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Bob Robertson
Robert Eugene Robertson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 18, 1967
  vs. HOU 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 23, 1979
Born October 2, 1946 in Frostburg, MD

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 20 PIT NL   9   35    4    6   0  0   2    4   0  0   3  12  .171  .237  .343   64   12   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 22 PIT NL  32   96    7   20   4  1   1    9   1  0   8  30  .208  .267  .302   61   29   0   1   0   0   5
 1970 23 PIT NL 117  390   69  112  19  4  27   82   4  1  51  98  .287  .367  .564  149  220   1   7   2   2   8 MVP-27
 1971 24 PIT NL 131  469   65  127  18  2  26   72   1  2  60 101  .271  .356  .484  135  227   0   3   8   4   7
 1972 25 PIT NL 115  306   25   59  11  0  12   41   1  1  41  84  .193  .291  .346   82  106   0   4   2   3   4
 1973 26 PIT NL 119  397   43   95  16  0  14   40   0  4  55  77  .239  .332  .385  101  153   0   2   4   1  12
 1974 27 PIT NL  91  236   25   54  11  0  16   48   0  0  33  48  .229  .320  .479  125  113   0   3   1   0   8
 1975 28 PIT NL  75  124   17   34   4  0   6   18   0  0  23  25  .274  .388  .452  134   56   0   3   0   2   0
 1976 29 PIT NL  61  129   10   28   5  1   2   25   0  1  16  23  .217  .299  .318   76   41   0   2   0   0   1
 1978 31 SEA AL  64  174   17   40   5  2   8   28   0  0  24  39  .230  .325  .420  109   73   0   1   1   1   6
 1979 32 TOR AL  15   29    1    3   0  0   1    1   0  0   3   9  .103  .188  .207    7    6   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     829 2385  283  578  93 10 115  368   7  9 317 546  .242  .331  .434  113 1036   1  26  18  13  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        466   55  113  18  2  22   72   1  2  62 107  .242  .331  .434  113  202   0   5   4   3  10
 Career High    131  469   69  127  19  4  27   82   4  4  60 101  .287  .367  .564  149  227   1   7   8   4  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 20 PIT NL   38   29    3   2.8    90| .171  .258| .237  .320| .343  .379| .580  .699|  64  .344  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1969 22 PIT NL  105   82    7   2.3    93| .208  .257| .267  .327| .302  .381| .569  .708|  61  .250  -5.1  -0.5 100%
 1970 23 PIT NL  451  295   83   7.6   101| .287  .263| .367  .336| .564  .402| .931  .738| 149  .709  27.0   2.6  80%
 1971 24 PIT NL  536  354   83   6.3    94| .271  .262| .356  .328| .484  .384| .840  .712| 135  .690  21.6   2.2  33%
 1972 25 PIT NL  354  256   33   3.5    91| .193  .255| .291  .323| .346  .377| .637  .701|  82  .430  -6.9  -0.7  50%
 1973 26 PIT NL  455  320   50   4.2    95| .239  .260| .332  .329| .385  .387| .717  .716| 101  .492   1.1   0.1   0%
 1974 27 PIT NL  272  193   36   5.0    92| .229  .259| .320  .330| .479  .374| .799  .704| 125  .575   7.2   0.7   0%
 1975 28 PIT NL  152   93   25   7.2    95| .274  .264| .388  .335| .452  .382| .840  .716| 134  .721   7.0   0.7   0%
 1976 29 PIT NL  147  105   13   3.3    92| .217  .263| .299  .329| .318  .374| .617  .703|  76  .407  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1978 31 SEA AL  200  141   24   4.6    94| .230  .261| .325  .326| .420  .385| .745  .711| 109  .524   1.8   0.2   0%
 1979 32 TOR AL   32   26    1   1.0   102| .103  .270| .188  .334| .207  .408| .395  .743|   7  .058  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2742 1894  358   5.1    95| .242  .261| .331  .329| .434  .385| .765  .714| 113  .580  43.8   4.3  43%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1967 20 PIT NL 1B 9 91 5 1 9 .990 .991 10.67 8.82 10.98 9.96 9 78.7 1969 22 PIT NL 1B 26 214 16 1 19 .996 .992 8.85 8.84 9.72 9.83 23 213.0 1970 23 PIT NL 1B 99 907 78 5 107 .995 .992 9.95 8.37 10.39 9.68 96 853.0 3B 5 4 3 1 1 .875 .946 1.40 2.58 1.85 2.91 5 34.0 LF 3 4 0 2 0 .667 .976 1.33 1.37 1.33 1.73 3 27.0 1971 24 PIT NL 1B 126 1089 128 9 107 .993 .992 9.66 7.94 9.76 8.02 126 1122.3 1972 25 PIT NL 1B 89 502 60 4 57 .993 .992 6.31 8.42 9.52 9.73 51 531.3 LF 23 35 2 1 0 .974 .974 1.61 1.67 1.98 1.92 22 168.0 3B 11 6 20 2 2 .929 .945 2.36 2.55 2.46 2.87 10 95.0 1973 26 PIT NL 1B 107 957 79 5 91 .995 .992 9.68 8.40 9.86 9.52 106 945.3 1974 27 PIT NL 1B 63 494 37 5 44 .991 .991 8.43 8.34 9.41 9.94 56 507.7 1975 28 PIT NL 1B 27 209 18 1 10 .996 .990 8.41 8.52 9.88 9.97 25 206.7 1976 29 PIT NL 1B 29 257 17 1 28 .996 .991 9.45 8.61 9.85 9.95 28 250.3 1978 31 SEA AL DH 29 1B 18 141 8 0 16 1.000 .992 8.28 8.75 9.86 10.05 16 136.0 1979 32 TOR AL 1B 9 54 7 0 6 1.000 .992 6.78 8.84 10.76 10.08 5 51.0 DH 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 20 PIT NL 1B 9 91 5 1 9 .990 .991 10.67 8.82 10.98 9.96 9 78.7 1969 22 PIT NL 1B 26 214 16 1 19 .996 .992 8.85 8.84 9.72 9.83 23 213.0 1970 23 PIT NL 1B 99 907 78 5 107 .995 .992 9.95 8.37 10.39 9.68 96 853.0 1971 24 PIT NL 1B 126 1089 128 9 107 .993 .992 9.66 7.94 9.76 8.02 126 1122.3 1972 25 PIT NL 1B 89 502 60 4 57 .993 .992 6.31 8.42 9.52 9.73 51 531.3 1973 26 PIT NL 1B 107 957 79 5 91 .995 .992 9.68 8.40 9.86 9.52 106 945.3 1974 27 PIT NL 1B 63 494 37 5 44 .991 .991 8.43 8.34 9.41 9.94 56 507.7 1975 28 PIT NL 1B 27 209 18 1 10 .996 .990 8.41 8.52 9.88 9.97 25 206.7 1976 29 PIT NL 1B 29 257 17 1 28 .996 .991 9.45 8.61 9.85 9.95 28 250.3 1978 31 SEA AL 1B 18 141 8 0 16 1.000 .992 8.28 8.75 9.86 10.05 16 136.0 1979 32 TOR AL 1B 9 54 7 0 6 1.000 .992 6.78 8.84 10.76 10.08 5 51.0 1970 23 PIT NL 3B 5 4 3 1 1 .875 .946 1.40 2.58 1.85 2.91 5 34.0 1972 25 PIT NL 3B 11 6 20 2 2 .929 .945 2.36 2.55 2.46 2.87 10 95.0 1978 31 SEA AL DH 29 1979 32 TOR AL DH 4 1970 23 PIT NL LF 3 4 0 2 0 .667 .976 1.33 1.37 1.33 1.73 3 27.0 1972 25 PIT NL LF 23 35 2 1 0 .974 .974 1.61 1.67 1.98 1.92 22 168.0 1970 23 PIT NL OF 3 4 0 2 0 .667 .976 1.33 1.77 1.33 2.07 3 27.0 1972 25 PIT NL OF 23 35 2 1 0 .974 .979 1.61 1.96 1.98 2.18 22 168.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 602 4915 453 32 494 .994 .992 8.92 8.35 9.87 9.35 541 4895.3 DH 33 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 26 39 2 3 0 .932 .974 1.58 1.63 1.89 1.89 25 195.0 3B* 16 10 23 3 3 .917 .946 2.06 2.56 2.30 2.88 15 129.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 644 4964 478 38 497 .993 .991 8.45 7.95 9.38 8.92 581 5219
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   2   5   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   NLCS  PIT SFG     W   4  16   5   7  1  0  4   6   0   2  .438  .438 1.250   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   7  25   4   6  0  0  2   5   4   8  .240  .345  .480   0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
 1974   NLCS  PIT LAD     L   1   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1975   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   3   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   0  .500  .667  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     1-4  14  28   6   9  2  0  4   7   2   2  .321  .367  .821   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   2-4  21  53  10  15  2  0  6  12   6  10  .283  .356  .660   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-NL-27-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Slugging %
1971 NL-.484-10

Sac. Flies
1970 NL-7-5

At Bats per Home Run
1971 NL-18.0-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1992) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 10, 1964: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

March 31, 1977: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 11, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

January 29, 1979: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

April 23, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

June 27, 1979: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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