Jerry Robertson

Pitcher, Baseball Player

1943 – 1996

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Who was Jerry Robertson?

Jerry Lee Robertson was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Winchester, Kansas, the right-hander was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 27th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and later drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Cardinals as the 38th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. He played for the Expos and Detroit Tigers.

Robertson started 27 of the 49 games he appeared in during his short MLB career. He pitched in the very first game in Montreal Expos history, contributing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief to an 11–10 victory over the New York Mets. He also had the best earned run average of any of the Expos pitchers who started 15 or more games during that inaugural season.

After being used in relief during the early part of the season, Robertson joined the starting rotation on May 23. He pitched six or more innings in 17 of his 27 starts, but did not get much run support from his teammates. In his 16 losses, the Expos scored a total of just 20 runs, and were victims of a shutout in seven of those games.

Robertson was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers on December 3, 1969, for veteran right-handed pitcher Joe Sparma.

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Born
Oct 13, 1943
Winchester
Profession
Education
  • Washburn University
Lived in
  • Winchester
Died
Mar 24, 1996
Burlington

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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