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Nate Robertson PTigers

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
13	223	1152.3	57	77	1	5.01	7.3

Birth Date	9-3-1977
Height	6' 2"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	47 years, 11 months, 18 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2002	FLO	MLB	6	1	8.3	0	1	0	15	4	3	3	100	16.2	4.3	3.2	3.2	0%	.353	2.28	8.99	11.88	107	5.77	123.7	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	8	8	44.7	1	2	0	55	23	33	6	94	11.1	4.6	1.2	6.6	0%	.348	1.75	4.90	5.44	99	4.53	94.9	0.6
2004	DET	MLB	34	32	196.7	12	10	1	210	66	155	30	102	9.6	3.0	1.4	7.1	0%	.302	1.40	4.63	4.90	92	4.02	82.9	3.8
2005	DET	MLB	32	32	196.7	7	16	0	202	65	122	28	102	9.2	3.0	1.3	5.6	0%	.279	1.36	4.75	4.48	103	4.63	99.7	1.9
2006	DET	MLB	32	32	208.7	13	13	0	206	67	137	29	105	8.9	2.9	1.3	5.9	0%	.277	1.31	4.75	3.84	99	4.45	90.5	3.1
2007	DET	MLB	30	30	177.7	9	13	0	199	63	119	22	102	10.1	3.2	1.1	6.0	0%	.308	1.47	4.68	4.76	104	5.58	115.4	0.3
2008	DET	MLB	32	28	168.7	7	11	0	218	62	108	26	103	11.6	3.3	1.4	5.8	0%	.341	1.66	5.01	6.35	107	6.13	130.8	-1.1
2009	DET	MLB	28	6	49.7	2	3	0	59	28	35	4	104	10.7	5.1	0.7	6.3	0%	.333	1.75	4.58	5.44	114	6.54	140.2	-0.6
2010	FLO	0	19	18	100.3	6	8	0	110	40	61	11	93	9.9	3.6	1.0	5.5	0%	.298	1.50	4.68	5.47	116	5.74	129.7	-0.6
2010	PHI	0	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	91	45.0	18.0	9.0	18.0	0%	.800	7.00	18.10	54.00	138	7.56	170.8	0.0
2010	TOT	MLB	21	18	101.3	6	8	0	115	42	63	12	93	10.2	3.7	1.1	5.6	0%	.000	1.55	4.81	5.95	117	5.76	130.1	-0.6
Career		MLB	223	187	1152.3	57	77	1	1279	420	775	160	102	10.0	3.3	1.2	6.1	48%	.305	1.47	4.79	5.01	103	5.04	106.5	7.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2002	FLO	MLB	NL	6	1	8.3	0	1	0	15	4	3	3	100	16.2	4.3	3.2	3.2	0%	.353	2.28	8.99	11.88	107	5.77	123.7
2003	DET	MLB	AL	8	8	44.7	1	2	0	55	23	33	6	94	11.1	4.6	1.2	6.6	0%	.348	1.75	4.90	5.44	99	4.53	94.9
2004	DET	MLB	AL	34	32	196.7	12	10	1	210	66	155	30	102	9.6	3.0	1.4	7.1	0%	.302	1.40	4.63	4.90	92	4.02	82.9
2005	DET	MLB	AL	32	32	196.7	7	16	0	202	65	122	28	102	9.2	3.0	1.3	5.6	0%	.279	1.36	4.75	4.48	103	4.63	99.7
2006	DET	MLB	AL	32	32	208.7	13	13	0	206	67	137	29	105	8.9	2.9	1.3	5.9	0%	.277	1.31	4.75	3.84	99	4.45	90.5
2007	DET	MLB	AL	30	30	177.7	9	13	0	199	63	119	22	102	10.1	3.2	1.1	6.0	0%	.308	1.47	4.68	4.76	104	5.58	115.4
2008	DET	MLB	AL	32	28	168.7	7	11	0	218	62	108	26	103	11.6	3.3	1.4	5.8	0%	.341	1.66	5.01	6.35	107	6.13	130.8
2009	DET	MLB	AL	28	6	49.7	2	3	0	59	28	35	4	104	10.7	5.1	0.7	6.3	0%	.333	1.75	4.58	5.44	114	6.54	140.2
2010	FLO	MLB	NL	19	18	100.3	6	8	0	110	40	61	11	93	9.9	3.6	1.0	5.5	0%	.298	1.50	4.68	5.47	116	5.74	129.7
2010	PHI	MLB	NL	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	91	45.0	18.0	9.0	18.0	0%	.800	7.00	18.10	54.00	138	7.56	170.8
2011	TAC	AAA	PCL	18	18	93.3	6	7	0	135	38	55	14	104	13.0	3.7	1.4	5.3	0%	.362	1.85	5.90	7.14	115	7.93	161.9
2012	IOW	AAA	PCL	14	0	20.0	0	2	0	30	4	15	6		13.5	1.8	2.7	6.8	0%	.353	1.70	6.81	8.10	118	7.46	155.3
2012	LVG	AAA	PCL	9	2	9.0	0	1	0	13	4	5	2	112	13.0	4.0	2.0	5.0	0%	.355	1.89	6.77	8.00	125	7.09	147.6
2013	ROU	AAA	PCL	45	0	50.3	4	4	0	45	23	40	0		8.0	4.1	0.0	7.2	0%	.300	1.35	3.88	3.04	97	3.73	81.1
2014	TOL	AAA	INT	14	0	21.0	0	2	0	20	13	12	0		8.6	5.6	0.0	5.1	0%	.290	1.57	4.06	3.43	113	5.00	105.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2384	0.4954	0.4329	0.8401	0.5800	0.2884	0.9022	0.7176	0.1599
2009	868	0.4654	0.4217	0.7923	0.5842	0.2802	0.8771	0.6385	0.2077
2010	1677	0.5158	0.4132	0.8312	0.5618	0.2549	0.8868	0.7005	0.1688
Career	4929	0.4971	0.4242	0.8287	0.5745	0.2756	0.8925	0.6979	0.1713

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2011-03-07	2011-03-31	Camp	24	0	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Loose Bodies	2011-03-16
2009-11-15	2009-11-15	Off	0	0	Left	Groin	Surgery	Torn Muscle	2009-11-15
2009-09-12	2009-09-20	DTD	8	8	Left	Abdomen	Inflammation		-
2009-06-27	2009-08-26	15-DL	60	52	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Mass Removal	2009-06-30
2009-05-06	2009-05-21	15-DL	15	12		Low Back	Strain		-
2009-03-25	2009-03-31	Camp	6	0	Left	Thumb	Sprain	Thumb	-
2008-04-15	2008-04-15	DTD	0	0		Low Back	Soreness		-
2007-06-07	2007-06-26	15-DL	19	17	Left	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2004-09-22	2004-09-22	DTD	0	0	Left	Fingers	Contusion	Batted Ball Ring Finger	-
2004-06-18	2004-06-18	DTD	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	Calf	-
1998-01-01	1998-01-01	Coll	0	0	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Approximate	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	DET	$9,600,000
2009	DET	$7,000,000
2008	DET	$4,250,000
2007	DET	$3,260,000
2006	DET	$402,500
2005	DET	$355,000
2004	DET	$305,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$25,172,500
7 yr	Total	$25,172,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 12 d	Steve Canter	1 year (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/21/13 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2012). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 2/19/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago Cubs 5/29/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 7/16/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2011). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 1/20/11 (minor-league contract).
3 years/$21.25M (2008-10). Signed extension with Detroit 1/16/08 (avoided arbitration). 08:$4.25M, 09:$7M, 10:$10M. 2010 salary increases to $11M with 200 IP in 2009 or 400 IP 2008-09. Award bonus: $0.5M for Cy Young ($0.2M for 2nd in vote, $0.1M for 3rd). Acquired by Florida in trade from Detroit 3/30/10 (Tigers to pay $9.6M of 2010 salary, with Marlins paying $0.4M). DFA by Florida 7/21/10, released 7/27/10. Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 8/2/10 (minor-league contract). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 8/25/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 9/6/10. Released by Philadelphia 9/10/10.
1 year/$3.26M (2007). Re-signed by Detroit 1/07 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.4025M (2006). Re-signed by Detroit 3/06.
1 year/$0.355M (2005). Re-signed by Detroit 3/05.
1 year/$0.305M (2004). Re-signed by Detroit 2/04.
Acquired by Detroit in trade from Florida 1/03.
Drafted by Florida 1999 (5-146) (Wichita State).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you care to expand on your worries over the Tigers' future....weak farm? Iffy everyday lineup? The rotation is locked up for a long while. Thank you. (lemppi from Iowa)	Weak farm; Kevin had them 27th in the organizational rankings this spring. They'll have some financial flexibility after this season, and while Mike Ilich isn't afraid to spend, they absolutely have to avoid the entanglements that produced so much dead salary over the past few years. Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez, Dontrelle Willis, Nate Robertson, Jeremy Bonderman - I can't think of a team that had so many contracts of $10 million per year blow up on them all at once. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the answer. Bad contracts for Dombrowski? Dontrelle Willis 3-yr/$29M. Nate Robertson 3-yr/$21M. Jeremy Bonderman 4-yr/$38M (I did favor that deal though at the time). Pudge R a $13M option picked up for no apparent reason. Guillen as you noted. He had some real clunkers. I like the guy on the whole...but he created some of the problems they face currently...it wasn't all bad luck. (lemppi from Ankeny, IA)	Yes, those were questionable, except for Bonderman. I would still argue that overall he deserves a solid grade. I'll say something else in his favor: he hasn't blown any money on Chan-Ho Park, or players like Chan Ho. He signed Brandon Lyon for one year, then let Ed Wade sign him for three. Now, the bullpen has been a weakness for the Tigers at times, so you can argue about this, but I would say it's better to stay cheap than to take blind shots in the dark. (Steven Goldman)
2010-03-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	So it appears DET will be paying Dontrell and Nate Robinson about $20m to fill the #5 spots in two rotations. Which one will perform better? (Cris E from St Paul, MN)	You kinda have to pick Robertson, don't you? (I'm assuming you did mean Nate Robertson, and not former Knickerbocker Nate Robinson.) If we're thinking purely in terms of probability, there's very little shot of Robertson putting up a 0.6 K/BB rate. With Dontrelle, that would be an improvement over the last two years. (Shawn Hoffman)
2009-08-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Should the Tigers sign Brad Penny, or can they put some faith in Nate Robertson/Armando Galaraga not sucking down the stretch? (David from Winston Salem)	I'd just as soon stick with Robertston/Galarraga. (John Perrotto)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	any thoughts on Nate Robertson's deal? Any idea what it's gonna take to lock up Cabrera? (DetroitDale from Florida)	I touched on this a bit in today's TA, but basically, that was a solid investment. Cabrera should be gunning for nine figures. (Christina Kahrl)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Nate Robertson threw 6,457 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Change (85mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Sinker (87mph).