David Robertson
2008–2025 · P

David Robertson

5' 11", 195 lbs·Lived to 41·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2025 · 8,290 pitches · 92.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
1.08
Best ERA · 2011
9
Most W · 2017
100
Most K · 2011
0.849
Best WHIP · 2017
Career Arc · ERA
17 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

17 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2008NYY2530.3405.3481361.451
2009NYY4543.7213.30131631.351
2010NYY6461.3453.82107711.500
2011NYY7066.7401.083651001.125
2012NYY6560.7272.67150811.170
2013NYY7066.3512.04189771.040
2014NYY6364.3453.08121961.057
2015CWS6063.3653.41116860.932
2016CWS6262.3533.47120751.364
2017NYY6168.3921.84236980.849
2018NYY6969.7833.23128911.033
2019PHI76.7015.408362.100
2021TB1212.0004.5095161.250
2022CHC5863.7432.40165811.162
2023NYM6265.3663.03143781.194
2024TEX6872.0343.00136991.111
2025PHI2017.7204.08102221.472
Career881894.368461176
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 8,205 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FCKCSLFFCHSI
FC · Cutter54.7% · 92.6 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve29.1% · 83.8 mph
SL · Slider12.5% · 84.1 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball1.6% · 93.2 mph
CH · Changeup1.1% · 87.6 mph
SI · Sinker0.9% · 92.8 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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