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Rich Robertson

Richard Paul Robertson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 14, 1944 in Albany, CA
Schools: Napa Valley JC (Napa, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1966
Team: Giants 1966-1971

Final Game: July 20, 1971
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Standard Batting

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
1966 21 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 22 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1968 23 SFG NL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 201 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1969 24 SFG NL 17 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1970 25 SFG NL 41 67 59 4 6 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 33 .102 .117 .237 .354 -7 14 0 0 7 0 0 1
1971 26 SFG NL 23 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .067 .067 .067 .133 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 86 97 86 5 8 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 51 .093 .114 .186 .300 -19 16 1 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 183 162 9 15 4 0 4 8 0 0 4 96 .093 .114 .186 .300 -19 30 2 0 17 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 21 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1967 22 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1968 23 SFG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .525 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1969 24 SFG NL 17 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1970 25 SFG NL 41 67 -9 -0 1 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1971 26 SFG NL 23 15 -3 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
6 Seasons 86 97 -15 -0 1 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .496 .500 -0.3 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1968 23 SFG NL 3 2 1 13.5 82 1.000 .500 .253 .500 .312 .500 .357 1.000 .668 201 .919 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1969 24 SFG NL 12 11 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .258 .091 .329 .000 .383 .091 .711 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
1970 25 SFG NL 67 60 2 0.9 103 .167 .102 .266 .117 .338 .237 .406 .354 .745 -7 .047 -9.3 -0.9 .283 .153 .136 .0
1971 26 SFG NL 15 15 0 0.0 92 .200 .067 .259 .067 .325 .067 .379 .133 .703 -62 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .067 .000 .000
6 Yrs 97 88 3 0.9 99 .182 .093 .263 .114 .334 .186 .397 .300 .732 -19 .052 -14.6 -1.5 .228 .116 .093 .0
162 Game Avg. 183 166 6 0.9 99 .182 .093 .263 .114 .334 .186 .397 .300 .732 -19 .052 -14.6 -1.5 .228 .116 .093

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 23 SFG NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 33%
1969 24 SFG NL 12 0.0% 58.3% 8.3% 0.0% 7.00 1.4 1.00 25%
1970 25 SFG NL 67 3.0% 49.3% 1.5% 6.0% 67% 33.00 1.8 29.5 19.7 3.00 36%
1971 26 SFG NL 15 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 15.0 0.67 33%
6 Yrs 97 2.1% 52.6% 2.1% 4.1% 50% 25.50 1.7 43.0 21.5 2.17 34%
MLB Averages 2.0% 15.2% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.82 5.9 43.9 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1966 21 SFG NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967 22 SFG NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968 23 SFG NL 0.2 0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .90 0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.20 0.1 0
1969 24 SFG NL -2.3 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 1.04 -0.3 0.0 -2.9 -0.3 1.14 -2.6 0
1970 25 SFG NL -9.4 -0.9 67 -0.9 0.3 -1.3 .84 -0.7 -0.4 -9.9 -1.0 0.92 -8.2 0
1971 26 SFG NL -3.2 -0.3 15 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .66 -0.3 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 1.00 -3.2 0
6 Yrs -14.7 -1.5 97 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 .84 -1.2 -0.5 -15.9 -1.6 0.97 -13.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 23 SFG NL 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
1969 24 SFG NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 SFG NL 1 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1971 26 SFG NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 38% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

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
1968 23 SFG NL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 SFG NL 12 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1970 25 SFG NL 67 25% 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 7 70% 18 0 0% 22 6 27% 39 1 3% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1971 26 SFG NL 15 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 97 23% 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 12 9 75% 26 1 4% 33 7 21% 63 2 3% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 46% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1968 23 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 201 1 0 0 1 0 0
1969 24 22 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 1 0 0 2 0 0
1970 25 63 82 71 5 7 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 41 .099 .123 .211 .335 -11 15 0 0 9 0 0
1971 26 86 97 86 5 8 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 51 .093 .114 .186 .300 -19 16 1 0 9 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 23 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 3
1969 24 17 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 17
1970 25 41 68 60 5 7 2 0 2 4 0 1 33 .117 .131 .250 .381 2 41
1971 26 23 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
4 Yrs 84 99 88 6 9 2 0 2 4 0 2 51 .102 .122 .193 .315 3 84
162 Game Avg. 162 191 170 12 17 4 0 4 8 0 4 98 .102 .122 .193 .315 6 84

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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