Rich Robertson

Richard Wayne Robertson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, TX
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1993
Teams (by GP): Twins/Pirates/Angels 1993-1998

Final Game: May 3, 1998
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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
1990	21	PIT-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WLD · NYPL
1991	22	PIT-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1992	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	26	19	16	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.250	.316	.250	.566		4	0	0	0	1	0		CAR,SAL · SOUL,CARL
1993	24	PIT-min	AAA	23	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250		2		0	2	0	0		BFL · AA
1993	24	PIT	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	25	PIT-min	AAA	18	21	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.095	.095	.143	.238		3	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1994	25	PIT	NL	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	26	MIN-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
1995	26	MIN	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	27	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	28	MIN	AL	31	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	ANA-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1998	29	ANA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	30	COL-TEX-PIT-CIN-min	AA,AAA	30	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429		3	0	0	0	0	0		CAR,OKC,NVL,INA · SOUL,PCL,IL
6 Yrs				114	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	2	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	3	1	0	0	0	0

MIN (3 yrs)				92	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				17	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	0	0
ANA (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				97	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				17	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	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
1993	24	PIT	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1994	25	PIT	NL	8	4	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1995	26	MIN	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$120,000	1
1996	27	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$140,000	1
1997	28	MIN	AL	31	5	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$205,000	1
1998	29	ANA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				114	9	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$465,000

MIN (3 yrs)				92	5	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$465,000
PIT (2 yrs)				17	4	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
ANA (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	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
1994	25	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	110	1.000	.250	.276	.250	.343	.250	.431	.500	.774	31	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

1997	28	MIN	AL	5	5	0	0.0	109	.333	.200	.271	.200	.341	.200	.429	.400	.770	5	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
6 Yrs				9	8	0	0.0	109	.500	.222	.273	.222	.342	.222	.430	.444	.772	17	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				13	11	0	0.0	109	.500	.222	.273	.222	.342	.222	.430	.444	.772	17	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

MIN (3 yrs)				5	5	0	0.0	109	.333	.200	.271	.200	.341	.200	.429	.400	.770	5	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
PIT (2 yrs)				4	3	0	0.0	110	1.000	.250	.276	.250	.343	.250	.431	.500	.774	31	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

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
1994	25	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3			0.00		25%	100%	0.0%	0%

1997	28	MIN	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5					60%	0%
6 Yrs				9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			3.00		44%	25%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.3%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.83	5.4	33.9	7.5	0.83	1.10	70%	21%	7.9%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1993	24	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1994	25	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.5	0
1995	26	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	27	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1997	28	MIN	AL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.85	-1.0	0
1998	29	ANA	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.56	-0.1	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.89	-1.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	25	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1997	28	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1994	25	PIT	NL	4	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1997	28	MIN	AL	5	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				9	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	25	PIT	NL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0

1997	28	MIN	AL	5	19	3.80	13	68%	15%	15%	46%	23%	85%	0%	58%	82%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				6	20	3.33	14	70%	14%	14%	43%	29%	86%	0%	60%	83%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1994	25	17	4	4	1	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0
1995	26	42	4	4	1	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0
1996	27	78	4	4	1	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0
1997	28	109	9	9	2	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	2	1
1998	29	114	9	9	2	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1994	25	11	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1997	28	31	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
2 Yrs		42	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39
162 Game Avg.		162	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39

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