Bob
Robertson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 2, 1946 in Usa, MD, FROSTBURG
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 20 TAM AL     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 5
1968 21 TAM AL     4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 4 4
1969 22 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 3 4
1970 23 TAM AL     3 3 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 3 4
1971 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 3 4
1972 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 7 4 4 4
1973 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 4 4
1974 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 4 4 4
1975 28 KCR AL     3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 3 3 3
1976 29 KCR AL     3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1977 30 BAL AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1978 31 BAL AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1979 32 BAL AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 20 AAA   56 203 36 51 12 0 13 38 0 3 42 52 .251 .380 .502 .882 39.1  
    AA   81 304 51 79 12 1 22 61 2 4 57 61 .260 .377 .523 .900 60.2  
1968 21 AA   137 518 103 137 24 1 48 110 8 4 93 132 .264 .376 .593 .969 114.6  
1969 22 TAM AL 113 311 39 55 19 1 12 30 0 1 44 88 .177 .278 .360 .638 32.7 4.5
1970 23 AAA   137 488 95 128 32 3 40 118 4 5 80 143 .262 .366 .586 .952 102.0  
1971 24 TAM AL 40 139 18 24 7 0 5 21 0 0 17 39 .173 .263 .331 .594 12.1 0.5
    AA   106 389 74 97 25 3 30 92 2 7 80 94 .249 .377 .560 .938 81.1  
1972 25 AAA   133 506 88 118 21 0 44 101 8 7 59 140 .233 .313 .536 .849 87.0  
1973 26 KCR AL 110 334 41 61 15 2 10 29 1 1 47 72 .183 .284 .329 .613 34.4 0.8
1974 27 KCR AL 27 85 12 18 6 2 4 16 0 0 13 16 .212 .317 .471 .787 14.1 2.2
    AAA   132 491 85 109 17 0 42 86 3 2 60 132 .222 .307 .513 .820 81.3  
1975 28 AAA   136 545 96 126 35 5 38 115 5 4 77 140 .231 .326 .523 .849 94.7  
1976 29 AAA   122 498 92 103 26 1 37 82 10 2 59 117 .207 .291 .486 .777 75.8  
1977 30 BAL AL 152 449 42 66 24 0 10 44 0 0 56 118 .147 .243 .267 .510 29.9 0.0
1978 31 BAL AL 83 213 22 34 6 0 9 15 0 1 20 58 .160 .233 .315 .548 14.5 0.0
1979 32 BAL AL 53 157 14 25 8 1 3 13 1 0 14 35 .159 .227 .280 .507 9.7 0.0
    AAA   65 198 31 50 9 0 14 41 0 1 31 48 .253 .354 .510 .864 36.2  
1980 33 AAA   16 22 3 8 3 0 3 9 0 0 8 4 .364 .533 .909 1.442 8.9  
7 Years Sim 578 1688 188 283 85 6 53 168 2 3 211 426 .168 .260 .319 .580 147.3 8.1
8 Years AAA 797 2951 526 693 155 9 231 590 30 24 416 776 .235 .330 .528 .858 525.0  
3 Years AA 324 1211 228 313 61 5 100 263 12 15 230 287 .258 .378 .565 .942 256.0  
11 Years Minors 1121 4162 754 1006 216 14 331 853 42 39 646 1063 .242 .344 .539 .883 781.0  
162 Game Average 473 52 79 23 1 14 47 0 0 59 119 .168 .260 .319 .580 41.3  
Career Highs 152 449 42 66 24 2 12 44 1 1 56 118 .212 .317 .471 .787 34.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1060 113 172 57 2 26 89 0 0 123 268 .162 .250 .293 .543 80.6
vs LH   628 75 111 28 4 27 79 2 3 88 158 .177 .278 .363 .641 68.9
Home 285 838 94 144 48 3 24 84 0 1 95 221 .172 .255 .322 .577 72.1
Away 293 850 94 139 37 3 29 84 2 2 116 205 .164 .265 .316 .582 77.4
RISP   379 0 56 13 0 9 103 0 0 47 95 .148 .234 .253 .487 24.3
Pinch Hitting   11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.1
Close/Late   144 20 19 4 0 6 17 0 0 22 39 .132 .243 .285 .527 11.5
Mar/Apr 87 266 26 44 11 1 5 25 0 0 27 70 .165 .239 .271 .510 17.5
May 87 244 23 41 15 1 6 25 2 0 29 63 .168 .255 .311 .567 20.7
June 75 204 19 35 12 0 7 20 0 0 19 52 .172 .242 .333 .575 17.0
July 75 224 26 38 12 0 9 21 0 0 24 59 .170 .248 .344 .592 20.4
August 113 324 39 51 10 0 14 34 0 2 54 86 .157 .282 .318 .600 32.4
Sep/Oct 141 426 55 74 25 4 12 43 0 1 58 96 .174 .274 .336 .610 41.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 22 TAM AL LF 97 95 784.3 156 2 0 0 1.000 1.81   1.7
    1B 12 10 82.3 89 5 0 5 1.000 10.28   0.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    2B 1 0 6.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.69   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 24 TAM AL LF 20 20 167.3 30 2 0 1 1.000 1.72   0.7
    RF 5 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 4 4 35.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 3.09   0.2
    CF 3 3 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24    
    1B 3 3 22.0 23 3 0 2 1.000 10.64   0.0
    2B 2 2 18.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.50   0.1
1972 25 KCR AL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 26 KCR AL 3B 82 79 652.0 40 173 12 12 .947 2.94   2.0
    1B 12 10 84.7 111 10 0 7 1.000 12.86   0.2
    CF 12 7 58.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.2
    LF 5 5 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    RF 3 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1974 27 KCR AL 3B 27 27 232.0 22 50 3 4 .960 2.79   0.8
1977 30 BAL AL 1B 99 98 824.0 993 66 7 107 .993 11.57   2.9
    RF 52 52 438.0 85 2 0 1 1.000 1.79   0.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 31 BAL AL CF 29 18 163.0 46 1 0 1 1.000 2.60   0.5
    RF 11 11 96.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    3B 4 2 21.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
    1B 5 1 14.0 13 3 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1979 32 BAL AL CF 53 53 417.0 110 1 0 1 1.000 2.40   0.8
    1B 4 0 13.0 16 3 0 1 1.000 13.15   0.0
  1B 135 122 1040.0 1245 90 7 124 .995 11.55   3.3
  LF 128 120 1001.7 198 4 0 1 1.000 1.81   2.4
  3B 117 112 940.0 67 239 15 17 .953 2.93   3.1
  CF 99 83 681.0 183 2 0 2 1.000 2.44   1.5
  RF 72 70 600.7 126 2 0 1 1.000 1.92   0.3
  2B 3 2 24.3 5 12 0 4 1.000 6.29   0.2
Career Totals   554 509 4287.6 1824 349 22 149 .990 4.56   10.7
Career Highs   153 150 1265.0 1078 183 12 108 1.000 8.15    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1977-4-118
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1967
Injured on 4/20/1968 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/2/1968 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/10/1969, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1969, off Ralph Lumenti (NYA)
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 5/24/1971 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 6/1/1972 (Going to KCR: P Jack Aker, LF Cliff Cook, 1B Bob Robertson, P Tom Walker, LF Joe Lis. Going to TAM: RF Tony Conigliaro)
Injured on 5/11/1976 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to Baltimore on 4/3/1977 (Going to KCR: LF Leron Lee. Going to BAL: 1B Gonzalo Marquez, 3B Bob Robertson)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 5/6/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
4/3/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Released by Baltimore on 5/1/1980