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Rich Robertson
Richard Wayne Robertson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 175 lb.
School Texas A&M University

Debut April 30, 1993
  vs. HOU 0.7 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 3, 1998
Born September 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, TX

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1993 24 PIT NL   0   1   9   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   15    6    6   0    4    5   0   0    44   0   0  6.00  4.05   67 2.111
 1994 25 PIT NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   1  0   15.7   20   12   12   2   10    8   0   0    76   4   0  6.89  4.30   62 1.915
 1995 26 MIN AL   2   0  25   4   1   0   8  0   51.7   48   28   22   4   31   38   0   0   228   4   1  3.83  4.81  126 1.529
 1996 27 MIN AL   7  17  36  31   5   3   1  0  186.3  197  113  106  22  116  114   9   7   853   2   0  5.12  5.10  100 1.680
 1997 28 MIN AL   8  12  31  26   0   0   2  0  147.0  169  105   93  19   70   69   6  10   666   3   0  5.69  4.62   81 1.626
 1998 29 ANA AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  0    5.7   11   11   10   3    2    3   0   0    31   0   0 15.88  4.75   30 2.294
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .362  17  30 114  61   6   3  14  0  415.3  460  275  249  50  233  237  15  17  1898  13   1  5.40  4.84   90 1.669
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  11  44  23   2   1   5  0  161.3  178  106   96  19   90   92   5   6   737   5   0  5.40  4.84   90 1.669
 Career High      8  17  36  31   5   3   8  0  186.3  197  113  106  22  116  114   9  10   853   4   1  3.83  5.10  126 1.529

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1994 25 PIT NL   8    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .250  .250  .250   31    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 28 MIN AL  31    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    5    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      114    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .222  .222  .222   16    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .222  .222  .222   16    3   0   0   0   0   1
 Career High     36    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           1   0   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1994 25 PIT NL    4    3    0   0.0   110| .250  .276| .250  .343| .250  .431| .500  .774|  31  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1997 28 MIN AL    5    5    0   0.0   110| .200  .272| .200  .342| .200  .431| .400  .773|   5  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         9    8    0   0.0   110| .222  .274| .222  .343| .222  .431| .444  .773|  16  .000  -1.2  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 24 PIT NL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 1994 25 PIT NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.54 1.15 1.83 0 15.7 1995 26 MIN AL P 25 3 4 1 0 .875 .959 0.28 0.53 1.22 1.79 4 51.7 1996 27 MIN AL P 36 15 31 1 5 .979 .960 1.28 0.52 2.22 1.77 31 186.3 1997 28 MIN AL P 31 6 13 2 2 .905 .955 0.61 0.49 1.16 1.71 26 147.0 1998 29 ANA AL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.50 6.32 1.74 0 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 24 PIT NL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 1994 25 PIT NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.54 1.15 1.83 0 15.7 1995 26 MIN AL P 25 3 4 1 0 .875 .959 0.28 0.53 1.22 1.79 4 51.7 1996 27 MIN AL P 36 15 31 1 5 .979 .960 1.28 0.52 2.22 1.77 31 186.3 1997 28 MIN AL P 31 6 13 2 2 .905 .955 0.61 0.49 1.16 1.71 26 147.0 1998 29 ANA AL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.50 6.32 1.74 0 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 114 25 53 4 7 .951 .958 0.68 0.52 1.69 1.75 61 415.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 114 25 53 4 7 .951 .958 0.68 0.52 1.69 1.75 61 415
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Comp. Games
1996 AL-5-8

Shutouts
1996 AL-3-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1996 AL-116-1

Losses
1996 AL-17-2
1997 AL-12-10

Wild Pitches
1997 AL-10-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (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 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Minnesota Twins$120,000
1996Minnesota Twins$140,000
1997Minnesota Twins$205,000
Career (may be incomplete)$465,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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