David Robertson stats
Bio
- Age
- 41 yearsApr 9, 1985
- Height
- 5' 11"
David Robertson played 17 MLB seasons, 2008 to 2025.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 881
- W
- 68
- L
- 46
- ERA
- 2.93
- IP
- 894.1
- K
- 1,176
- BB
- 365
- WHIP
- 1.16
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | NYY | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5.34 | 30.1 | 36 | 15 | 1.45 |
| 2009 | NYY | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3.30 | 43.2 | 63 | 23 | 1.35 |
| 2010 | NYY | 64 | 4 | 5 | 3.82 | 61.1 | 71 | 33 | 1.50 |
| 2011 | NYY | 70 | 4 | 0 | 1.08 | 66.2 | 100 | 35 | 1.13 |
| 2012 | NYY | 65 | 2 | 7 | 2.67 | 60.2 | 81 | 19 | 1.17 |
| 2013 | NYY | 70 | 5 | 1 | 2.04 | 66.1 | 77 | 18 | 1.04 |
| 2014 | NYY | 63 | 4 | 5 | 3.08 | 64.1 | 96 | 23 | 1.06 |
| 2015 | CHW | 60 | 6 | 5 | 3.41 | 63.1 | 86 | 13 | 0.93 |
| 2016 | CHW | 62 | 5 | 3 | 3.47 | 62.1 | 75 | 32 | 1.36 |
| 2017 |  CHW/NYY | 61 | 9 | 2 | 1.84 | 68.1 | 98 | 23 | 0.85 |
| 2018 | NYY | 69 | 8 | 3 | 3.23 | 69.2 | 91 | 26 | 1.03 |
| 2019 | PHI | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 6 | 6 | 2.10 |
| 2021 | TB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 16 | 4 | 1.25 |
| 2022 |  CHC/PHI | 58 | 4 | 3 | 2.40 | 63.2 | 81 | 35 | 1.16 |
| 2023 |  NYM/MIA | 62 | 6 | 6 | 3.03 | 65.1 | 78 | 25 | 1.19 |
| 2024 | TEX | 68 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 | 72.0 | 99 | 27 | 1.11 |
| 2025 | PHI | 20 | 2 | 0, led the MLB | 4.08 | 17.2 | 22 | 8 | 1.47 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP
Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.
Career Postseason
- GP
- 43
- W
- 6
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 3.40
- IP
- 47.2
- K
- 57
- BB
- 16
- WHIP
- 1.13
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 11.8
- GB
- 954
- FB
- 1,153
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 57
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 34 | 46 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2009 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 37 | 67 | 0.6 | 6 |
| 2010 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 71 | 95 | 0.7 | 7 |
| 2011 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 64 | 70 | 0.9 | 6 |
| 2012 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 66 | 81 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2013 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 85 | 78 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2014 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 66 | 73 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2015 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 56 | 93 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2016 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 75 | 84 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2017 | CHW/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 69 | 71 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 78 | 88 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2019 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 7 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 10 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 67 | 78 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2023 | NYM/MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 72 | 91 | 0.8 | 5 |
| 2024 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 77 | 87 | 0.9 | 8 |
| 2025 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 16 | 14 | 1.1 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 41 yearsApr 9, 1985
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 2008
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, AL
- Draft
- 2006Rd 17, Pk 524
- College
- Alabama
Latest performance
David Robertson
Oct 04 · vs LAD · L 5-3
- IP
- 0.1
- H
- 1
- R
- 2
- ER
- 2
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 54.00
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 04 | vs LADL 5-3 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 28 | vs MINW 2-1 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 25 | vsMIAW 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 23 | vsMIAL 6-5 F/11 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tue, Sep 16 | atLADW 9-6 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 15 | atLADW 6-5 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were David Robertson's career stats?
David Robertson played 17 seasons for the Yankees, the White Sox, the Phillies, the Rays and the Rangers. He had 68 wins and 1,176 strikeouts with a 2.93 ERA over 894.1 innings. His best season was 2017: 9 wins, a 1.84 ERA and 98 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 9 postseasons, 2008 to 2025
David Robertson finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 2009 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 69th in saves (179)
Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on David Robertson
Playoff series
David Robertson played 42 games across 10 MLB postseasons in 19 series — 7 won, 12 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LAD | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | PHI | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 |  STL | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 |  SD | Won 2-1 | 3 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 |  HOU | Lost 1-3 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 |  BOS | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 |  ATH | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | BOS | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | MIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 |  CLE | Won 2-1 | 3 | 4.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | HOU | Lost 1-3 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 |  BAL | Lost 2-2 | 4 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 |  DET | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | DET | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | MIN | Won 2-0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 |  TEX | Lost 0-4 | 4 | 2.2 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 2009 | MIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 |  LAA | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | PHI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
David Robertson’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
David Robertson against each club
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (78)
- vs Boston Red Sox (74)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (56)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (55)
- vs Minnesota Twins (53)
- vs Detroit Tigers (45)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (40)
- vs Seattle Mariners (38)
- vs Kansas City Royals (36)
- vs Athletics (34)
- vs Houston Astros (33)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (32)
- vs Texas Rangers (32)
- vs New York Mets (28)
- vs Chicago White Sox (26)
- vs Washington Nationals (19)
- vs Atlanta Braves (18)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (18)
- vs Miami Marlins (17)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (15)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (15)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (14)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (14)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (11)
- vs New York Yankees (10)
- vs San Diego Padres (10)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (10)
- vs Colorado Rockies (8)
- vs Chicago Cubs (7)
- vs San Francisco Giants (7)
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