Nate Robertson
Nathan Daniel Robertson
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 3, 1977 in Wichita, KS
High School: Maize (Maize, KS)
School: Wichita State University
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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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
2002 24 FLA NL 0 1 .000 11.88 6 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 15 11 11 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 46 34 2.280 16.2 3.2 4.3 3.2 0.75
2003 25 DET AL 1 2 .333 5.44 8 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 55 27 27 6 23 2 33 0 0 3 203 79 1.746 11.1 1.2 4.6 6.6 1.43
2004 26 DET AL 12 10 .545 4.90 34 32 1 1 0 1 196.2 210 116 107 30 66 1 155 4 1 5 852 91 1.403 9.6 1.4 3.0 7.1 2.35 RoY-8
2005 27 DET AL 7 16 .304 4.48 32 32 0 2 0 0 196.2 202 113 98 28 65 2 122 7 1 6 846 95 1.358 9.2 1.3 3.0 5.6 1.88
2006 28 DET AL 13 13 .500 3.84 32 32 0 1 0 0 208.2 206 98 89 29 67 2 137 8 0 6 881 119 1.308 8.9 1.3 2.9 5.9 2.04
2007 29 DET AL 9 13 .409 4.76 30 30 0 0 0 0 177.2 199 98 94 22 63 2 119 3 1 5 781 96 1.475 10.1 1.1 3.2 6.0 1.89
2008 30 DET AL 7 11 .389 6.35 32 28 1 0 0 0 168.2 218 124 119 26 62 7 108 2 0 5 761 71 1.660 11.6 1.4 3.3 5.8 1.74
2009 31 DET AL 2 3 .400 5.44 28 6 3 0 0 0 49.2 59 33 30 4 28 3 35 2 0 2 234 85 1.752 10.7 0.7 5.1 6.3 1.25
8 Seasons 51 69 .425 4.92 202 169 6 4 0 1 1051.0 1164 620 575 148 378 20 712 28 3 32 4604 91 1.467 10.0 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.88
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .425 4.92 37 31 1 1 0 0 193 213 114 105 27 69 4 131 5 1 6 844 91 1.467 10.0 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.88
DET (7 yrs) 51 68 .429 4.87 196 168 5 4 0 1 1042.2 1149 609 564 145 374 19 709 26 3 32 4558 92 1.461 9.9 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.90
FLA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.88 6 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 15 11 11 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 46 34 2.280 16.2 3.2 4.3 3.2 0.75
AL (7 yrs) 51 68 .429 4.87 196 168 5 4 0 1 1042.2 1149 609 564 145 374 19 709 26 3 32 4558 92 1.461 9.9 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.90
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.88 6 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 15 11 11 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 46 34 2.280 16.2 3.2 4.3 3.2 0.75

Postseason Pitching

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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
2006 28 DET AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 11.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 12 7 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 30 2.118 19.1 1.6 0.0 1.6
2006 28 DET AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 21 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 7.2 1.33
2006 28 DET AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 Season (3 Series) 1 2 .333 5.17 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 23 9 9 1 6 1 8 2 0 0 74 1.851 13.2 0.6 3.4 4.6 1.33
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 11.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 12 7 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 30 2.118 19.1 1.6 0.0 1.6
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 21 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 7.2 1.33
1 WS 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 24 FLA NL 6 46 40 11 15 2 0 3 0 0 4 3 .375 .457 .650 1.107 .353 26 0 2 0 0 1
2003 25 DET AL 8 203 180 27 55 8 0 6 1 3 23 33 .306 .384 .450 .834 .348 81 5 0 0 0 2
2004 26 DET AL 34 852 766 116 210 35 3 30 6 6 66 155 .274 .333 .445 .779 .308 341 27 4 12 4 1
2005 27 DET AL 32 846 760 113 202 34 7 28 8 5 65 122 .266 .325 .439 .765 .280 334 22 7 3 11 2
2006 28 DET AL 32 881 795 98 206 38 3 29 9 5 67 137 .259 .320 .424 .744 .278 337 30 8 4 7 2
2007 29 DET AL 30 780 703 98 199 40 4 22 7 4 63 119 .283 .342 .445 .787 .312 313 15 3 5 6 2
2008 30 DET AL 32 761 693 124 218 53 5 26 7 4 62 108 .315 .373 .518 .891 .343 359 23 2 4 0 7
2009 31 DET AL 28 234 200 33 59 8 0 4 5 1 28 35 .295 .384 .395 .779 .337 79 6 2 2 2 3
8 Seasons 202 4603 4137 620 1164 218 22 148 43 28 378 712 .281 .343 .452 .795 .307 1870 128 28 30 30 20
162 Game Avg. 37 844 758 114 213 40 4 27 8 5 69 131 .281 .343 .452 .795 .307 343 23 5 5 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 24 FLA NL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 4 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.7 79 1 0 0 0 79
2003 25 DET AL 8 8 1 2 5 1 0 3 5 .375 1 3 0 0 4 50% 44 67 16 7 6 0 4 4.0 3.3 5.6 95 1 3 4 0 110
2004 26 DET AL 34 32 12 10 10 2 0 16 16 .500 4 4 1 0 17 53% 48 78 8 18 7 1 13 6.1 6.0 6.0 92 5 15 12 0 114
2005 27 DET AL 32 32 7 16 9 1 3 12 20 .375 0 2 2 0 16 50% 49 80 21 17 10 0 15 3.8 3.2 6.1 95 4 16 11 0 117
2006 28 DET AL 32 32 13 13 6 5 7 15 17 .469 5 0 1 0 20 63% 52 75 14 17 10 0 15 4.0 4.2 6.5 97 3 11 17 1 120
2007 29 DET AL 30 30 9 13 8 4 3 11 19 .367 5 0 0 0 13 43% 47 79 16 22 6 0 15 4.6 5.5 5.9 96 2 13 15 0 115
2008 30 DET AL 32 28 7 11 10 3 0 11 17 .393 3 3 0 0 9 32% 42 74 9 30 13 0 13 4.9 5.4 5.8 90 6 13 9 0 109
2009 31 DET AL 28 6 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 2 33% 46 66 29 16 7 1 3 5.0 2.4 4.7 79 2 4 0 0 98
8 Seasons 202 169 50 69 50 17 14 71 98 .420 19 13 4 0 81 48% 47 80 8 131 59 2 79 4.6 4.6 6.0 94 24 75 68 1 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2002 24 FLA NL 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0.797 0 2 3 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 2.2 15
2004 26 DET AL 34 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 5 0.996 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0 54
2008 30 DET AL 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.942 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 3 0 5.8 35
2009 31 DET AL 28 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 8 47% 6 0.823 2 7 13 5 1 16 10 12 6 11 6 3 3.0 18
4 Seasons 100 33 6 1 0 2 1 1 50% 4 0 18 8 44% 0.948 2 10 21 8 1 24 11 22 11 14 11 3 3.5 22

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2002 24 FLA NL 46 76% 6.5% 6.5% 8.7% 10.9% 33% 1.20 1.56 74% 19% 20.0% 0% 12 0 0%
2003 25 DET AL 203 83% 3.0% 16.3% 11.3% 6.9% 26% 1.13 1.28 69% 16% 10.3% 15% 46 5 11%
2004 26 DET AL 852 82% 3.5% 18.2% 7.8% 8.0% 32% 1.02 1.47 69% 18% 10.6% 6% 173 27 16%
2005 27 DET AL 846 79% 3.3% 14.4% 7.7% 8.2% 34% 1.05 1.50 73% 17% 9.9% 10% 180 22 12%
2006 28 DET AL 881 77% 3.3% 15.6% 7.6% 8.0% 34% 0.90 1.40 72% 19% 9.2% 10% 168 30 18%
2007 29 DET AL 781 74% 2.8% 15.3% 8.1% 8.5% 33% 0.84 1.11 73% 18% 7.8% 11% 144 15 10%
2008 30 DET AL 761 69% 3.4% 14.2% 8.2% 11.0% 39% 0.82 1.28 73% 19% 9.7% 14% 140 23 16%
2009 31 DET AL 234 62% 1.7% 15.0% 12.0% 5.1% 20% 0.70 0.93 70% 21% 4.6% 10% 62 6 10%
8 Seasons 4604 76% 3.2% 15.5% 8.2% 8.4% 33% 0.92 1.32 72% 18% 9.3% 10% 925 128 14%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2002 24 FLA NL 46 152 3.30 92 61% 30% 15% 14% 40% 70% 7% 42% 78% 50% 4% 2 1 9% 4 1 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 DET AL 203 760 3.74 465 61% 31% 14% 23% 32% 69% 2% 42% 80% 52% 7% 14 8 23% 47 27 2 33% 8 4 0 0 0
2004 26 DET AL 852 3064 3.60 1939 63% 29% 16% 23% 32% 71% 0% 45% 78% 57% 6% 48 32 20% 171 112 13 30% 28 15 0 0 0
2005 27 DET AL 846 2930 3.46 1865 64% 29% 15% 21% 35% 71% 1% 45% 79% 60% 4% 31 16 18% 156 98 11 38% 25 13 0 0 0
2006 28 DET AL 881 3105 3.52 1944 63% 29% 14% 23% 34% 71% 1% 45% 80% 58% 6% 50 36 20% 175 101 11 31% 29 12 0 0 0
2007 29 DET AL 781 2889 3.70 1833 63% 28% 13% 26% 32% 72% 0% 45% 82% 64% 3% 26 17 24% 188 102 12 41% 23 7 0 0 1
2008 30 DET AL 761 2665 3.50 1664 62% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 3% 44% 83% 59% 6% 46 26 19% 144 80 12 36% 23 13 0 0 0
2009 31 DET AL 234 878 3.75 521 59% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 3% 43% 79% 53% 6% 13 7 24% 55 32 2 23% 9 4 0 0 0
8 Seasons 4604 16443 3.57 10323 63% 29% 14% 23% 34% 71% 1% 45% 80% 59% 5% 230 143 20% 940 553 63 34% 145 68 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2002 24 FLA NL 46 15 2 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2003 25 DET AL 203 55 4 1 6 0 4 6 0 4 2 6 2 1 33% 0 3 0 83 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2004 26 DET AL 852 210 27 1 30 0 16 28 2 14 16 51 33 4 65% 15 5 1 317 6 6 50% 5 4 1 2 0 0 4 0 12 0
2005 27 DET AL 846 202 18 5 28 1 15 27 1 7 21 47 31 4 66% 12 6 1 318 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 22 0
2006 28 DET AL 881 206 16 1 29 0 17 27 2 15 14 41 18 6 44% 12 6 0 308 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 15 0
2007 29 DET AL 781 199 19 1 22 1 20 19 3 13 9 38 21 2 55% 7 5 0 289 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 18 0
2008 30 DET AL 761 218 29 9 26 0 11 18 8 10 16 42 24 4 57% 6 5 0 284 7 4 64% 3 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
2009 31 DET AL 234 59 4 2 4 1 7 3 1 0 4 22 13 2 59% 3 2 2 114 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
8 Seasons 4604 1164 119 21 148 3 93 129 19 63 85 251 144 24 57% 55 32 4 1730 43 28 61% 35 23 8 5 0 0 18 6 82 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2002 24 0 1 .000 11.88 6 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 15 11 11 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 46 34 2.280 16.2 3.2 4.3 3.2 0.75 34
2003 25 1 3 .250 6.45 14 9 1 0 0 0 53.0 70 38 38 9 27 3 36 2 0 3 249 66 1.830 11.9 1.5 4.6 6.1 1.33 66
2004 26 13 13 .500 5.23 48 41 2 1 0 1 249.2 280 154 145 39 93 4 191 6 1 8 1101 84 1.494 10.1 1.4 3.4 6.9 2.05 84
2005 27 20 29 .408 4.90 80 73 2 3 0 1 446.1 482 267 243 67 158 6 313 13 2 14 1947 89 1.434 9.7 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.98 89
2006 28 33 42 .440 4.56 112 105 2 4 0 1 655.0 688 365 332 96 225 8 450 21 2 20 2828 97 1.394 9.5 1.3 3.1 6.2 2.00 97
2007 29 42 55 .433 4.60 142 135 2 4 0 1 832.2 887 463 426 118 288 10 569 24 3 25 3609 97 1.411 9.6 1.3 3.1 6.2 1.98 97
2008 30 49 66 .426 4.90 174 163 3 4 0 1 1001.1 1105 587 545 144 350 17 677 26 3 30 4370 91 1.453 9.9 1.3 3.1 6.1 1.93 91
2009 31 51 69 .425 4.92 202 169 6 4 0 1 1051.0 1164 620 575 148 378 20 712 28 3 32 4604 91 1.467 10.0 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.88 91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2002 24 0 0 12.38 8.0 16 12 11 3 4 3 2 2.500 18.0 4.5 3.4 0.75 3.4 6
2003 25 1 3 .250 6.15 41.0 56 31 28 6 23 30 0 1.927 12.3 5.0 6.6 1.30 1.3 8
2004 26 8 13 .381 4.95 191.0 210 117 105 30 66 151 4 1.445 9.9 3.1 7.1 2.29 1.4 34
2005 27 9 12 .429 4.71 189.0 205 110 99 28 66 117 7 1.434 9.8 3.1 5.6 1.77 1.3 32
2006 28 12 10 .545 3.74 202.0 202 93 84 28 66 133 8 1.327 9.0 2.9 5.9 2.02 1.2 32
2007 29 8 11 .421 4.60 174.0 195 99 89 22 62 117 3 1.477 10.1 3.2 6.1 1.89 1.1 30
2008 30 5 12 .294 6.33 162.0 213 127 114 25 61 104 2 1.691 11.8 3.4 5.8 1.70 1.4 32
2009 31 2 3 .400 5.33 49.0 58 32 29 4 28 35 2 1.755 10.7 5.1 6.4 1.25 0.7 28
8 Seasons 45 64 .413 4.95 1016.0 1155 621 559 146 376 690 28 1.507 10.2 6.1 1.84 1.3 202

* 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.097--204th

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
2005 AL--28--9th
2006 AL--29--8th
2008 AL--26--5th

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--218--7th

Losses s c a p y
2005 AL--16--2nd
2006 AL--13--6th
2007 AL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2008 AL--119--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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