Bob Robertson

Full Name: Robert Eugene Robertson	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: September 18, 1967
Birthdate: October 2, 1946	Final Game: June 23, 1979
Birthplace: Frostburg, Maryland	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Bob Robertson (Robert Eugene Robertson) was born on October 2, 1946 in Frostburg, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on September 18, 1967 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .287 with 27 home runs and 82 RBI. Robertson played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Robertson's best season was 1970, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 82 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1967	PIT	N	9	35	4	6	2	4	.171	.237	.343	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0
1969	PIT	N	32	96	7	20	1	9	.208	.267	.302	4	1	8	30	0	0	1	0	5
1970	PIT	N	117	390	69	112	27	82	.287	.367	.564	19	4	51	98	2	1	4	2	8
1971	PIT	N	131	469	65	127	26	72	.271	.356	.484	18	2	60	101	4	0	1	8	7
1972	PIT	N	115	306	25	59	12	41	.193	.291	.346	11	0	41	84	3	0	1	2	4
1973	PIT	N	119	397	43	95	14	40	.239	.332	.385	16	0	55	77	1	0	0	4	12
1974	PIT	N	91	236	25	54	16	48	.229	.320	.479	11	0	33	48	0	0	0	1	8
1975	PIT	N	75	124	17	34	6	18	.274	.388	.452	4	0	23	25	2	0	0	0	0
1976	PIT	N	61	129	10	28	2	25	.217	.299	.318	5	1	16	23	0	0	0	0	1
1978	SEA	A	64	174	17	40	8	28	.230	.325	.420	5	2	24	39	1	0	0	1	6
1979	TOR	A	15	29	1	3	1	1	.103	.188	.207	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		750	2182	265	535	106	339	.245	.334	.439	88	8	290	498	12	1	7	17	45
Total	AL		79	203	18	43	9	29	.212	.306	.389	5	2	27	48	1	0	0	1	6
Total			829	2385	283	578	115	368	.242	.331	.434	93	10	317	546	13	1	7	18	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1967	PIT	N	1B	9	9	78.2	91	5	1	9	0	.990
1969	PIT	N	1B	26	23	213	214	16	1	19	0	.996
1970	PIT	N	3B	5	5	34	4	3	1	1	0	.875
1970	PIT	N	OF	3	3	27	4	0	2	0	0	.667
1970	PIT	N	1B	99	96	853	907	78	5	107	0	.995
1970	PIT	N	LF	3	3	27	4	0	2	0	0	.667
1971	PIT	N	1B	126	126	1122.1	1089	128	9	107	1	.993
1972	PIT	N	OF	23	22	168	35	2	1	0	0	.974
1972	PIT	N	1B	89	51	531.1	502	60	4	57	0	.993
1972	PIT	N	3B	11	10	95	6	20	2	2	0	.929
1972	PIT	N	LF	23	22	168	35	2	1	0	0	.974
1973	PIT	N	1B	107	106	945.1	957	79	5	91	0	.995
1974	PIT	N	1B	63	56	507.2	494	37	5	44	0	.991
1975	PIT	N	1B	28	25	206.2	209	18	1	10	0	.996
1976	PIT	N	1B	29	28	250.1	257	17	1	28	0	.996
1978	SEA	A	DH	29	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	SEA	A	1B	18	16	136	141	8	0	16	0	1.000
1979	TOR	A	1B	9	5	51	54	7	0	6	0	1.000
1979	TOR	A	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	16	15	129	10	23	3	3	0	.917
Total			OF	26	25	195	39	2	3	0	0	.932
Total			DH	33	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	603	541	4895.1	4915	453	32	494	1	.994
Total			LF	26	25	195	39	2	3	0	0	.932

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 10, 1964).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 31, 1977).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (November 11, 1977).
Released by Seattle Mariners (January 29, 1979).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (April 23, 1979).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (June 27, 1979).

[edit] Trivia

Bob has the distinction of being the first player to hit a home run into the left field upper deck at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. That home run was hit off of San Diego Padres pitcher Steve Arlin on July 16, 1971.