What years did Robb Nen play?

Robb Nen played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2002.

Was Robb Nen a pitcher?

Yes. Robb Nen pitched in the major leagues, recording 45 wins and 793 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Robb Nen hit?

Robb Nen hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Robb Nen play for?

Robb Nen played for 3 teams: the Texas Rangers (1993), the Florida Marlins (1993–1997), and the San Francisco Giants (1998–2002).

Did Robb Nen win a Cy Young Award?

No. Robb Nen did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Robb Nen win?

Robb Nen was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Robb Nen's career stats?

In 643 games, Robb Nen went 45-42 with a 2.98 ERA, 793 strikeouts, 715.0 innings pitched, and 314 saves.

What was Robb Nen's salary?

Robb Nen's last recorded salary was $9,150,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $9,150,000, in 2004, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2004.

What position did Robb Nen play?

Robb Nen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Robb Nen and how much did he weigh?

Robb Nen was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Robb Nen's career ERA?

Robb Nen finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 45-42 with 793 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Robb Nen have?

Robb Nen recorded 793 career strikeouts.

Is Robb Nen in the Hall of Fame?

No. Robb Nen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Robb Nen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2002)

Robb Nen was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2002 for the Texas Rangers, the Florida Marlins, and the San Francisco Giants, a span of 10 seasons. Across 643 career appearances, he went 45-42 with a 2.98 ERA, 793 strikeouts, and 314 saves. Robb Nen was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 28254.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 45–42

ERA 2.98

WHIP 1.21

SO 793

Pitcher PIV 28254.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 200 lb
Born: 11/28/1969 in San Pedro, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-04-10
Last Game: 2002-09-28
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Robert Allen Nen

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Career Pitching Statistics

Robb Nen — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
45	42	643	4	0	0	314	715.0	607	237	51	260	793	2.98	28254.8

Career ERA 2.98 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — 33.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Robb Nen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	TEX	AL	1	1	9	3	0	22.2	28	16	26	12	6.35	4.19 (-52%)	-993.7
1993	FLO	NL	1	0	15	1	0	33.1	35	26	20	27	7.02	4.19 (-68%)	-773.1
1994	FLO	NL	5	5	44	0	15	58.0	46	19	17	60	2.95	4.51 (+35%)	1798.1
1995	FLO	NL	0	7	62	0	23	65.2	62	24	23	68	3.29	4.45 (+26%)	1887.8
1996	FLO	NL	5	1	75	0	35	83.0	67	18	21	92	1.95	4.61 (+58%)	5376.9
1997	FLO	NL	9	3	73	0	35	74.0	72	32	40	81	3.89	4.39 (+11%)	1160.9
1998	SFN	NL	7	7	78	0	40	88.2	59	15	25	110	1.52	4.43 (+66%)	5208.4
1999	SFN	NL	3	8	72	0	37	72.1	79	32	27	77	3.98	4.71 (+15%)	2103.1
2000	SFN	NL	4	3	68	0	41	66.0	37	11	19	92	1.50	4.77 (+69%)	4483.4
2001	SFN	NL	4	5	79	0	45	77.2	58	26	22	93	3.01	4.42 (+32%)	3690.0
2002	SFN	NL	6	2	68	0	43	73.2	64	18	20	81	2.20	4.28 (+49%)	4313.0
Career · 11 seasons			45	42	643	4	314	715.0	607	237	260	793	2.98	—	28,255

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Robb Nen — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
643	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.067	.067	.067	.133	0

Career AVG .067 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 75.0% below league average.

Career OBP .067 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 80.2% below league average.

Career SLG .067 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 84.2% below league average.

Career OPS .133 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — 82.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Robb Nen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	TEX	AL	9	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	FLO	NL	15	4	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	FLO	NL	44	3	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	FLO	NL	62	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	FLO	NL	75	2	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	FLO	NL	73	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SFN	NL	78	3	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	SFN	NL	72	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SFN	NL	68	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SFN	NL	79	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SFN	NL	68	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			643	15	1	4	.067	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Robb Nen — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Robb Nen — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2002	NLCS	SFN	3	1	1	.000
2002	NLDS1	SFN	4	0	0	.000
2002	WS	SFN	3	0	0	.000
2000	NLDS2	SFN	2	0	0	.000
1997	NLCS	FLO	2	0	0	.000
1997	NLDS1	FLO	2	0	0	.000
1997	WS	FLO	4	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Robb Nen — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	20	0	11	20.0	20	5	8	20	2.25

Playoff Pitching by Year

Robb Nen — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	NLCS	SFN	0	3	3	3.1	3	1	1	4	2.70
2002	NLDS1	SFN	0	4	2	2.2	4	0	1	1	0.00
2002	WS	SFN	0	3	2	3.0	2	0	1	3	0.00
2000	NLDS2	SFN	0	2	0	2.1	2	0	1	3	0.00
1997	NLCS	FLO	0	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1997	NLDS1	FLO	1	2	0	2.0	1	0	2	2	0.00
1997	WS	FLO	0	4	2	4.2	8	4	2	7	7.71

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Robb Nen — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	347	10	0	1	0	0	.100
Away	296	5	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Robb Nen — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	347	394.2	321	117	126	439	2.67
Away	296	320.1	286	120	134	354	3.37

Last 10 Games — Batting

Robb Nen — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
2002-09-28	SFG	HOU	W	0	0
2002-09-27	SFG	HOU	W	0	0
2002-09-22	SFG	MIL	W	0	0
2002-09-21	SFG	MIL	W	0	0
2002-09-18	SFG	LAD	W	0	0
2002-09-17	SFG	LAD	W	0	0
2002-09-12	SFG	SDP	L	0	0
2002-09-10	SFG	LAD	W	0	0
2002-09-09	SFG	LAD	W	1	1
2002-09-08	SFG	AZ	W	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Robb Nen — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2002-09-28	SFG	HOU	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2002-09-27	SFG	HOU	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	3
2002-09-22	SFG	MIL	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2002-09-21	SFG	MIL	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2002-09-18	SFG	LAD	—	1.0	1	1	1	2	1
2002-09-17	SFG	LAD	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2002-09-12	SFG	SDP	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
2002-09-10	SFG	LAD	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2002-09-09	SFG	LAD	SV	1.1	1	0	0	1	1
2002-09-08	SFG	AZ	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Robb Nen — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	643	4	44	69	7	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Robb Nen — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	TEX	P	9	3	5	2	0	1
1993	FLO	P	15	1	1	4	0	1
1994	FLO	P	44	0	3	6	1	1
1995	FLO	P	62	0	3	9	0	1
1996	FLO	P	75	0	3	9	0	1
1997	FLO	P	73	0	9	7	1	1
1998	SFN	P	78	0	4	8	1	1
1999	SFN	P	72	0	2	10	2	1
2000	SFN	P	68	0	2	6	2	0
2001	SFN	P	79	0	5	3	0	0
2002	SFN	P	68	0	7	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Robb Nen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	643

Awards & Honors

Robb Nen — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2001	TSN Reliever of the Year

Salary History

Robb Nen's recorded salaries total $51,479,000 over 13 seasons, 1990 to 2004. Nen's career, 1993 to 2002, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Robb Nen — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	SFN	NL	$9,150,000
2003	SFN	NL	$8,750,000
2002	SFN	NL	$8,300,000
2001	SFN	NL	$6,600,000
2000	SFN	NL	$5,500,000
1999	SFN	NL	$5,150,000
1998	SFN	NL	$4,090,000
1997	FLO	NL	$3,080,000
1996	FLO	NL	$340,000
1995	FLO	NL	$180,000
1994	FLO	NL	$130,000
1993	TEX	AL	$109,000
1990	TEX	AL	$100,000
Total recorded salary			$51,479,000

Award Voting History

Robb Nen — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2000	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	20.0	160	2
2000	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	12.0	448	0

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Robb Nen: the record in brief

April 10, 1993 and September 28, 2002 bracket Robb Nen's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Texas Rangers (1993), the Florida Marlins (1993 to 1997), and the San Francisco Giants (1998 through 2002). Nen played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on November 28, 1969, in San Pedro, CA, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds. The bio lists the given name Robert Allen.

Across 643 games (4 starts), Nen recorded 45 wins against 42 losses with a 2.98 ERA. The same table counts 793 strikeouts and 314 saves. The leagues Nen pitched in allowed 4.48 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 33.4% better than average. No season topped the 9 wins of 1997. The strikeout high was 110 in 1998. The most saves in one season was 45, in 2001.

Frequently Asked Questions about Robb Nen

What years did Robb Nen play?: Robb Nen played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2002.
Was Robb Nen a pitcher?: Yes. Robb Nen pitched in the major leagues, recording 45 wins and 793 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Robb Nen hit?: Robb Nen hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Robb Nen play for?: Robb Nen played for 3 teams: the Texas Rangers (1993), the Florida Marlins (1993–1997), and the San Francisco Giants (1998–2002).
Did Robb Nen win a Cy Young Award?: No. Robb Nen did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Robb Nen win?: Robb Nen was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Robb Nen's career stats?: In 643 games, Robb Nen went 45-42 with a 2.98 ERA, 793 strikeouts, 715.0 innings pitched, and 314 saves.
How much did Robb Nen earn in his career?: Robb Nen's recorded salaries total $51,479,000 over 13 seasons, 1990 to 2004. Nen's career, 1993 to 2002, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Robb Nen's salary?: Robb Nen's last recorded salary was $9,150,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $9,150,000, in 2004, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2004.
What position did Robb Nen play?: Robb Nen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Robb Nen and how much did he weigh?: Robb Nen was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Robb Nen's career ERA?: Robb Nen finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 45-42 with 793 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Robb Nen have?: Robb Nen recorded 793 career strikeouts.
Is Robb Nen in the Hall of Fame?: No. Robb Nen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.