David Robertson
David Robertson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States on April 9th, 1985 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 39, David Robertson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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David Alan Robertson (born April 9, 1985) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He previously played for the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. Robertson played college baseball for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
He was drafted by the Yankees in the 17th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft and made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2008.
Robertson was a member of the Yankees team that won the 2009 World Series.
He was named an MLB All-Star in 2011.
After Mariano Rivera retired, Robertson served as the Yankees' closer in 2014.
He signed with the White Sox as a free agent after the 2014 season and was traded back to the Yankees in July 2017.
Robertson signed with the Phillies as a free agent after the 2018 season.
Personal life
His brother, Connor, formerly played for the Oakland Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Robertson married Erin Cronin in 2009. They have two children, a son born in August 2012, and a daughter born in July 2017. The family resides in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Robertson and his wife started a charitable foundation called "High Socks for Hope" to help the victims of Robertson's hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, deal with the tornado strikes in 2011. Robertson agreed to donate $100 for every strikeout he recorded in the season. For his work, Robertson was nominated for the 2011 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. Following the death of his former White Sox teammate Daniel Webb, Robertson set up a fundraiser for Webb's family through High Socks for Hope.
Amateur career
Robertson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and played his first three years of high school baseball at Central-Tuscaloosa High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was a two-year starter for the Falcons at shortstop and pitcher. He helped lead his team to back-to-back area titles, as well as back-to-back 6A State Playoff appearances. After his junior year, Central High School was split into three smaller high schools, and Robertson attended Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, graduating in 2004. He led the Stampede to an area title and the Class 6A State Playoffs in the school's first year of existence.
Robertson enrolled at the University of Alabama and played college baseball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. As a freshman in 2005, Robertson appeared in a team-high 32 games with three games started. He compiled a 7–5 win–loss record with eight saves and a 2.92 earned run average (ERA), and set the single-season rookie record for most strikeouts (105). He led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) by limiting hitters to a .183 batting average. He was named Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, and Collegiate Baseball Magazine Freshman All-American.
In his sophomore season, Robertson helped lead the Crimson Tide to their 25th SEC Championship. He appeared in 29 games, compiling a 4–4 record with a 3.02 ERA. He led the SEC with 10 saves. In 2006, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and was named the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs in Yarmouth-Dennis' championship season.
International career; Team USA
Robertson played for the champion United States national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, getting the final outs against Puerto Rico in the gold medal game. Robertson and Robinson Cano are the only Yankees to win both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic.
In May 2021, Robertson was named to the roster of the national team for qualifying for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. After the team qualified, he was named to the Olympics roster on July 2. The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.