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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 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
1966 21 SFG NL 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 57 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
1967 22 SFG NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 91 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1968 23 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 6.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 9 6 6 0 3 0 8 0 0 1 38 53 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
1969 24 SFG NL 1 3 .250 5.48 17 7 6 1 1 0 44.1 53 32 27 4 21 1 20 1 0 4 207 65 1.669 10.8 0.8 4.3 4.1 0.95
1970 25 SFG NL 8 9 .471 4.85 41 26 4 6 0 1 183.2 199 113 99 22 96 3 121 1 2 18 830 83 1.606 9.8 1.1 4.7 5.9 1.26
1971 26 SFG NL 2 2 .500 4.57 23 6 5 1 0 1 61.0 66 40 31 5 31 3 32 2 0 2 283 76 1.590 9.7 0.7 4.6 4.7 1.03
6 Yrs 13 14 .481 4.94 86 40 17 8 1 2 302.1 333 195 166 31 153 7 184 4 2 26 1379 77 1.607 9.9 0.9 4.6 5.5 1.20
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .481 4.94 46 22 9 4 1 1 163 180 105 90 17 83 4 99 2 1 14 744 77 1.607 9.9 0.9 4.6 5.5 1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1966 21 SFG NL 2.1 1 0 3 11.57 3.88 0.13 -0.16 106.0 3.81 -2 -0.2 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .313 .499 $
1967 22 SFG NL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 3.75 0.15 -0.16 98.0 3.38 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 -0 .469 .500 $
1968 23 SFG NL 9.0 3 1 6 6.00 3.73 -0.14 -0.02 100.0 3.85 -2 -0.3 .2 0.0 -0.2 -1 .412 .498 $
1969 24 SFG NL 44.1 17 7 32 6.50 4.23 -0.11 -0.03 97.4 4.20 -12 -1.2 .2 0.2 -0.7 -7 .428 .492 $
1970 25 SFG NL 183.2 41 26 113 5.54 4.45 -0.56 0.03 99.7 5.02 -13 -1.3 .9 -0.1 0.0 8 .468 .492 $
1971 26 SFG NL 61.0 23 6 40 5.90 3.79 -0.01 -0.04 98.7 3.71 -15 -1.7 .8 0.0 -1.2 -10 .427 .490 $
6 Seasons 302.1 86 40 195 5.80 4.26 -0.36 -0.00 99.2 4.58 -45 -4.7 .6 0.2 -2.2 -11 .445 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1966 21 SFG NL 1 12 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .300 .417 .300 .717 .375 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 SFG NL 1 9 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 .375 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 SFG NL 3 38 34 6 9 1 0 0 3 1 3 8 .265 .324 .294 .618 .346 10 1 0 1 0 0 0
1969 24 SFG NL 17 207 178 32 53 2 1 4 6 0 21 20 .298 .368 .388 .755 .310 69 6 1 3 4 1 6
1970 25 SFG NL 41 830 718 113 199 22 7 22 19 2 96 121 .277 .359 .419 .778 .303 301 21 1 6 9 3 14
1971 26 SFG NL 23 283 247 40 66 8 0 5 3 0 31 32 .267 .351 .360 .711 .288 89 4 2 1 2 3 6
6 Yrs 86 1379 1196 195 333 33 8 31 31 3 153 184 .278 .358 .397 .755 .303 475 32 4 11 15 7 26
162 Game Avg. 46 744 645 105 180 18 4 17 17 2 83 99 .278 .358 .397 .755 .303 256 17 2 6 8 4 14
MLB Averages .247 .314 .366 .680 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 21 SFG NL -1.2 -0.1 12 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.0 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.09 -0.7 0 0 1
1967 22 SFG NL -0.0 0.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.00 -0.1 0 0 1
1968 23 SFG NL -2.5 -0.3 43 0.0 0.5 -0.5 .71 -0.0 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.71 -0.3 0 0 2
1969 24 SFG NL -10.3 -1.0 218 -0.7 2.4 -3.1 .75 -1.2 0.2 -9.0 -0.9 0.75 -11.4 0 0 10
1970 25 SFG NL -18.1 -1.8 877 -2.6 14.1 -16.7 1.03 -2.0 -0.5 -17.5 -1.7 1.03 -23.0 3 3 8
1971 26 SFG NL -9.9 -1.0 293 -0.7 3.1 -3.7 .75 -0.4 -0.5 -12.8 -1.3 0.75 -8.0 3 4 8
6 Yrs -41.9 -4.2 1453 -4.0 20.1 -24.1 .91 -3.6 -0.8 -42.7 -4.3 0.91 -43.5 6 7 30

Starting Pitching*

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
1968 23 SFG NL 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 3 3 1 0 12.4 13.5 6.0
1969 24 SFG NL 17 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 1 2 1 1 1 14% 41.3 80 23 7 6 1 5 5.2 3.8 3.9
1970 25 SFG NL 41 26 7 8 11 1 2 13 13 .500 1 5 6 0 11 42% 44.8 86 18 29 11 15 6 4.8 4.7 5.8
1971 26 SFG NL 23 6 1 2 3 0 1 2 4 .333 0 3 1 0 3 50% 47.8 79 20 18 7 1 5 4.1 3.1 5.6
4 Yrs 84 40 10 13 17 2 3 18 22 .450 2 10 8 1 15 38% 45 86 18 57 27 18 16 5.0 4.6 5.5
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 0 3.9 3.9 6.5

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
1966 21 SFG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .090 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7.0
1967 22 SFG NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .003 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1968 23 SFG NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .715 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1969 24 SFG NL 17 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 .753 0 0 10 0 0 10 2 8 5 0 5 1 5.1
1970 25 SFG NL 41 15 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 9 4 44% 6 1.029 3 3 8 4 1 10 4 11 12 1 12 3 6.5
1971 26 SFG NL 23 17 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 6 .751 3 4 8 2 2 13 5 12 9 6 10 2 4.8
6 Yrs 86 46 17 3 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 20 8 40% .907 6 7 30 6 3 37 11 35 29 7 30 7 5.5

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%
1966 21 SFG NL 12 50% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.50 67% 5 0 0%
1967 22 SFG NL 9 56% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 89% 0 0
1968 23 SFG NL 38 61% 0.0% 21.1% 7.9% 2.6% 11% 1.57 68% 5 1 20%
1969 24 SFG NL 207 58% 1.9% 9.7% 10.1% 3.4% 13% 1.40 76% 53 6 11%
1970 25 SFG NL 830 60% 2.7% 14.6% 11.6% 6.1% 26% 1.20 70% 170 21 12%
1971 26 SFG NL 283 55% 1.8% 11.3% 11.0% 4.6% 20% 0.96 75% 66 4 6%
6 Yrs 1379 58% 2.3% 13.3% 11.1% 5.2% 22% 1.18 72% 299 32 11%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.4% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

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
1966 21 SFG NL 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 SFG NL 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 23 SFG NL 38 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 0 1 0 11 3 1 75% 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 24 SFG NL 207 53 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 21 10 3 48% 6 4 1 98 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1970 25 SFG NL 830 199 22 0 21 13 9 6 16 51 29 10 57% 14 18 4 336 19 2 90% 18 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 43 0
1971 26 SFG NL 283 66 5 1 16 2 3 3 2 21 12 3 57% 6 2 4 107 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
6 Yrs 1379 333 31 1 41 17 14 10 21 100 54 18 54% 26 26 9 559 31 3 91% 28 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 64 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1966 21 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 57 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00 57
1967 22 0 0 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 21 68 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50 68
1968 23 2 0 1.000 6.08 5 1 2 0 0 0 13.1 15 10 9 0 5 0 11 0 0 2 59 58 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 7.4 2.20 58
1969 24 3 3 .500 5.62 22 8 8 1 1 0 57.2 68 42 36 4 26 1 31 1 0 6 266 63 1.630 10.6 0.6 4.1 4.8 1.19 63
1970 25 11 12 .478 5.03 63 34 12 7 1 1 241.1 267 155 135 26 122 4 152 2 2 24 1096 78 1.612 10.0 1.0 4.5 5.7 1.25 78
1971 26 13 14 .481 4.94 86 40 17 8 1 2 302.1 333 195 166 31 153 7 184 4 2 26 1379 77 1.607 9.9 0.9 4.6 5.5 1.20 77

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
1966 21 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 2 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1967 22 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 1
1968 23 0 0 9.00 8.0 11 9 8 0 4 7 0 1.875 12.4 4.5 7.9 1.75 0.0 3
1969 24 1 3 .250 6.28 43.0 56 33 30 4 22 19 1 1.814 11.7 4.6 4.0 0.86 0.8 17
1970 25 7 12 .368 4.96 178.0 198 109 98 22 96 117 1 1.652 10.0 4.9 5.9 1.22 1.1 41
1971 26 2 4 .333 5.34 59.0 70 39 35 5 33 31 2 1.746 10.7 5.0 4.7 0.94 0.8 23
6 Yrs 10 19 .345 5.38 293.0 338 194 175 31 157 178 4 1.689 10.4 5.5 1.13 1.0 86

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  96 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 NL  18 (1st)

                           

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