David Robertson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 195LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 17, #524, New York Yankees | Alabama - Tuscaloosa
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 3 2.40 58 0 20 63.2 81 1.16
2023 6 6 3.03 62 0 18 65.1 78 1.19
2024 3 4 3.00 68 0 2 72 99 1.11
16 Seasons 66 46 2.91 861 1 177 876.2 1,154 1.16
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 58 4-3 2.40 63.2 81 1.16
2023 62 6-6 3.03 65.1 78 1.19
2024 68 3-4 3.00 72 99 1.11
16 Seasons 861 66-46 2.91 876.2 1,154 1.16
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 30 981 149 7 4.7 2.8 88.9 113.0 15.1 34.2 .226 .368 .247 .278 .415 36.9 34.4 5.2 3.41 3.17
2016 31 1050 159 10 6.3 3.7 87.1 107.4 12.6 28.3 .198 .335 .298 .277 .334 28.3 28.1 12.0 3.46 3.19
2017 32 1032 140 6 4.3 2.3 87.3 108.7 10.3 29.3 .173 .286 .212 .237 .335 32.1 37.1 8.7 1.84 2.37
2018 33 1184 166 14 8.4 4.9 90.2 111.6 12.8 32.5 .197 .352 .260 .279 .373 44.0 32.2 9.2 3.23 3.25
2019 34 136 21 2 9.5 6.1 92.9 112.6 17.4 38.1 .281 .462 .379 .379 .398 47.6 18.2 18.2 5.40 6.70
2021 36 208 30 3 10.0 6.0 91.1 105.1 15.1 43.3 .253 .404 .308 .311 .426 46.7 32.0 8.0 4.50 4.09
2022 37 1060 145 11 7.6 4.2 88.6 109.6 12.8 31.7 .176 .302 .270 .273 .319 38.9 30.7 13.3 2.40 3.05
2023 38 1068 163 10 6.1 3.7 89.3 109.6 15.2 30.1 .206 .349 .289 .280 .348 37.4 29.0 9.3 3.03 3.25
2024 39 1211 164 9 5.5 3.0 88.7 111.7 9.9 31.1 .212 .328 .257 .278 .373 37.8 33.3 9.4 3.00 3.19
Player 7930 1137 72 6.3 3.6 88.8 113.0 12.8 31.5 .201 .336 .265 .275 .359 37.1 31.9 9.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Robertson relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(63.4%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(26.8%) ,
Slider
(6.7%) ,
Changeup
(1.7%) ,
Sinker
(1.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 37.6 20.1 32.9 9.4 42.3 30.9 26.8 1.3 28.9 21.5 30.2 6.7 4.7 2.8
2016 47.2 28.3 17.0 7.5 41.5 32.1 25.2 3.8 35.8 26.4 18.9 6.3 6.3 3.7
2017 49.3 25.7 20.0 5.0 40.7 39.3 20.0 3.6 37.1 25.7 21.4 6.4 4.3 2.3
2018 47.0 26.5 21.1 5.4 40.4 45.2 14.5 1.8 33.7 24.7 24.7 4.8 8.4 4.9
2019 33.3 28.6 33.3 4.8 38.1 33.3 28.6 4.8 14.3 33.3 28.6 9.5 9.5 6.1
2021 40.0 30.0 26.7 3.3 36.7 43.3 20.0 3.3 26.7 20.0 30.0 10.0 10.0 6.0
2022 46.2 26.9 19.3 7.6 35.2 33.1 31.7 3.4 35.9 29.0 17.2 6.2 7.6 4.2
2023 44.2 26.4 19.6 9.8 35.6 36.2 28.2 6.7 30.7 28.2 20.2 8.0 6.1 3.7
2024 47.0 26.2 22.6 4.3 32.3 46.3 21.3 4.3 33.5 23.8 27.4 4.9 5.5 3.0
Player 45.1 25.9 22.1 6.9 38.2 37.8 23.8 3.6 33.1 25.6 23.2 6.3 6.3 3.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Cutter TEX R 768 93.3 14.6 6.7 1.5GLV -0.4 16.9 8.6 1.5GLV -1.2
2024 Slider TEX R 81 83.7 40.5 2.7 10.4GLV 4.4 -1.4 3.0 10.4GLV 5.3
2024 Changeup TEX R 21 88.0 28.4 -2.1 15.1ARM 0.7 7.1 -2.2 15.1ARM 0.9
2024 Curveball TEX R 324 84.2 49.9 2.7 7.4GLV 0.3 -11.1 1.2 7.4GLV -2.0
2024 Sinker TEX R 17 94.7 18.7 -3.5 14.9ARM -0.1 12.0 -4.7 14.9ARM 0.1
2023 Curveball MIA R 269 84.4 50.4 3.8 8.5GLV 1.8 -11.7 1.8 8.5GLV -0.4
2023 Changeup MIA R 15 87.7 29.6 0.0 14.6ARM 0.1 6.0 -0.6 14.6ARM 0.2
2023 Slider MIA R 213 85.1 37.8 1.5 7.8GLV 2.8 0.2 1.3 7.8GLV 2.5
2023 Cutter MIA R 570 93.3 15.2 6.0 1.7GLV -0.4 16.3 8.4 1.7GLV -0.9
2023 Sinker MIA R 1 93.8 20.5 -2.3 15.9ARM 0.5 11.1 -3.5 15.9ARM 0.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Cutter 2.4 19 768 63.4 175 .163 .209 .239 30.8 37.7 27.0 .177 .261 .250 39.8
2024 Curveball -1.3 -4 324 26.8 92 .274 .393 .333 28.7 27.2 20.7 .291 .470 .367 42.4
2024 Slider -3.6 -3 81 6.7 18 .294 .529 .369 23.8 22.2 25.0 .226 .375 .282 15.4
2024 Changeup 6.6 1 21 1.7 5 .000 .000 .000 25.0 20.0 33.3 .033 .041 .033 0.0
2024 Sinker 3.1 1 17 1.4 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 27.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Cutter 2.5 14 570 53.4 131 .183 .252 .255 25.9 29.0 25.9 .192 .304 .267 35.9
2023 Curveball 0.2 1 269 25.2 83 .234 .377 .293 37.8 34.9 24.6 .199 .330 .259 43.8
2023 Slider -2.5 -5 213 19.9 48 .318 .614 .420 33.7 20.8 20.8 .244 .485 .339 26.5
2023 Changeup 4.4 1 15 1.4 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 20.0 25.0 .325 .523 .427 100.0
2023 Sinker -2.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 21 88.0 87 16.8 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Curveball 324 84.2 64 15.6 7:30 7:00 30
2024 Cutter 768 93.3 75 16.5 12:15 11:45 30
2024 Sinker 17 94.7 87 19.3 1:00 1:45 -45
2024 Slider 81 83.7 53 12.2 8:30 8:30 0
2023 Changeup 14 87.7 77 15.9 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Curveball 260 84.4 67 16.8 7:30 7:00 30
2023 Cutter 565 93.3 71 15.9 12:15 11:45 30
2023 Slider 209 85.1 45 8.8 9:00 8:45 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 127 546 4 3 -3 -1 4
2009 208 936 1 11 -3 -4 6
2010 287 1,233 8 4 -5 -4 3
2011 271 1,216 25 12 -2 -5 31
2012 270 1,055 9 9 -6 -2 9
2013 261 1,049 5 9 -1 -4 10
2014 257 1,080 6 9 -2 -2 10
2015 248 973 -2 8 -1 -1 4
2016 263 1,034 8 11 -8 -3 8
2017 309 1,218 15 16 -7 -4 20
2018 294 1,241 3 14 -2 -4 10
2019 33 136 -1 2 -4 0 -3
2021 66 282 2 1 -2 -1 1
2022 295 1,197 14 15 -8 -4 18
2023 275 1,100 2 19 -6 -5 10
2024 293 1,211 13 13 -8 -4 13
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 981 50.5 64.6 80.0 29.8 39.3 44.2 68.4 47.4 32.3 7.4 75.3
2016 1,050 49.6 62.2 80.6 27.0 44.1 41.8 61.4 44.5 30.6 9.0 70.5
2017 1,032 49.6 61.8 73.0 31.3 40.1 42.2 60.0 46.4 38.0 8.0 74.4
2018 1,184 45.4 63.7 80.1 28.0 43.1 41.4 56.4 44.2 32.5 5.5 87.7
2019 136 44.1 58.3 88.6 22.4 35.3 41.2 54.5 38.2 28.8 8.1 63.6
2021 208 53.8 65.2 79.5 16.7 50.0 40.9 66.0 42.8 25.8 7.2 60.0
2022 1,060 47.5 62.7 77.1 27.8 44.2 41.7 66.2 44.2 33.0 7.1 68.0
2023 1,068 48.6 62.2 77.1 28.7 50.6 39.9 64.0 45.0 31.2 8.3 77.5
2024 1,211 49.3 61.8 78.0 25.6 52.9 39.4 59.7 43.4 29.5 8.8 74.5
Player 7,930 48.6 62.7 78.2 27.8 44.8 41.4 62.1 44.8 32.2 7.7 74.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 79 72 63 50 87 79 60 24 16 98 86 95 53 58 97 83 93
2016 85 93 85 66 73 72 41 84 89 88 5 91 26 52 95 81 88
2017 98 98 98 87 96 88 80 47 59 98 43 99 84 82
2018 82 91 76 44 88 56 17 6 2 93 34 90 50 87
2022 81 97 91 69 64 72 43 47 42 90 1 90 31 73
2023 87 90 81 69 81 79 80 41 61 86 35 84 47 81
2024 84 84 87 84 66 88 85 53 58 96 29 79 15 77
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.5 6 7.6 -2 5 6 2 33.3
2017 22.6 8 5.9 2 5 5 2 25.0
2018 23.2 7 5.7 1 5 7 2 28.6
2019 21.4 1 0.6 0 2 1 0 0.0
2021 24.6 2 2.9 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2022 25.0 7 6.0 1 2 5 2 28.6
2023 24.1 8 9.0 -1 2 4 6 75.0
2024 24.9 5 5.3 0 2 3 3 60.0
Player 23.6 44 43.0 1 24 32 19 43.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 8 6 11 8 8 8 8 5 5 8 10 7 6 8 9 3 8 7 8 7 5 11 10 8 7 8 12 7 8 4
2017 8 5 5 4 6 7 8 5 4 5 6 8 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 5 7 9 6 8 5 5 5 7 7 6 4
2018 7 10 5 8 3 3 7 6 4 2 3 7 8 3 5 8 5 5 6 7 7 7 10 10 6 3 3 6 7 4 2
2019 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
2021 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 7 2 7 7 6 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 4 5 6 6 5 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7
2023 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 7 9 8 8 10 9 8 10 9 11 8 8 9 8 10 11 9 8 8 9 10 9 9 9
2024 5 5 6 6 4 5 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 5 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4
Player 44 42 40 49 39 43 50 40 33 32 40 50 47 38 46 45 40 38 43 45 44 44 59 51 41 36 40 52 46 43 33
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 92.4 -0.3 91.6 -0.8 92.3 0.7 -- -0.6 -- -- 92.1 -- 93.0 0.9 93.3 0.3 93.3 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 86.9 87.9 1.0 87.4 -0.5 88.2 0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 87.7 0.0 88.0 0.3
Breaking Velocity 83.2 82.8 -0.4 82.5 -0.3 84.4 1.9 -- -0.5 -- -- 83.4 -- 84.3 0.9 84.7 0.4 84.1 -0.6
Exit Velocity 88.9 87.1 -1.8 87.3 0.2 90.2 2.9 -- 2.7 -- -- 91.1 -- 88.6 -2.5 89.3 0.7 88.7 -0.6
Launch Angle 15.1 12.6 -2.5 10.3 -2.3 12.8 2.5 -- 4.6 -- -- 15.1 -- 12.8 -2.3 15.2 2.4 9.9 -5.3
Barrel % 4.7 6.3 1.6 4.3 -2.0 8.4 4.1 -- 1.1 -- -- 10.0 -- 7.6 -2.4 6.1 -1.5 5.5 -0.6
Hard Hit % 36.9 28.3 -8.6 32.1 3.8 44.0 11.9 -- 3.6 -- -- 46.7 -- 38.9 -7.8 37.4 -1.5 37.8 0.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.2 28.3 -5.9 29.3 1.0 32.5 3.2 -- 5.6 -- -- 43.3 -- 31.7 -11.6 30.1 -1.6 31.1 1.0
xBA .226 .198 -0.028 .173 -0.025 .197 0.024 -- 0.084 -- -- .253 -- .176 -0.077 .206 0.030 .212 0.006
BA .196 .231 0.035 .148 -0.083 .183 0.035 -- 0.113 -- -- .239 -- .173 -0.066 .221 0.048 .202 -0.019
xwOBA .278 .277 -0.001 .237 -0.040 .279 0.042 -- 0.100 -- -- .311 -- .273 -0.038 .280 0.007 .278 -0.002
wOBA .247 .298 0.051 .212 -0.086 .260 0.048 -- 0.119 -- -- .308 -- .270 -0.038 .289 0.019 .257 -0.032
xSLG .368 .335 -0.033 .286 -0.049 .352 0.066 -- 0.110 -- -- .404 -- .302 -0.102 .349 0.047 .328 -0.021
SLG .332 .358 0.026 .257 -0.101 .337 0.080 -- 0.107 -- -- .413 -- .298 -0.115 .354 0.056 .282 -0.072
K% 34.4 28.1 -6.3 37.1 9.0 32.2 -4.9 -- -14.0 -- -- 32.0 -- 30.7 -1.3 29.0 -1.7 33.3 4.3
BB% 5.2 12.0 6.8 8.7 -3.3 9.2 0.5 -- 9.0 -- -- 8.0 -- 13.3 5.3 9.3 -4.0 9.4 0.1
Swing % 47.4 44.5 -2.9 46.4 1.9 44.2 -2.2 -- -6.0 -- -- 42.8 -- 44.2 1.4 45.0 0.8 43.4 -1.6
Whiff% 32.3 30.6 -1.7 38.0 7.4 32.5 -5.5 -- -3.7 -- -- 25.8 -- 33.0 7.2 31.2 -1.8 29.5 -1.7
In Zone % 50.5 49.6 -0.9 49.6 0.0 45.4 -4.2 -- -1.3 -- -- 53.8 -- 47.5 -6.3 48.6 1.1 49.3 0.7
Out of Zone % 49.5 50.4 0.9 50.4 0.0 54.6 4.2 -- 1.3 -- -- 46.2 -- 52.5 6.3 51.4 -1.1 50.7 -0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 27.0 -2.8 31.3 4.3 28.0 -3.3 -- -5.6 -- -- 16.7 -- 27.8 11.1 28.7 0.9 25.6 -3.1
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 28.5 -4.3 28.1 -0.4 25.2 -2.9 -- -10.0 -- -- 26.0 -- 29.7 3.7 29.6 -0.1 32.1 2.5
First Pitch Strike % 68.4 61.4 -7.0 60.0 -1.4 56.4 -3.6 -- -1.9 -- -- 66.0 -- 66.2 0.2 64.0 -2.2 59.7 -4.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 261 .300 133 3 2.3 128 27 21.1
2017 Shifts 256 .214 143 5 3.5 113 55 48.7
2018 Shifts 282 .260 150 19 12.7 132 83 62.9
2019 Shifts 33 .379 15 1 6.7 18 6 33.3
2021 Shifts 50 .308 29 17 58.6 21 11 52.4
2022 Shifts 257 .273 127 16 12.6 130 76 58.5
2023 Shades 267 .289 139 20 14.4 128 63 49.2
2024 Shades 290 .259 162 13 8.0 128 98 76.6
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 332 18.0 13.9% 3.6% 263 22.5 0.4% 7.6%
2011 287 19.0 7.7% 3.5% 262 23.4 0.0% 9.9%
2012 277 19.2 3.2% 3.2% 170 22.7 0.0% 13.5%
2013 338 18.8 4.7% 1.8% 185 22.5 0.0% 13.0%
2014 347 20.9 2.9% 4.0% 166 24.1 0.6% 12.0%
2015 326 20.3 8.6% 7.1% 110 23.6 10.0% 20.9%
2016 296 19.2 17.2% 8.1% 185 23.5 1.6% 18.4%
2017 316 19.0 8.9% 5.7% 128 22.3 0.0% 5.5%
2018 335 17.7 17.9% 3.0% 222 21.9 0.0% 5.4%
2019 46 16.5 28.3% 0.0% 28 19.7 3.6% 3.6%
2021 78 19.2 1.3% 5.1% 26 23.0 0.0% 3.8%
2022 291 17.4 15.1% 2.7% 202 20.8 3.0% 4.0%
2023 297 16.0 34.0% 0.7% 170 20.3 0.6% 1.2%
2024 314 16.1 33.1% 0.3% 232 20.3 0.4% 0.4%

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Pitch Distribution