Richard Wayne Robertson
[edit] Biography
Born on September 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, Texas, Rich Robertson (Richard Wayne Robertson) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 6 year career. Robertson broke into the bigs on April 30, 1993 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.83 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rich Robertson's best season was 1996, when he struck out 114 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.00
| 5
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.89
| 8
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.2
| 20
| 2
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 25
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 3.83
| 38
| 28
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 51.2
| 48
| 4
| 31
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 36
| 31
| 7
| 17
| 5.12
| 114
| 113
| 106
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 186.1
| 197
| 22
| 116
| 2
| 7
| 9
|
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 26
| 8
| 12
| 5.69
| 69
| 105
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 147
| 169
| 19
| 70
| 3
| 10
| 6
|
| 1998
| ANA
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.88
| 3
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.57
| 13
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.2
| 35
| 2
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 97
| 61
| 17
| 29
| 5.32
| 224
| 257
| 231
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 390.2
| 425
| 48
| 219
| 9
| 17
| 15
|
| Total
|
|
| 114
| 61
| 17
| 30
| 5.40
| 237
| 275
| 249
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 415.1
| 460
| 50
| 233
| 13
| 17
| 15
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 15.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| P
| 25
| 4
| 51.2
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| .875
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| P
| 36
| 31
| 186.1
| 15
| 31
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 8
| 1
| .979
|
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| P
| 31
| 26
| 147
| 6
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 6
| 4
| .905
|
| 1998
| ANA
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 5.2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 114
| 61
| 415.1
| 25
| 53
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 36
| 18
| 5
| .951
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| ANA
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 97
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 114
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Diego Padres in the 32nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1989).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 12, 1990).
- Claimed on waivers by Minnesota Twins from Pittsburgh Pirates (November 4, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1997).
- Signed by Anaheim Angels (January 19, 1998).
- Released by Anaheim Angels (November 16, 1998).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 9, 1998).
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