Gene Robertson
1919–1930 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
656G
.280AVG
.344OBP
.373SLG
More career statistics
615H
20HR
249RBI
29SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,200 | 2,202 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 22 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 79 | 81 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,487 | 2,489 |
| Batting · Runs | 311 | 312 |
| Batting · RBI | 249 | 256 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 29 | 30 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656 | 2,487 | 2,200 | 311 | 615 | 100 | 23 | 20 | 249 | 205 | 79 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 821 | .280 | .344 | .373 | .717 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1924-07-09 to 1924-07-19
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1925-05-31 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1925-05-16 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1925-07-14 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 337 | 1279 | 327 | 16 | 143 | 104 | 42 | .289 | .337 | .409 |
| Away | 319 | 1210 | 288 | 4 | 113 | 101 | 39 | .269 | .321 | .335 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 196 | 41 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | .236 | .270 | .310 |
| May | 112 | 405 | 96 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 15 | .270 | .331 | .419 |
| June | 119 | 468 | 116 | 2 | 50 | 34 | 14 | .284 | .321 | .372 |
| July | 141 | 542 | 126 | 1 | 53 | 54 | 15 | .267 | .332 | .331 |
| August | 121 | 453 | 116 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 11 | .279 | .320 | .370 |
| September | 107 | 407 | 116 | 3 | 43 | 38 | 16 | .325 | .378 | .417 |
| October | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .389 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 94 | 348 | 89 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 9 | .288 | .333 | .401 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 89 | 321 | 79 | 3 | 23 | 31 | 15 | .277 | .343 | .368 |
| chicago-white-sox | 89 | 360 | 90 | 3 | 46 | 35 | 6 | .291 | .347 | .395 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 87 | 314 | 77 | 1 | 25 | 28 | 9 | .278 | .334 | .365 |
| cleveland-guardians | 86 | 338 | 81 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 7 | .265 | .302 | .353 |
| detroit-tigers | 85 | 331 | 81 | 2 | 36 | 28 | 17 | .278 | .329 | .357 |
| new-york-yankees | 66 | 262 | 65 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 11 | .279 | .336 | .412 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 117 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .324 | .342 | .390 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  St. Louis Browns | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Browns | 18 | 27 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | .296 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 78 | 251 | 62 | – | 18 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 121 | 440 | 140 | 4 | 52 | 4 | .318 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 582 | 158 | 14 | 77 | 11 | .271 | – | – |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns | 78 | 248 | 62 | 1 | 24 | 4 | .250 | – | – |
| 1928 |  New York Yankees | 83 | 251 | 73 | 1 | 37 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 1929 | Boston Braves, New York Yankees | 98 | 337 | 100 | – | 40 | 4 | .297 | – | – |
| 1930 |  Boston Braves | 21 | 59 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .186 | – | – |