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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1990	21	PIT-min	A-	3	4	.429	3.08	16	13	0	0	0	0	64.1	51	34	22	4	55	2	80	1	2	6			1.648	7.1	0.6	7.7	11.2	1.45	WLD · NYPL
1991	22	PIT-min	A,A+	6	11	.353	4.96	25	23	1	1	0	0	119.2	107	84	66	6	93	0	94	4	1	7	558		1.671	8.0	0.5	7.0	7.1	1.01	AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1992	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	9	7	.563	3.12	26	26	0	1	1	0	161.2	156	69	56	13	51	2	134	5	2	5	686		1.280	8.7	0.7	2.8	7.5	2.63	CAR,SAL · SOUL,CARL
1993	24	PIT-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.28	23	23	0	2	0	0	132.1	141	67	63	9	52	2	71	2	1	10	569		1.458	9.6	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.37	BFL · AA
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	70	2.111	15.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	1.25
1994	25	PIT-min	AAA	5	10	.333	3.11	18	17	0	0	0	0	118.2	112	47	41	6	36	0	71	3	0	0	487		1.247	8.5	0.5	2.7	5.4	1.97	BFL · AA
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	64	1.915	11.5	1.1	5.7	4.6	0.80
1995	26	MIN-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	2.44	7	7	0	1	0	0	44.1	31	13	12	2	12	1	40	0	0	1	172		0.970	6.3	0.4	2.4	8.1	3.33	SLK · PCL
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-min	AAA	11	12	.478	3.81	27	27	0	2	0	0	175.0	171	85	74	14	68	0	123	8	0	9	744		1.366	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.3	1.81	VAN · PCL
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	32	2.294	17.5	4.8	3.2	4.8	1.50
1999	30	COL-PIT-CIN-TEX-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	5.56	30	13	3	0	0	0	89.0	111	61	55	6	43	2	82	8	1	6	415		1.730	11.2	0.6	4.3	8.3	1.91	CAR,NVL,INA,OKC · SOUL,IL,PCL
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	95	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	66	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	32	2.294	17.5	4.8	3.2	4.8	1.50

AL (4 yrs)			AL	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)			NL	0	1	.000	6.57	17	0	3	0	0	0	24.2	35	18	18	2	14	4	13	0	0	0	120	66	1.986	12.8	0.7	5.1	4.7	0.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1993	24	PIT	NL	9.0	0	6	6	0	.5	0	-0.1	$
1994	25	PIT	NL	15.2	0	12	10	0	.2	-2	-0.2	$
1995	26	MIN	AL	51.2	4	28	36	0	.8	8	0.5	$120,000
1996	27	MIN	AL	186.1	31	113	134	4	1.0	21	1.9	$140,000
1997	28	MIN	AL	147.0	26	105	100	-1	1.0	-5	-0.6	$205,000
1998	29	ANA	AL	5.2	0	11	4	0	.4	-7	-0.6	$
6 Seasons				415.1	61	275	290	3	.9	15	0.9	$465,000

MIN (3 yrs)				385.0	61	246	270	3	1.0	24	1.8	$465,000
PIT (2 yrs)				24.2	0	18	16	0	.3	-2	-0.3	$
ANA (1 yr)				5.2	0	11	4	0	.4	-7	-0.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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-PIT-TEX-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,NVL,OKC,INA · SOUL,PCL,IL
6 Seasons				114	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	16	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	16	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1994	25	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1997	28	MIN	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000	1
2 Seasons				9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000

MIN (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1993	PIT	NL	24	P	9	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.83	1	0	0%	0
1994	PIT	NL	25	P	8	0	0	15.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.15	0.25	.960	1.84	1.85	2	0	0%	0
1995	MIN	AL	26	P	25	4	1	51.2	8	3	4	1	0	.875	1.22	0.28	.960	1.79	1.77	4	4	50%	0
1996	MIN	AL	27	P	36	31	5	186.1	47	15	31	1	5	.979	2.22	1.28	.960	1.77	1.76	15	8	35%	1
1997	MIN	AL	28	P	31	26	0	147.0	21	6	13	2	2	.905	1.16	0.61	.955	1.71	1.69	14	6	30%	4
1998	ANA	AL	29	P	5	0	0	5.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	6.35	0.80	.958	1.75	1.76	0	0		0
	6 Seasons			P	114	61	6	415.1	82	25	53	4	7	.951	1.69	0.68	.959	1.75	1.76	36	18	33%	5
	6 Seasons			TOT	114	61	6	415.1	82	25	53	4	7	.951	1.69	0.68	.959	1.75	1.76	36	18	33%	5

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.
November 4, 1994: Selected off waivers by the Minnesota Twins from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 19, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
November 16, 1998: Released by the Anaheim Angels.
December 9, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1995	26	Minnesota Twins	$120,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	27	Minnesota Twins	$140,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Minnesota Twins	$205,000	1997 AP survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$465,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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