Players · R · Pitcher · 2025 regular season
David Robertson
- Age
- 40
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #30
- Born
- April 9, 1985 in Birmingham, AL, United States
- MLB debut
- June 29, 2008
- Drafted
- 2006, round 17
- College
- Alabama
- High school
- Paul W. Bryant
- Salary, 2025
- $1.5M
- dbWAR
- 16.9 Regular season, 18 season(s)
- IP
- 17.2
- ERA
- 4.08
- FIP
- 4.95
- K/9
- 11.2
- FIP−
- 119 100 = avg
David Robertson was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2025 he struck out 22 batters over 17.2 innings across 20 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 4.08 was 2.0% lower than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 4.95 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.2%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | PHI | 20 | 0 | 17.2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 4.08 | 4.95 | 1.47 | 11.2 | 4.1 | 98 | 119 | -0.0 | |
| 2024 | TEX | 68 | 0 | 72.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 99 | 27 | 3.00 | 2.65 | 1.11 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 74 | 65 | 1.6 | |
| 2023 | NYM/MIA | 62 | 0 | 65.1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 22 | 78 | 25 | 3.03 | 3.55 | 1.19 | 10.7 | 3.4 | 70 | 82 | 0.9 | |
| 2022 | CHC/PHI | 58 | 0 | 63.2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 17 | 81 | 35 | 2.40 | 3.58 | 1.16 | 11.5 | 4.9 | 61 | 90 | 0.6 | |
| 2021 | TB | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.67 | 1.25 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 105 | 86 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | PHI | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5.40 | 6.06 | 2.10 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 120 | 135 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | NYY | 69 | 0 | 69.2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 91 | 26 | 3.23 | 2.97 | 1.03 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 78 | 72 | 1.4 | |
| 2017 | CWS/NYY | 61 | 0 | 68.1 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 98 | 23 | 1.84 | 2.57 | 0.85 | 12.9 | 3.0 | 42 | 59 | 1.8 | |
| 2016 | CWS | 62 | 0 | 62.1 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 53 | 24 | 75 | 32 | 3.47 | 3.58 | 1.36 | 10.8 | 4.6 | 83 | 85 | 0.8 | |
| 2015 | CWS | 60 | 0 | 63.1 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 46 | 24 | 86 | 13 | 3.41 | 2.52 | 0.93 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 86 | 64 | 1.4 | |
| 2014 | NYY | 63 | 0 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 45 | 22 | 96 | 23 | 3.08 | 2.68 | 1.06 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 82 | 72 | 1.2 | |
| 2013 | NYY | 70 | 0 | 66.1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 77 | 18 | 2.04 | 2.61 | 1.04 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 53 | 68 | 1.4 | |
| 2012 | NYY | 65 | 0 | 60.2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 81 | 19 | 2.67 | 2.48 | 1.17 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 67 | 62 | 1.4 | |
| 2011 | NYY | 70 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 100 | 35 | 1.08 | 1.84 | 1.13 | 13.5 | 4.7 | 27 | 47 | 2.1 | |
| 2010 | NYY | 64 | 0 | 61.1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 26 | 71 | 33 | 3.82 | 3.58 | 1.50 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 94 | 88 | 0.8 | |
| 2009 | NYY | 45 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 63 | 23 | 3.30 | 3.05 | 1.35 | 13.0 | 4.7 | 76 | 71 | 0.9 | |
| 2008 | NYY | 25 | 0 | 30.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 36 | 15 | 5.34 | 3.53 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 124 | 82 | 0.5 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | CHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -122 | -0.0 | — |
Separate from the regular season
Postseason Postseason
Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.
Postseason pitching
| Season | Team | Round | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Post | PHI | NLDS | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 3.00 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Post | MIA | Wild Card | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 18.0 |
| 2022 Post | PHI | Postseason total | 8 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1.17 | 1.43 | 12.9 |
| Wild Card | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.0 | ||
| NLCS | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.38 | 2.25 | 13.5 | ||
| World Series | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.25 | 11.3 | ||
| 2021 Post | TB | ALDS | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.5 |
| 2018 Post | NYY | Postseason total | 3 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 17.2 |
| Wild Card | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.0 | ||
| ALDS | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 20.3 | ||
| 2017 Post | NYY | Postseason total | 8 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.15 | 1.15 | 11.1 |
| Wild Card | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 13.5 | ||
| ALDS | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.93 | 0.64 | 9.6 | ||
| ALCS | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9.00 | 1.60 | 10.8 | ||
| 2012 Post | NYY | Postseason total | 6 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.42 | 0.47 | 9.9 |
| ALDS | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 10.4 | ||
| ALCS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.00 | 9.0 | ||
| 2011 Post | NYY | ALDS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.0 |
| 2010 Post | NYY | Postseason total | 6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16.20 | 3.00 | 13.5 |
| ALDS | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 13.5 | ||
| ALCS | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20.25 | 3.38 | 13.5 | ||
| 2009 Post | NYY | Postseason total | 5 | 0 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.31 | 5.1 |
| ALDS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| ALCS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 4.5 | ||
| World Series | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 7.7 | ||
| Career | Postseason total · 10 Octobers | 43 | 0 | 47.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 57 | 3.40 | 1.13 | 10.8 |
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 36 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .313 | .389 | .531 | .389 | 27.8% |
| vs RHB | 42 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | .211 | .286 | .447 | .317 | 28.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What David Robertson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Cutter | 151 | 91.7 | 2,683 | 50.3% | 16.7% | 32 | .250 | .833 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 104 | 84.5 | 2,683 | 38.5% | 28.6% | 31 | .194 | .523 | |
| Slider | 30 | 83.7 | 2,650 | 56.7% | 46.2% | 6 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 16 | 91.2 | 2,406 | 31.3% | 0.0% | 0 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.