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Aaron Robinson

Aaron Andrew Robinson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 23, 1915 in Lancaster, SC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1943
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/WhiteSox/RedSox 1943-1951

Final Game: September 28, 1951
Died: March 9, 1966 in Lancaster, SC
Buried: Zion Methodist Church, Lancaster, SC
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1937	22	SNH	D	93	349	349		130	21	5	17						.372	.372	.607	.980		212						SNH · COPL
1938	23	NYY-min	B,C	90	317	317		97	24	3	6						.306	.306	.457	.763		145						NFK,AKR · PIED,MATL
1939	24	NYY-min	C,A	113	369	369		131	39	6	9						.355	.355	.566	.921		209						AKR,BNG · MATL,EL
1940	25	NYY-min	A,AA	75	221	221		62	12	7	5						.281	.281	.466	.747		103						BNG,KCY · EL,AA
1941	26	NYY-min	AA	105	353	319	46	86	13	3	7	52	3		32	27	.270	.338	.395	.733		126		1	1			KCY · AA
1942	27	NYY-min	AA	100	323	291	44	83	14	3	20	61	2	1	29	23	.285	.354	.560	.914		163	3	2	1			NWK · IL
1943	28	NYY-min	AA	19	68	55	7	15	1	0	4	11	3	1	11	3	.273	.412	.509	.921		28		2	0			NWK · IL
1943	28	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1945	30	NYY	AL	50	183	160	19	45	6	1	8	24	0	0	21	23	.281	.368	.481	.849	142	77	3	1	1		2
1946	31	NYY	AL	100	381	330	32	98	17	2	16	64	0	1	48	39	.297	.388	.506	.894	147	167	4	1	2		2	MVP-16
1947	32	NYY	AL	82	294	252	23	68	11	5	5	36	0	1	40	26	.270	.370	.413	.783	118	104	5	0	0		2	AS
1948	33	CHW	AL	98	373	326	47	82	14	2	8	39	0	1	46	30	.252	.344	.380	.724	96	124	8	0	1		2
1949	34	DET	AL	110	411	331	38	89	12	0	13	56	0	2	73	21	.269	.402	.423	.825	118	140	13	1	6		*2
1950	35	DET	AL	107	358	283	37	64	7	0	9	37	0	1	75	35	.226	.388	.346	.735	87	98	4	0	0		*2
1951	36	TOT	AL	62	190	156	12	32	7	1	2	16	0	0	34	19	.205	.347	.301	.649	73	47	5	0	0		2
1951	36	DET	AL	36	99	82	3	17	6	0	0	9	0	0	17	9	.207	.343	.280	.624	70	23	4	0	0		2
1951	36	BOS	AL	26	91	74	9	15	1	1	2	7	0	0	17	10	.203	.352	.324	.676	76	24	1	0	0		2
1952	37	POR	Opn	91	302	248	22	43	10	0	7	29	0		54	36	.173	.321	.298	.620		74		0	0			POR · PCL
1953	38	POR	Opn	105	347	274	33	68	6	2	13	39	0		72	38	.248	.405	.427	.832		117	10	0	1			POR · PCL
1954	39	CHW-min	B,AAA	54	125	113	6	31	8	2	1	6	0		10	10	.274	.331	.407	.738		46	0	0	1	1		FAY,CHL · CARL,AA
1955	40	NYY-BAL-min	B	36	62	62		12	0	0	2						.194	.194	.290	.484		18						WSM,FAY · CARL
8 Yrs				610	2191	1839	208	478	74	11	61	272	0	6	337	194	.260	.375	.412	.787	112	757	42	3	10
162 Game Avg.				162	582	488	55	127	20	3	16	72	0	2	89	52	.260	.375	.412	.787	112	201	11	1	3

NYY (4 yrs)				233	859	743	74	211	34	8	29	124	0	2	109	89	.284	.377	.468	.845	136	348	12	2	3
DET (3 yrs)				253	868	696	78	170	25	0	22	102	0	3	165	65	.244	.390	.375	.765	100	261	21	1	6
BOS (1 yr)				26	91	74	9	15	1	1	2	7	0	0	17	10	.203	.352	.324	.676	76	24	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				98	373	326	47	82	14	2	8	39	0	1	46	30	.252	.344	.380	.724	96	124	8	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1943	28	NYY	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.464	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1945	30	NYY	AL	50	183	8	0	0	1	2	11	1.2	4	15	1.6	.524	.508	1.5	0.3	14	$	2
1946	31	NYY	AL	100	381	21	0	0	0	3	24	2.6	10	34	3.6	.526	.516	3.6	0.4	34	$	2	MVP-16
1947	32	NYY	AL	82	294	7	-0	0	0	2	9	0.9	8	16	1.7	.512	.506	1.7	0.2	16	$	2	AS
1948	33	CHW	AL	98	373	-1	1	-0	-1	3	2	0.2	9	11	1.1	.502	.501	1.2	0.2	12	$	2
1949	34	DET	AL	110	411	12	-1	-0	0	3	14	1.4	10	24	2.4	.512	.508	2.4	0.3	24	$	*2
1950	35	DET	AL	107	358	-3	-2	2	0	3	-0	0.0	10	9	1.0	.500	.500	1.0	0.3	9	$	*2
1951	36	DET	AL	36	99	-3	0	-1	-1	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2
1951	36	BOS	AL	26	91	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.497	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$	2
8 Seasons				610	2191	38	-2	1	-1	18	54	5.8	55	110	11.5	.510	.504	11.5	1.8	111	$

NYY (4 yrs)				233	859	35	0	0	1	7	44	4.7	21	65	6.9	.521	.507	6.8	0.9	64	$
DET (3 yrs)				253	868	6	-4	1	-1	7	10	1.0	23	33	3.3	.504	.502	3.4	0.6	34	$
BOS (1 yr)				26	91	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.497	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$
CHW (1 yr)				98	373	-1	1	-0	-1	3	2	0.2	9	11	1.1	.502	.501	1.2	0.2	12	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	28	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	88		.000	.257	.000	.332	.000	.355	.000	.687	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1945	30	NYY	AL	183	119	28	6.3	92	.287	.281	.266	.368	.339	.481	.362	.849	.701	142	.710	8.4	0.9	.839	.331	.200	.0
1946	31	NYY	AL	381	239	64	7.2	97	.298	.297	.265	.388	.339	.506	.381	.894	.720	147	.730	21.4	2.2	.907	.352	.209	.0
1947	32	NYY	AL	294	190	38	5.3	96	.285	.270	.262	.370	.341	.413	.376	.783	.717	118	.610	6.8	0.7	.753	.298	.143	.0
1948	33	CHW	AL	373	254	42	4.4	102	.257	.252	.268	.344	.353	.380	.388	.724	.740	96	.480	-1.8	-0.2	.668	.267	.129	.0
1949	34	DET	AL	411	263	55	5.6	107	.256	.269	.271	.402	.363	.423	.393	.825	.756	118	.588	11.5	1.1	.825	.369	.154	.0
1950	35	DET	AL	358	224	38	4.5	116	.230	.226	.282	.388	.370	.346	.423	.735	.792	87	.456	-2.7	-0.3	.768	.382	.120	.0
1951	36	TOT	AL	190	129	16	3.3	106	.222	.205	.273	.347	.355	.301	.400	.649	.755	73	.365	-4.9	-0.5	.628	.314	.096	.0
1951	36	DET	AL	99	69	8	3.1	102	.233	.207	.268	.343	.349	.280	.392	.624	.741	70	.338	-2.6	-0.3	.580	.280	.073
1951	36	BOS	AL	91	60	8	3.6	110	.210	.203	.279	.352	.362	.324	.409	.676	.771	76	.396	-2.3	-0.2	.683	.351	.122	.0
8 Yrs				2191	1419	281	5.3	103	.263	.260	.269	.375	.353	.412	.390	.787	.743	112	.578	38.4	3.9	.774	.332	.152	.0
162 Game Avg.				582	377	75	5.3	103	.263	.260	.269	.375	.353	.412	.390	.787	.743	112	.578	10	1	.774	.332	.152

NYY (4 yrs)				859	549	130	6.3	95	.291	.284	.264	.377	.340	.468	.375	.845	.715	136	.689	36.3	3.8	.837	.328	.184	.0
DET (3 yrs)				868	556	101	4.8	110	.243	.244	.275	.390	.364	.375	.405	.765	.769	100	.510	6.2	0.6	.771	.364	.131	.0
BOS (1 yr)				91	60	8	3.6	110	.210	.203	.279	.352	.362	.324	.409	.676	.771	76	.396	-2.3	-0.2	.683	.351	.122	.0
CHW (1 yr)				373	254	42	4.4	102	.257	.252	.268	.344	.353	.380	.388	.724	.740	96	.479	-1.8	-0.2	.668	.267	.129	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	32	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	3	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	NYY	AL	32		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	28	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1945	30	NYY	AL	183	4.4%	12.6%	11.5%	8.2%	33%	1.10	7.0	20.0	6.7		70%
1946	31	NYY	AL	381	4.2%	10.2%	12.6%	9.2%	36%	0.81	8.5	20.6	5.2		72%
1947	32	NYY	AL	294	1.7%	8.8%	13.6%	7.1%	31%	0.65	9.7	50.4	7.0		75%
1948	33	CHW	AL	373	2.1%	8.0%	12.3%	6.4%	29%	0.65	10.9	40.8	8.4	0.87	77%
1949	34	DET	AL	411	3.2%	5.1%	17.8%	6.1%	28%	0.29	15.8	25.5	5.9	0.64	72%
1950	35	DET	AL	358	2.5%	9.8%	21.0%	4.5%	25%	0.47	8.1	31.4	7.6	0.55	67%
1951	36	TOT	AL	190	1.1%	10.0%	17.9%	5.3%	31%	0.56	8.2	78.0	9.8	0.85	71%
1951	36	DET	AL	99	0.0%	9.1%	17.2%	6.1%	35%	0.53	9.1		9.1	0.85	74%
1951	36	BOS	AL	91	2.2%	11.0%	18.7%	4.4%	27%	0.59	7.4	37.0	10.6	0.85	68%
8 Yrs				2191	2.8%	8.9%	15.4%	6.7%	31%	0.58	9.5	30.1	6.8	0.69	72%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	26%	0.99	9.5	59.0	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	28	NYY	AL	-0.2	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1945	30	NYY	AL	8.2	0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	31	NYY	AL	21.4	2.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	NYY	AL	6.8	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	172	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.20	-0.9	0.3	-10.1	-1.0	1.01	-10.9	2.75	2
1949	34	DET	AL	11.0	1.1	243	-0.0	4.1	-4.2	1.05	-0.2	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	1.02	-2.4	1.29	5
1950	35	DET	AL	-2.7	-0.3	292	-0.3	4.1	-4.4	.89	-0.3	-0.1	-8.4	-0.8	0.96	-2.8	1.25	3
1951	36	TOT	AL	-4.9	-0.5	173	-0.9	2.1	-3.1	.94	-0.5	-0.5	-5.1	-0.5	0.94	-5.9	2.26	2
1951	36	DET	AL	-2.6	-0.3	82	-0.3	1.1	-1.3	.98	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.95	-4.2	2.90	1
1951	36	BOS	AL	-2.3	-0.2	91	-0.7	1.1	-1.7	.91	-0.2	-0.6	-2.4	-0.2	0.93	-1.7	1.62	1
8 Yrs				37.8	3.9	880	-2.0	13.3	-15.3	1.00	-1.9	-0.1	-25.0	-2.4	0.98	-21.9	1.68	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	33	CHW	AL	2	33%	59	1	0%	0	0	1	35%	15	13	2	3	2	1	5	0	5
1949	34	DET	AL	1	17%	75	2	0%	0	1	2	33%	13	9	4	2	2	0	6	3	3
1950	35	DET	AL	3	22%	106	1	0%	1	4	0	25%	15	13	2	5	5	0	8	2	5
1951	36	TOT	AL	2	16%	58	0		0	2	1	37%	12	9	3	2	2	0	5	1	4
1951	36	DET	AL	1	9%	22	0		0	1	0	43%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1951	36	BOS	AL	1	23%	36	0		0	1	1	33%	8	6	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
8 Yrs				8	19%	298	6	0%	1	7	4	32%	55	44	11	12	11	1	24	6	17

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	33	CHW	AL	373	94%	82			2	1	0	0	2.75	8	0	6	1	0	3	5	0	0	1		35	8	23%	17	5	29%	121	12	10%	8	4	50%	3	2	67%	0
1949	34	DET	AL	411	88%	89			5	0	0	0	1.29	13	0	13	5	0	8	5	0	4	6	150%	66	13	20%	26	10	38%	183	23	13%	16	7	44%	15	12	80%	0
1950	35	DET	AL	358	78%	64			3	2	0	0	1.25	9	0	4	6	1	4	5	0	0	0		66	4	6%	30	10	33%	207	23	11%	28	13	46%	11	4	36%	0
1951	36	TOT	AL	190	92%	32			2	1	0	0	2.26	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0%	35	5	14%	15	2	13%	110	11	10%	11	6	55%	3	1	33%	0
1951	36	DET	AL	99	88%	17			1	1	0	0	2.90	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	16	4	25%	7	2	29%	53	5	9%	6	4	67%	1	0	0%	0
1951	36	BOS	AL	91	97%	15			1	0	0	0	1.62	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	19	1	5%	8	0	0%	57	6	11%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				1332	87%	478			12	4	0	0	1.68	61	0	26	14	1	16	16	0	6	10	167%	202	42	21%	88	27	31%	621	69	11%	63	30	48%	32	19	59%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			269%			29%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1944	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1945	30	51	184	161	19	45	6	1	8	24	0	21	24	.280	.366	.478	.844	140	77	3	1	1
1946	31	151	565	491	51	143	23	3	24	88	1	69	63	.291	.381	.497	.878	145	244	7	2	3
1947	32	233	859	743	74	211	34	8	29	124	2	109	89	.284	.377	.468	.845	136	348	12	2	3
1948	33	331	1232	1069	121	293	48	10	37	163	3	155	119	.274	.367	.442	.809	123	472	20	2	4
1949	34	441	1643	1400	159	382	60	10	50	219	5	228	140	.273	.376	.437	.813	122	612	33	3	10
1950	35	548	2001	1683	196	446	67	10	59	256	6	303	175	.265	.378	.422	.800	116	710	37	3	10
1951	36	610	2191	1839	208	478	74	11	61	272	6	337	194	.260	.375	.412	.787	112	757	42	3	10

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1945	30	53	199	173	22	51	7	1	9	28	0	24	24	.295	.384	.503	.887	33	50
1946	31	105	406	350	36	108	19	2	18	73	0	53	41	.309	.401	.529	.930	73	100
1947	32	85	307	264	25	73	12	5	5	40	0	43	27	.277	.378	.417	.795	43	82
1948	33	102	389	340	48	85	15	2	8	40	0	48	31	.250	.343	.376	.719	44	98
1949	34	115	424	343	37	90	12	0	13	55	0	74	22	.262	.395	.411	.806	55	110
1950	35	112	359	289	33	60	7	0	8	33	0	70	37	.208	.362	.315	.677	33	107
1951	36	65	196	162	12	32	7	1	2	15	0	34	20	.198	.337	.290	.627	16	62
8 Yrs		638	2281	1922	213	499	79	11	63	284	0	346	203	.260	.373	.411	.784	297	610
162 Game Avg.		162	579	488	54	127	20	3	16	72	0	88	52	.260	.373	.411	.784	75	610

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1947	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 AL (16, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 16 (10th)

All-Star Games
1947

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 AL 16 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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