Bob Robertson
| Bob Robertson | |||
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: October 2, 1946 Mt. Savage, Maryland |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 18, 1967, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 23, 1979, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .242 | ||
| Home runs | 115 | ||
| Runs batted in | 368 | ||
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Robert Eugene "Bob" Robertson (born October 2, 1946 in Frostburg, Maryland) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. Robertson, who batted and threw right-handed, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967–1976), Seattle Mariners (1978) and Toronto Blue Jays (1979). He missed the entire 1968 season due to a kidney obstruction.
Touted as “another Ralph Kiner” after leading the minor leagues in home runs three times, Robertson broke into the Pirates’ regular lineup in 1970 playing alongside future Hall-of-Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell. On August 1 of that year, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Robertson and Stargell each collected five hits in a 20-10 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Not until Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones in 2010 would Pirate teammates each collect five hits in the same game. That season, Robertson batted .287 with 27 home runs and 82 runs batted in (all career highs) on a team that won the National League East Division, the Pirates' first trip to the post-season since winning the 1960 World Series. However, they were defeated in the National League Championship Series by the Cincinnati Reds.
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