Gene
Robertson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 152
 
Born: December 25, 1898 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
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
1919 20 CHA AL     7 7 6 1 2 1 5 7 6 2 4 4 8 10 10
1920 21 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 5 7 7 3 5 4 8 9 9
1921 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 5 7 7 2 4 4 8 9 9
1922 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 8 7 2 4 4 8 9 9
1923 24 CHA AL     8 8 7 1 3 2 6 8 7 2 4 4 7 9 9
1924 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 2 4 3 8 9 9
1925 26 CHA AL $ 350,000   9 9 8 2 4 3 6 8 7 2 4 3 8 9 9
1926 27 CHA AL $ 350,000   9 9 8 2 4 3 6 7 7 2 4 3 7 9 9
1927 28 CHA AL $ 1,564,286   9 9 8 2 4 3 6 8 7 2 4 3 8 9 9
1928 29 CHA AL $ 1,564,286   9 9 8 2 3 3 5 7 7 2 4 3 7 9 9
1929 30 CHA AL $ 1,600,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 2 4 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 1 2 1 5 7 6 2 4 3 7 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   9 9 8 2 4 3 6 8 7 3 5 4 8 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 20 AAA   98 395 49 122 23 3 3 50 5 5 45 14 .309 .380 .405 .785 58.9  
    AA   21 87 14 31 5 0 1 20 1 1 12 1 .356 .434 .448 .883 16.1  
1920 21 CHA AL 47 111 15 37 5 0 3 25 0 0 5 4 .333 .362 .459 .822 17.1 4.3
1921 22 CHA AL 73 139 20 41 8 1 1 18 0 0 10 4 .295 .340 .388 .728 16.8 2.5
1922 23 CHA AL 114 302 40 92 15 1 0 38 1 0 21 15 .305 .350 .361 .711 37.5 5.7
1923 24 AAA   132 502 70 149 37 3 9 91 8 1 72 38 .297 .385 .436 .821 84.4  
1924 25 CHA AL 9 13 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742 1.4 0.3
    AAA   127 485 77 147 39 1 8 86 8 1 66 28 .303 .387 .437 .824 81.3  
1925 26 CHA AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
    AAA   114 419 63 136 23 1 8 65 8 0 54 23 .325 .402 .442 .843 73.8  
1926 27 CHA AL 117 366 53 121 25 1 3 71 1 0 33 4 .331 .385 .429 .814 56.5 11.7
1927 28 CHA AL 109 383 41 99 20 1 1 48 0 0 26 8 .258 .303 .324 .627 33.8 3.9
1928 29 CHA AL 101 369 58 113 16 2 8 49 1 0 35 7 .306 .368 .425 .794 56.8 13.5
1929 30 CHA AL 73 179 16 54 12 0 0 27 0 0 13 4 .302 .347 .369 .716 18.4 2.8
9 Years Sim 648 1867 245 562 102 6 16 277 3 0 144 46 .301 .351 .388 .738 238.4 44.7
4 Years AAA 471 1801 259 554 122 8 28 292 29 7 237 103 .308 .388 .431 .818 298.3  
1 Years AA 21 87 14 31 5 0 1 20 1 1 12 1 .356 .434 .448 .883 16.1  
5 Years Minors 492 1888 273 585 127 8 29 312 30 8 249 104 .310 .390 .432 .821 314.4  
162 Game Average 466 61 140 25 1 4 69 0 0 36 11 .301 .351 .388 .738 59.6  
Career Highs 117 383 58 121 25 2 8 71 1 0 35 15 .333 .385 .459 .822 56.8  
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   1689 234 525 100 5 16 260 3 0 138 32 .311 .362 .404 .766 238.0
vs LH   178 11 37 2 1 0 17 0 0 6 14 .208 .239 .230 .470 8.0
Home 321 912 122 272 42 2 9 130 2 0 66 21 .298 .346 .378 .725 116.1
Away 327 955 123 290 60 4 7 147 1 0 78 25 .304 .355 .397 .752 129.8
RISP   545 0 157 30 2 3 234 0 0 54 19 .288 .345 .367 .712 70.1
Pinch Hitting   119 14 42 8 1 1 26 0 0 8 1 .353 .400 .462 .862 19.6
Close/Late   240 21 65 6 1 2 29 0 0 25 5 .271 .341 .329 .670 27.9
Mar/Apr 66 188 21 56 10 0 1 36 0 0 10 1 .298 .332 .367 .699 21.9
May 111 299 42 98 21 1 2 52 1 0 33 8 .328 .393 .425 .818 48.1
June 113 312 42 90 20 1 5 46 0 0 23 9 .288 .339 .407 .746 41.1
July 124 400 51 109 18 0 0 55 1 0 26 15 .273 .314 .318 .632 39.5
August 119 356 49 116 18 2 3 48 0 0 28 9 .326 .378 .413 .791 52.3
Sep/Oct 115 312 40 93 15 2 5 40 1 0 24 4 .298 .346 .407 .753 42.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1920 21 CHA AL 2B 21 21 173.0 44 84 3 13 .977 6.66   0.6
1921 22 CHA AL 2B 35 22 219.7 50 119 2 35 .988 6.92   0.9
    3B 11 0 20.0 3 5 1 1 .889 3.60   0.1
    SS 4 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1922 23 CHA AL 2B 100 76 697.0 187 310 10 60 .980 6.42   1.3
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1924 25 CHA AL 3B 5 1 16.0 0 4 1 1 .800 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1926 27 CHA AL 3B 110 97 869.7 52 235 23 12 .926 2.97   2.6
    SS 2 1 17.0 3 7 2 2 .833 5.29   0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.1
1927 28 CHA AL 3B 100 98 858.0 62 185 18 10 .932 2.59   2.8
    SS 6 2 24.0 5 6 2 2 .846 4.13   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 2 3 1 1 .833 9.00   0.0
1928 29 CHA AL 3B 98 94 804.0 72 173 19 10 .928 2.74   1.4
1929 30 CHA AL 3B 31 30 261.7 18 65 4 6 .954 2.85   1.6
    SS 28 9 131.0 22 56 7 14 .918 5.36   0.7
  3B 358 320 2834.3 207 667 66 40 .930 2.78   8.6
  2B 160 120 1104.7 287 522 16 110 .981 6.59   2.8
  SS 41 12 180.0 30 73 11 18 .904 5.15   0.8
Career Totals   559 452 4119.0 524 1262 93 168 .951 3.90   12.2
Career Highs   113 100 895.7 187 311 25 60 .984 6.66    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1929 30 CHA AL 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1919
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 3/6/1919 (Going to BRO: P Ernie Groth, SS John Henry Lloyd. Going to CHA: P Howard Ehmke, SS Jimmy Esmond, 3B Gene Robertson)
Injured on 8/2/1919 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/29/1920, off Sam Jones (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1920, off Dazzy Vance (DET)
Injured on 7/27/1920 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/18/1924 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/1926, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 9/21/1926
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/27/1928 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 7/21/1928
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 8/18/1928
9/1/1928: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $1,600,000 per year, for 2 years