Rich Robertson
Richard Wayne Robertson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, TX
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1993
Final Game: May 3, 1998
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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
1993 24 PIT NL 0 1 .000 6.00 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 15 6 6 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 44 67 2.111 15.0 0.0 4.0 5.0 1.25
1994 25 PIT NL 0 0 6.89 8 0 1 0 0 0 15.2 20 12 12 2 10 4 8 0 0 0 76 62 1.915 11.5 1.1 5.7 4.6 0.80
1995 26 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 3.83 25 4 8 1 0 0 51.2 48 28 22 4 31 4 38 0 1 0 228 126 1.529 8.4 0.7 5.4 6.6 1.23
1996 27 MIN AL 7 17 .292 5.12 36 31 1 5 3 0 186.1 197 113 106 22 116 2 114 9 0 7 853 100 1.680 9.5 1.1 5.6 5.5 0.98
1997 28 MIN AL 8 12 .400 5.69 31 26 2 0 0 0 147.0 169 105 93 19 70 3 69 6 0 10 666 81 1.626 10.3 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.99
1998 29 ANA AL 0 0 15.88 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 11 10 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 31 30 2.294 17.5 4.8 3.2 4.8 1.50
6 Seasons 17 30 .362 5.40 114 61 14 6 3 0 415.1 460 275 249 50 233 13 237 15 1 17 1898 90 1.669 10.0 1.1 5.0 5.1 1.02
162 Game Avg. 7 12 .362 5.40 44 24 5 2 1 0 161 179 107 97 19 91 5 92 6 0 7 738 90 1.669 10.0 1.1 5.0 5.1 1.02
MIN (3 yrs) 17 29 .370 5.17 92 61 11 6 3 0 385.0 414 246 221 45 217 9 221 15 1 17 1747 94 1.639 9.7 1.1 5.1 5.2 1.02
PIT (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.57 17 0 3 0 0 0 24.2 35 18 18 2 14 4 13 0 0 0 120 64 1.986 12.8 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93
ANA (1 yr) 0 0 15.88 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 11 10 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 31 30 2.294 17.5 4.8 3.2 4.8 1.50
AL (4 yrs) 17 29 .370 5.32 97 61 11 6 3 0 390.2 425 257 231 48 219 9 224 15 1 17 1778 92 1.648 9.8 1.1 5.0 5.2 1.02
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.57 17 0 3 0 0 0 24.2 35 18 18 2 14 4 13 0 0 0 120 64 1.986 12.8 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93

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
1993 24 PIT NL 9 44 39 6 15 3 0 0 1 0 4 5 .385 .442 .462 .903 .441 18 2 0 1 0 0
1994 25 PIT NL 8 76 64 12 20 6 1 2 2 0 10 8 .313 .400 .531 .931 .327 34 1 0 1 1 4
1995 26 MIN AL 25 228 190 28 48 6 1 4 4 4 31 38 .253 .354 .358 .712 .293 68 7 0 5 2 4
1996 27 MIN AL 36 853 722 113 197 32 5 22 15 8 116 114 .273 .378 .422 .801 .297 305 23 9 2 4 2
1997 28 MIN AL 31 666 579 105 169 38 2 19 14 6 70 69 .292 .370 .463 .832 .301 268 17 6 3 8 3
1998 29 ANA AL 5 31 28 11 11 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 .393 .419 .750 1.169 .348 21 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 114 1898 1622 275 460 86 9 50 36 18 233 237 .284 .375 .440 .816 .303 714 50 15 12 16 13
162 Game Avg. 44 738 630 107 179 33 3 19 14 7 91 92 .284 .375 .440 .816 .303 277 19 6 5 6 5
MLB Averages

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
1995 26 MIN AL 25 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 3 75% 62 79 36 20 9 1 3 4.9 5.5 6.8 96 1 0 3 0 111
1996 27 MIN AL 36 31 6 16 9 2 5 13 18 .419 2 4 5 3 12 39% 45 84 16 36 14 0 8 4.4 3.6 5.6 97 6 7 10 4 143
1997 28 MIN AL 31 26 8 12 6 4 2 10 16 .385 4 2 0 0 8 31% 42 75 12 28 16 1 12 4.1 4.4 5.3 88 7 9 9 0 111
3 Seasons 92 61 16 28 17 6 7 25 36 .410 6 6 6 3 23 38% 45 84 12 84 39 2 23 4.3 4.1 5.6 93 14 16 22 4 143
MLB Averages

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
1993 24 PIT NL 9 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 0 2 1 50% 6 0.484 2 1 6 2 0 7 2 7 3 4 3 2 3.0 18
1994 25 PIT NL 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 3 0.265 1 1 6 1 0 7 3 5 6 2 6 0 5.9 25
1995 26 MIN AL 25 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 28% 7 0.769 2 2 16 0 1 20 10 11 9 8 11 4 3.5 23
1996 27 MIN AL 36 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 2 67% 2 1.005 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 7.0 29
1997 28 MIN AL 31 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 1.014 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 2 0 5.8 27
1998 29 ANA AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 13% 7 0.423 3 0 2 1 0 4 4 1 1 3 3 0 3.4 21
6 Seasons 114 53 14 1 2 2 0 2 0% 6 3 39 11 28% 0.929 11 6 35 7 2 44 23 30 23 19 27 7 4.3 23

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%
1993 24 PIT NL 44 57% 0.0% 11.4% 9.1% 6.8% 20% 1.13 1.44 77% 26% 0.0% 25% 13 2 15%
1994 25 PIT NL 76 78% 2.6% 10.5% 13.2% 11.8% 45% 0.65 1.17 72% 28% 8.7% 32% 22 1 5%
1995 26 MIN AL 228 69% 1.8% 16.7% 13.6% 4.8% 23% 1.22 1.83 66% 23% 6.5% 9% 67 7 10%
1996 27 MIN AL 853 80% 2.6% 13.4% 13.6% 6.9% 30% 0.88 1.16 69% 20% 8.5% 20% 182 23 13%
1997 28 MIN AL 666 80% 2.9% 10.4% 10.5% 8.9% 35% 0.89 1.15 75% 20% 8.0% 11% 132 17 13%
1998 29 ANA AL 31 55% 9.7% 9.7% 6.5% 12.9% 36% 1.17 2.50 74% 23% 25.0% 0% 7 0 0%
6 Seasons 1898 77% 2.6% 12.5% 12.3% 7.6% 32% 0.91 1.23 71% 21% 8.3% 16% 423 50 12%
MLB Averages

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
1993 24 PIT NL 44 161 3.66 97 60% 21% 11% 30% 36% 77% 0% 47% 83% 43% 5% 2 1 11% 5 2 0 40% 0 1 0 0 2
1994 25 PIT NL 33 124 3.76 73 59% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 14% 43% 81% 55% 9% 3 0 6% 2 1 1 50% 0 1 43 0 0
1995 26 MIN AL 219 833 3.80 477 57% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 4% 42% 81% 50% 9% 19 8 16% 36 20 1 31% 7 7 9 2 0
1996 27 MIN AL 731 2725 3.73 1533 56% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 0% 40% 83% 53% 8% 56 31 15% 113 53 3 39% 25 23 122 0 3
1997 28 MIN AL 644 2337 3.63 1329 57% 30% 10% 23% 38% 70% 0% 40% 86% 52% 7% 43 29 15% 95 43 5 39% 8 12 22 2 1
1998 29 ANA AL 31 105 3.39 59 56% 20% 10% 25% 44% 80% 0% 45% 87% 52% 6% 2 2 10% 3 2 1 33% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1702 6285 3.69 3568 57% 28% 11% 24% 36% 71% 1% 41% 84% 52% 7% 125 71 15% 254 121 11 38% 41 44 196 4 6
MLB Averages

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
1993 24 PIT NL 44 15 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 22 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 PIT NL 76 20 1 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 13 5 1 38% 0 0 0 25 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 26 MIN AL 228 48 9 2 4 0 17 4 0 1 3 21 7 5 33% 6 0 0 101 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 27 MIN AL 853 197 23 1 22 1 32 19 3 10 12 48 20 12 42% 9 7 2 338 15 8 65% 13 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1997 28 MIN AL 666 169 20 1 19 2 14 17 2 11 8 40 22 4 55% 8 10 4 251 14 6 70% 12 5 2 1 0 0 4 4 29 0
1998 29 ANA AL 31 11 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1898 460 57 4 50 3 73 45 5 25 25 129 57 22 44% 25 17 6 748 36 18 67% 30 17 6 1 0 0 5 5 50 0
MLB Averages

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+
1993 24 0 1 .000 6.00 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 15 6 6 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 44 67 2.111 15.0 0.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 67
1994 25 0 1 .000 6.57 17 0 3 0 0 0 24.2 35 18 18 2 14 4 13 0 0 0 120 64 1.986 12.8 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93 64
1995 26 2 1 .667 4.72 42 4 11 1 0 0 76.1 83 46 40 6 45 8 51 0 1 0 348 98 1.677 9.8 0.7 5.3 6.0 1.13 98
1996 27 9 18 .333 5.00 78 35 12 6 3 0 262.2 280 159 146 28 161 10 165 9 1 7 1201 99 1.679 9.6 1.0 5.5 5.7 1.02 99
1997 28 17 30 .362 5.25 109 61 14 6 3 0 409.2 449 264 239 47 231 13 234 15 1 17 1867 92 1.660 9.9 1.0 5.1 5.1 1.01 92
1998 29 17 30 .362 5.40 114 61 14 6 3 0 415.1 460 275 249 50 233 13 237 15 1 17 1898 90 1.669 10.0 1.1 5.0 5.1 1.02 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993 24 0 0 6.75 8.0 15 7 6 0 4 4 0 2.375 16.9 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 9
1994 25 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 27 17 15 3 14 11 0 1.864 11.0 5.7 4.5 0.79 1.2 8
1995 26 3 3 .500 3.63 57.0 52 26 23 4 34 42 0 1.509 8.2 5.4 6.6 1.24 0.6 25
1996 27 9 11 .450 4.43 185.0 183 101 91 20 108 113 8 1.573 8.9 5.3 5.5 1.05 1.0 36
1997 28 5 10 .333 5.58 142.0 165 98 88 19 68 67 6 1.641 10.5 4.3 4.2 0.99 1.2 31
1998 29 0 0 13.50 6.0 11 10 9 3 2 3 0 2.167 16.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 4.5 5
6 Seasons 18 25 .419 4.97 420.0 453 259 232 49 230 240 14 1.626 9.7 5.1 1.04 1.1 114

* 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

Complete Games s c a p y
1996 AL  5 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL  3 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 AL  116 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1996 AL  17 (2nd)
1997 AL  12 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1997 AL  10 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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