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Dave Robertson
Davis Aydelotte Robertson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 186 lb.
School North Carolina State University

Debut June 5, 1912
Final Game September 27, 1922
Born September 25, 1889 in Portsmouth, VA
Died November 5, 1970 in Virginia Beach, VA

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1922. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 22 NYG NL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   1      0   1  .500  .500  .500  170    1   0           0    
 1914 24 NYG NL  82  256   25   68  12  3   2   32   9     10  26  .266  .299  .359   98   92   7           2    
 1915 25 NYG NL 141  544   72  160  17 10   3   58  22 10  22  52  .294  .326  .379  119  206  14           4    
 1916 26 NYG NL 150  587   88  180  18  8  12   69  21 17  14  56  .307  .326  .426  135  250  16           3    
 1917 27 NYG NL 142  532   64  138  16  9  12   54  17     10  47  .259  .276  .391  106  208  16           2    
 1919 29 TOT NL  28   96    8   20   2  0   1   10   3      1  10  .208  .224  .260   45   25   0           1    
         NYG NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
         CHC NL  27   96    8   20   2  0   1   10   3      1  10  .208  .224  .260   45   25   0           1    
 1920 30 CHC NL 134  500   68  150  29 11  10   75  17 23  40  44  .300  .353  .462  131  231  14           1    
 1921 31 TOT NL  82  266   36   82  21  3   6   62   4  7  13  19  .308  .345  .477  113  127   9           2    
         CHC NL  22   36    7    8   3  0   0   14   0  2   1   3  .222  .243  .306   44   11   1           0    
         PIT NL  60  230   29   74  18  3   6   48   4  5  12  16  .322  .361  .504  124  116   8           2    
 1922 32 NYG NL  42   47    5   13   2  0   1    3   0  0   3   7  .277  .320  .383   79   18   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      804 2830  366  812 117 44  47  364  94 57 113 262  .287  .318  .409  116 1158  76   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   74  164  24  9   9   73  19 11  23  53  .287  .318  .409  116  233  15   0   0   3   0
 Career High    150  587   88  180  29 11  12   75  22 23  40  56  .308  .353  .477  135  250  16   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 22 NYG NL    2    1    1  26.8   103| .500  .285| .500  .356| .500  .388|1.000  .744| 170  .966   0.2   0.0     
 1914 24 NYG NL  275  195   27   3.7    82| .266  .255| .299  .323| .359  .342| .658  .664|  98  .525  -1.8  -0.2     
 1915 25 NYG NL  584  408   66   4.3    76| .294  .249| .326  .311| .379  .333| .705  .644| 119  .625   9.5   1.1  68%
 1916 26 NYG NL  620  440   77   4.7    74| .307  .249| .326  .306| .426  .332| .752  .638| 135  .658  19.9   2.3  55%
 1917 27 NYG NL  560  410   57   3.8    76| .259  .253| .276  .310| .391  .334| .667  .644| 106  .553  -0.1   0.0     
 1919 29 TOT NL   98   76    5   1.8    83| .208  .265| .224  .320| .260  .349| .484  .668|  45  .220  -6.7  -0.8     
         NYG NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
         CHC NL   98   76    5   1.8    83| .208  .265| .224  .320| .260  .349| .484  .668|  45  .220  -6.7  -0.8     
 1920 30 CHC NL  555  387   74   5.2    92| .300  .279| .353  .333| .462  .371| .815  .703| 131  .634  19.2   2.1  42%
 1921 31 TOT NL  290  200   42   5.6   109| .308  .301| .345  .352| .477  .415| .822  .767| 113  .590   4.7   0.4  36%
         CHC NL   38   31    2   1.7   107| .222  .298| .243  .348| .306  .410| .549  .759|  44  .142  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL  252  169   40   6.4   109| .322  .302| .361  .352| .504  .416| .865  .768| 124  .642   7.6   0.7  44%
 1922 32 NYG NL   50   34    6   4.7   114| .277  .304| .320  .362| .383  .422| .703  .784|  79  .480  -1.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3034 2151  355   4.5    83| .287  .262| .318  .320| .409  .350| .727  .670| 116  .598  43.3   4.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 22 NYG NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1914 24 NYG NL OF 71 101 13 6 2 .950 .957 1.61 1.97 15 0 56 1915 25 NYG NL OF 138 225 13 11 4 .956 .959 1.72 2.01 16 0 123 1916 26 NYG NL OF 144 248 17 11 5 .960 .967 1.84 2.00 0 0 144 1917 27 NYG NL OF 140 266 12 17 1 .942 .963 1.99 2.08 0 1 140 1919 29 CHC NL OF 25 53 2 4 0 .932 .963 2.20 2.18 1 24 0 1920 30 CHC NL OF 134 230 10 8 1 .968 .964 1.79 2.21 134 0 0 1921 31 TOT NL OF 65 126 2 5 0 .962 .965 1.97 2.24 3 7 55 CHC NL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.29 2.24 1 6 0 PIT NL OF 58 117 2 5 0 .960 .965 2.05 2.24 2 1 55 1922 32 NYG NL OF 8 9 1 1 1 .909 .962 1.25 2.26 1 6 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 22 NYG NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 1912 22 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1914 24 NYG NL OF 71 101 13 6 2 .950 .957 1.61 1.97 15 0 56 1915 25 NYG NL OF 138 225 13 11 4 .956 .959 1.72 2.01 16 0 123 1916 26 NYG NL OF 144 248 17 11 5 .960 .967 1.84 2.00 0 0 144 1917 27 NYG NL OF 140 266 12 17 1 .942 .963 1.99 2.08 0 1 140 1919 29 CHC NL OF 25 53 2 4 0 .932 .963 2.20 2.18 1 24 0 1920 30 CHC NL OF 134 230 10 8 1 .968 .964 1.79 2.21 134 0 0 1921 31 TOT NL OF 65 126 2 5 0 .962 .965 1.97 2.24 3 7 55 CHC NL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.29 2.24 1 6 0 PIT NL OF 58 117 2 5 0 .960 .965 2.05 2.24 2 1 55 1922 32 NYG NL OF 8 9 1 1 1 .909 .962 1.25 2.26 1 6 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 726 1258 70 63 14 .955 .963 1.83 2.08 171 38 519 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 727 1260 70 63 14 .955 .963 1.83 2.09
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   6  22   3  11  1  1  0   1   0   0  .500  .522  .636   2  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Batting Average
1915 NL-.294-9
1916 NL-.307-6

Slugging %
1916 NL-.426-7
1920 NL-.462-7

OPS
1916 NL-.752-10
1920 NL-.815-7

At Bats
1916 NL-587-5

Runs
1916 NL-88-3

Hits
1915 NL-160-8
1916 NL-180-2

Total Bases
1916 NL-250-2

Doubles
1920 NL-29-9

Home Runs
1916 NL-12-1
1917 NL-12-1
1920 NL-10-4

RBI
1916 NL-69-8
1920 NL-75-9

Singles
1915 NL-130-4
1916 NL-142-1

Adjusted OPS+
1916 NL-135-8
1920 NL-131-7

Runs Created
1916 NL-77-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1916 NL-20-9
1920 NL-19-9

Batting Wins
1916 NL-2.3-9
1920 NL-2.1-7

Extra-Base Hits
1920 NL-50-4

Offensive Win%
1916 NL-.658-10
1920 NL-.634-9

Caught Stealing
1920 NL-23-3

Power/Speed Number
1916 NL-15.3-1
1917 NL-14.1-1
1920 NL-12.6-3

At Bats per Home Run
1916 NL-48.9-3
1917 NL-44.3-2
1920 NL-50.0-4

Outs
1916 NL-440-10

     

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (274) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 46 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (951) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 25, 1919: Traded by the New York Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Phil Douglas.

July 1, 1921: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Elmer Ponder.

Before 1922 Season: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 20, 1922: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.


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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