Charlie Robertson

Charles Culbertson Robertson (January 31, 1896 – August 23, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, and is best remembered for throwing a perfect game in 1922.

His main pitch throughout his career was a slow curveball which he often threw on the first pitch to a batter on any side of the plate, followed by a fastball up in the zone.

Perfect Game

On April 30, 1922, in just his fourth career start, he pitched the fifth perfect game in baseball history against the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field (later known as Tiger Stadium) in Detroit. He became the first pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game on the road.

After the perfect game, he suffered arm troubles for the rest of his career. He pitched one season for the St. Louis Browns and two years with the Boston Braves and retired from baseball in 1928.

Personal life After retiring from baseball, Robertson became a prosperous pecan broker in Fort Worth, Texas. He returned to the limelight after Don Larsen threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, the first in the Major Leagues since Robertson's own 34 years earlier. Six days after Larsen's game, Robertson appeared as a contestant on What's My Line?.

Robertson was married to Fay Redus, whom he met when he was first invited to spring training by the Chicago White Sox. He died in 1984 in Fort Worth, Texas, at age 88, and was the last surviving player who played for the 1919 Chicago White Sox. (Robertson only appeared in one game with that team, in May, and was not on team when they played in the World Series.)