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Dave Robertson Outfielder Born: September 25, 1889
Portsmouth, VirginiaDied: November 5, 1970 (aged 81)
Virginia Beach, VirginiaBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut June 5, 1912 for the New York Giants Last MLB appearance September 27, 1922 for the New York Giants Career statistics Batting average .444 Home runs 47 Runs batted in 364 Teams - New York Giants (1912, 1914-1917, 1919, 1922)
- Chicago Cubs (1919-1921)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1921)
Career highlights and awards - World Series champion: 1922
- National League pennant: 1912, 1917
- National League home run champion: 1916, 1917
Davis Aydelotte Robertson (September 25, 1889 - November 5, 1970) is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 9 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1916 and 1917 he tied for the National League lead in home runs (with Cy Williams and Gavvy Cravath, respectively) while playing for New York. He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, attended North Carolina State University following years at Maury High School and Norfolk Academy, and died at the age of 89 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Preceded by
Gavvy CravathNational League Home Run Champion
1916-1917
(1916 with Cy Williams
1917 with Gavvy Cravath)Succeeded by
Gavvy CravathNew York Giants 1922 World Series Champions Dave Bancroft | Jesse Barnes | Bill Cunningham | Frankie Frisch | Heinie Groh | George Kelly | Lee King | Hugh McQuillan | Irish Meusel | Art Nehf | Rosy Ryan | Jack Scott | Earl Smith | Frank Snyder | Casey Stengel | Ross Youngs
Manager John McGraw
Coach Hughie JenningsRegular season • Rivalry • Subway Series National League Home Run Champions 1876: Hall | 1877: Pike | 1878: Hines | 1879: C. Jones | 1880: Stovey & O'Rourke | 1881: Brouthers | 1882: Wood | 1883: Ewing | 1884: Williamson | 1885: Dalrymple | 1886: Brouthers & Richardson | 1887: O'Brien | 1888: Ryan | 1889: Thompson | 1890: Burns, Tiernan & Wilmot | 1891: Tiernan & Stovey | 1892: Holliday | 1893: Delahanty | 1894: Duffy | 1895: Thompson | 1896: Joyce & Delahanty | 1897: Duffy | 1898: J. Collins | 1899: Freeman | 1900: Long | 1901: Crawford | 1902: Leach | 1903: Sheckard | 1904: Lumley | 1905: Odwell | 1906: Jordan | 1907: Brain | 1908: Jordan | 1909: Murray | 1910: Schulte & Beck | 1911: Schulte | 1912: Zimmerman | 1913: Cravath | 1914: Cravath | 1915: Cravath | 1916: C. Williams & Robertson | 1917: Cravath & Robertson | 1918: Cravath | 1919: Cravath | 1920: C. Williams | 1921: Kelly | 1922: Hornsby | 1923: C. Williams | 1924: Fournier | 1925: Hornsby | 1926: Wilson | 1927: C. Williams & Wilson | 1928: Wilson & Bottomley | 1929: Klein | 1930: Wilson | 1931: Klein | 1932: Klein & Ott | 1933: Klein | 1934: Ott & R. Collins | 1935: Berger | 1936: Ott | 1937: Ott & Medwick | 1938: Ott | 1939: Mize | 1940: Mize | 1941: Camilli | 1942: Ott | 1943: Nicholson | 1944: Nicholson | 1945: Holmes | 1946: Kiner | 1947: Kiner & Mize | 1948: Kiner & Mize | 1949: Kiner | 1950: Kiner | 1951: Kiner | 1952: Kiner & Sauer | 1953: Mathews | 1954: Kluszewski | 1955: Mays | 1956: Snider | 1957: Aaron | 1958: Banks | 1959: Mathews | 1960: Banks | 1961: Cepeda | 1962: Mays | 1963: McCovey & Aaron | 1964: Mays | 1965: Mays | 1966: Aaron | 1967: Aaron | 1968: McCovey | 1969: McCovey | 1970: Bench | 1971: Stargell | 1972: Bench | 1973: Stargell | 1974: Schmidt | 1975: Schmidt | 1976: Schmidt | 1977: Foster | 1978: Foster | 1979: Kingman | 1980: Schmidt | 1981: Schmidt | 1982: Kingman | 1983: Schmidt | 1984: Schmidt & Murphy | 1985: Murphy | 1986: Schmidt | 1987: Dawson | 1988: Strawberry | 1989: Mitchell | 1990: Sandberg | 1991: Johnson | 1992: McGriff | 1993: Bonds | 1994: M. Williams | 1995: Bichette | 1996: Galarraga | 1997: Walker | 1998: McGwire | 1999: McGwire | 2000: Sosa | 2001: Bonds | 2002: Sosa | 2003: Thome | 2004: Beltré | 2005: A. Jones | 2006: Howard | 2007: Fielder | 2008: Howard | 2009: Pujols | 2010: Pujols | 2011: Kemp
Categories:- National League home run champions
- 1889 births
- 1970 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Virginia
- New York Giants (NL) players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- NC State Wolfpack baseball players
- Baseball right fielder stubs
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