21 19 11 2.9 18
2011 26 NYY AL 70 70 8 4 0 4 1 3 25% 38 34 44 10 23% 8 1.652 37 19 14 46 10 14 25 45 9 18 11 14 2.9 17
2012 27 NYY AL 65 65 17 2 7 5 2 3 40% 35 30 22 7 32% 8 1.496 29 18 17 51 7 7 15 50 6 15 8 20 2.8 15
2013 28 NYY AL 30 30 2 4 1 1 0 1 0% 15 14 7 2 29% 8 1.864 18 5 7 19 9 2 5 25 1 6 1 8 2.8 15
6 Yrs 299 299 65 20 14 14 5 9 36% 112 97 145 46 32% 1.293 121 63 108 178 44 77 88 211 51 76 61 64 2.9 18

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 23 NYY AL 131 52% 2.3% 27.5% 11.5% 3.8% 17% 0.74 0.68 59% 20% 7.1% 9% 36 1 3%
2009 24 NYY AL 191 57% 2.1% 33.0% 12.0% 8.4% 44% 0.55 0.74 52% 25% 6.7% 10% 40 0 0%
2010 25 NYY AL 273 57% 1.8% 26.0% 12.1% 5.1% 24% 0.66 1.00 57% 25% 5.7% 8% 64 4 6%
2011 26 NYY AL 272 48% 0.4% 36.8% 12.9% 3.7% 25% 0.91 1.09 49% 16% 1.7% 17% 53 2 4%
2012 27 NYY AL 248 47% 2.0% 32.7% 7.7% 6.1% 29% 0.81 1.00 57% 20% 7.2% 15% 40 5 13%
2013 28 NYY AL 112 48% 2.7% 32.1% 8.0% 4.5% 26% 0.72 1.04 53% 22% 9.1% 8% 22 0 0%
6 Yrs 1227 52% 1.7% 31.5% 10.9% 5.3% 28% 0.73 0.94 54% 21% 6.0% 12% 255 12 5%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 23 NYY AL 133 566 4.26 347 61% 36% 15% 27% 23% 64% 4% 39% 77% 48% 8% 11 7 26% 35 19 4 39% 5 2 -2 0 0
2009 24 NYY AL 192 868 4.52 543 63% 39% 16% 26% 19% 61% 0% 38% 74% 54% 5% 10 4 28% 53 33 3 44% 10 5 -1 0 0
2010 25 NYY AL 273 1171 4.29 710 61% 37% 14% 25% 23% 63% 4% 38% 77% 55% 5% 15 8 27% 73 39 4 39% 10 1 0 0 0
2011 26 NYY AL 273 1213 4.44 768 63% 35% 18% 29% 18% 65% 4% 41% 72% 61% 5% 14 5 39% 107 62 7 29% 20 4 -1 0 0
2012 27 NYY AL 248 974 3.93 644 66% 35% 16% 26% 23% 65% 0% 43% 75% 65% 4% 9 5 35% 86 44 5 40% 15 4 0 0 0
2013 28 NYY AL 112 441 3.94 287 65% 39% 19% 20% 23% 61% 0% 40% 69% 54% 4% 5 3 29% 32 23 3 31% 9 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1231 5233 4.25 3299 63% 37% 16% 26% 21% 63% 2% 40% 74% 57% 5% 64 32 31% 386 220 26 37% 69 18 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 23 NYY AL 131 29 5 0 3 2 9 3 0 3 0 14 9 4 64% 0 6 0 57 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2009 24 NYY AL 191 36 4 0 4 0 11 2 2 1 3 8 1 4 13% 0 6 0 70 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2010 25 NYY AL 273 59 8 2 5 1 9 3 2 3 2 16 9 2 56% 1 7 0 115 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2011 26 NYY AL 272 40 4 0 1 0 19 1 0 0 1 18 2 10 11% 1 6 0 112 16 2 89% 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2012 27 NYY AL 248 52 4 0 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 13 6 4 46% 1 1 0 91 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2013 28 NYY AL 112 19 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 0 3 0% 0 0 1 46 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1227 235 27 2 21 3 52 16 5 12 9 75 27 27 36% 3 26 1 491 40 9 82% 35 8 5 1 0 0 1 1 52 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 23 4 0 1.000 5.34 25 0 8 0 0 0 30.1 29 18 18 3 15 2 36 0 0 6 131 83 1.451 8.6 0.9 4.5 10.7 2.40 83
2009 24 6 1 .857 4.14 70 0 28 0 0 1 74.0 65 37 34 7 38 3 99 1 0 12 322 110 1.392 7.9 0.9 4.6 12.0 2.61 110
2010 25 10 6 .625 3.99 134 0 38 0 0 2 135.1 124 63 60 12 71 9 170 4 2 19 595 112 1.441 8.2 0.8 4.7 11.3 2.39 112
2011 26 14 6 .700 3.03 204 0 46 0 0 3 202.0 164 72 68 13 106 15 270 5 3 25 867 145 1.337 7.3 0.6 4.7 12.0 2.55 145
2012 27 16 13 .552 2.95 269 0 63 0 0 5 262.2 216 91 86 18 125 15 351 6 4 26 1115 148 1.298 7.4 0.6 4.3 12.0 2.81 148
2013 28 20 14 .588 2.94 299 0 65 0 0 5 290.1 235 100 95 21 134 15 387 8 4 26 1227 147 1.271 7.3 0.7 4.2 12.0 2.89 147

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 23 1 2 .333 5.59 29.0 29 20 18 3 15 34 0 1.517 9.0 4.7 10.6 2.27 0.9 25
2009 24 2 2 .500 3.07 44.0 35 17 15 4 22 64 1 1.295 7.2 4.5 13.1 2.91 0.8 45
2010 25 3 3 .500 3.97 59.0 59 29 26 5 33 69 3 1.559 9.0 5.0 10.5 2.09 0.8 64
2011 26 6 1 .857 1.11 65.0 40 9 8 1 35 98 1 1.154 5.5 4.8 13.6 2.80 0.1 70
2012 27 4 2 .667 2.95 58.0 53 21 19 5 19 78 1 1.241 8.2 2.9 12.1 4.11 0.8 65
2013 28 2 1 .667 3.00 27.0 19 10 9 3 9 36 2 1.037 6.3 3.0 12.0 4.00 1.0 30
6 Yrs 18 11 .621 3.03 282.0 235 106 95 21 133 379 8 1.305 7.5 12.1 2.85 0.7 299



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (11, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (292nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  70 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  23 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  27.85 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.1 (5th)
Active  7.9 (48th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.8 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2642), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (841), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (336th), 7.9 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/7.9 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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