Brooks Robinson
Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (Vacuum Cleaner)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Little Rock Central (Little Rock, AR)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1955
Final Game: August 13, 1977
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1983 (344/374 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BAL AL 18 3B 6 6 44.0 12 2 8 2 1 .833 -2.3 -62.7 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 2.05 1.67 .958 3.17 2.73
1956 BAL AL 19 3B 14 9 101.1 36 9 25 2 3 .944 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 3.02 2.43 .950 3.22 2.78
1956 BAL AL 19 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1957 BAL AL 20 3B 47 32 284.1 103 34 66 3 5 .971 2.4 10.1 2.4 1.3 1.1 0 3.17 2.13 .950 3.23 2.77
1958 BAL AL 21 3B 140 126 1119.1 447 151 275 21 30 .953 6.7 7.2 5.7 4.1 1.5 1 3.43 3.04 .951 3.11 2.59
1958 BAL AL 21 2B 16 0 24.1 15 6 8 1 2 .933 -0.8 -39.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 5.18 0.88 .980 5.25 4.68
1959 BAL AL 22 3B 87 80 723.1 292 92 187 13 25 .955 13.0 21.6 11.0 6.1 4.9 2 3.47 3.21 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 BAL AL 22 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1960 BAL AL 23 3B 152 152 1354.2 511 171 328 12 34 .977 17.1 15.1 15.1 6.6 8.5 2 3.32 3.28 .951 3.14 2.72 AS,MVP-3,GG
1960 BAL AL 23 2B 3 0 4.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 11.25 1.67 .980 5.40 4.67 AS,MVP-3,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 3B 163 162 1459.2 496 151 331 14 34 .972 15.4 12.7 14.4 8.3 6.2 1 2.97 2.96 .949 3.18 2.79 AS,MVP-19,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.70 AS,MVP-19,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 SS 1 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 27.00 6.00 .950 4.95 4.40 AS,MVP-19,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 3B 162 162 1445.1 513 163 339 11 32 .979 17.9 14.9 16.9 2.4 14.5 1 3.13 3.10 .951 3.08 2.79 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 SS 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.29 0.33 1.000 4.89 4.47 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 2B 2 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.85 AS,MVP-9,GG
1963 BAL AL 26 3B 160 158 1414.0 495 153 330 12 43 .976 11.5 9.8 8.5 5.6 2.9 3 3.07 3.02 .945 3.02 2.85 AS,GG
1963 BAL AL 26 SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 4.80 4.60 AS,GG
1964 BAL AL 27 3B 163 163 1456.2 494 153 327 14 40 .972 17.3 14.3 15.3 13.8 1.6 2 2.97 2.94 .954 3.03 2.76 AS,MVP-1,GG
1965 BAL AL 28 3B 143 143 1298.2 455 144 296 15 36 .967 7.9 7.3 5.9 1.6 4.3 2 3.05 3.08 .960 3.13 2.87 AS,MVP-3,GG
1966 BAL AL 29 3B 157 157 1431.1 499 174 313 12 26 .976 3.6 3.0 2.6 3.2 -0.7 1 3.06 3.10 .953 3.03 2.80 AS,MVP-2,GG
1967 BAL AL 30 3B 158 158 1413.1 563 147 405 11 37 .980 32.3 27.4 31.3 14.8 16.5 1 3.52 3.49 .954 3.13 2.72 AS,GG
1968 BAL AL 31 3B 162 161 1435.0 537 168 353 16 31 .970 32.6 27.3 30.6 19.4 11.3 2 3.27 3.22 .950 3.05 2.67 AS,MVP-17,GG
1969 BAL AL 32 3B 156 156 1392.2 546 163 370 13 37 .976 23.4 20.2 22.4 10.8 11.6 1 3.44 3.42 .954 3.16 2.74 AS,MVP-23,GG
1970 BAL AL 33 3B 156 156 1389.2 495 157 321 17 30 .966 5.1 4.4 5.1 -2.2 7.4 0 3.10 3.06 .948 3.07 2.67 AS,MVP-7,GG
1971 BAL AL 34 3B 156 155 1371.2 501 131 354 16 35 .968 20.5 17.9 18.5 13.1 5.5 2 3.18 3.11 .955 3.04 2.74 AS,MVP-4,GG
1972 BAL AL 35 3B 152 149 1323.1 473 129 333 11 27 .977 18.1 16.4 17.1 11.2 5.9 1 3.14 3.04 .953 2.98 2.70 AS,MVP-26,GG
1973 BAL AL 36 3B 154 151 1341.2 498 129 354 15 25 .970 18.1 16.2 17.1 9.2 7.9 1 3.24 3.14 .949 3.00 2.68 AS,GG
1974 BAL AL 37 3B 153 151 1362.0 543 115 410 18 44 .967 14.7 13.0 13.7 7.9 5.8 1 3.47 3.43 .953 3.12 2.77 AS,MVP-12,GG
1975 BAL AL 38 3B 143 134 1223.2 431 96 326 9 30 .979 19.2 18.8 17.2 7.6 9.7 2 3.10 2.95 .953 3.16 2.81 GG
1976 BAL AL 39 3B 71 59 551.2 191 59 126 6 11 .969 -1.7 -3.7 -1.7 -5.7 4.0 0 3.02 2.61 .952 2.94 2.64
1977 BAL AL 40 3B 15 10 100.1 34 6 28 0 2 1.000 0.5 6.0 0.5 -0.2 0.8 0 3.05 2.27 .956 2.97 2.72
23 Seasons 3B 2870 2790 25037.2 9165 2697 6205 263 618 .971 293.1 14.0 267.1 137.0 130.6 26 3.20 3.10 .952 3.09 2.74
6 Seasons 2B 25 0 35.1 23 10 12 1 3 .957 -0.8 -27.2 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 0 5.60 0.88 .983 5.30 4.70
3 Seasons SS 5 0 12.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 0.8 80.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 6.00 1.60 .962 4.88 4.48
23 Seasons TOT 2900 2790 25085.0 9196 2712 6220 264 621 .971 293.1 14.0 267.1 137.3 130.3 26 3.20 3.08 .923 3.09 2.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 BAL AL 18 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 19 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 BAL AL 20 50 32 50 50 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1958 BAL AL 21 145 126 145 145 0 0 0 16 140 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1959 BAL AL 22 88 80 88 88 0 0 0 1 87 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1960 BAL AL 23 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 3 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 24 163 162 163 163 0 0 0 2 163 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 25 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 2 162 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BAL AL 26 161 158 161 161 0 0 0 0 160 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
1964 BAL AL 27 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BAL AL 28 144 143 144 144 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 BAL AL 29 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BAL AL 30 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL AL 31 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 32 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 33 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 BAL AL 34 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 35 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 BAL AL 36 155 151 155 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 BAL AL 37 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 38 144 134 144 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 BAL AL 39 71 59 71 71 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 BAL AL 40 24 10 24 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
23 Seasons 2896 2790 2896 2885 0 0 0 25 2870 5 0 0 0 0 0 34 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 18 193 65% 83% 28% 13 69% 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1956 BAL AL 19 460 61% 75% 25% 38 79% 1 7 6 1 0 26 13 10 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 BAL AL 20 1187 63% 79% 26% 106 89% 0 36 31 1 4 65 55 8 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 0%
1958 BAL AL 21 4696 66% 80% 24% 444 90% 5 153 128 9 16 281 218 46 5 7 21 0 15 6 17 31 24 1 29 1 1 0 14 64%
1959 BAL AL 22 3067 64% 79% 30% 284 92% 1 91 75 9 7 186 144 38 1 3 13 1 7 5 10 25 15 4 22 2 2 0 12 42%
1960 BAL AL 23 5835 63% 77% 26% 498 94% 4 169 145 8 16 330 252 67 3 6 12 0 9 3 9 34 25 3 29 5 5 0 16 56%
1961 BAL AL 24 6267 62% 75% 26% 490 91% 4 153 119 13 22 325 265 56 3 5 14 1 8 5 11 35 27 2 32 0 0 0 14 43%
1962 BAL AL 25 6349 57% 77% 25% 498 94% 4 164 130 16 18 338 267 60 2 7 11 0 10 1 9 32 26 1 27 5 2 3 24 63%
1963 BAL AL 26 6052 61% 77% 26% 472 96% 4 153 125 12 16 332 252 68 4 6 12 0 10 2 10 43 31 2 37 4 2 2 15 87%
1964 BAL AL 27 6126 60% 77% 26% 474 93% 3 146 117 7 22 335 259 62 3 15 14 0 13 1 9 39 28 2 33 4 2 2 10 80%
1965 BAL AL 28 5522 61% 76% 26% 431 94% 0 146 109 17 20 294 224 60 6 10 15 0 13 2 10 36 24 3 29 5 3 2 12 92%
1966 BAL AL 29 6129 62% 74% 25% 456 95% 3 173 137 14 22 307 254 43 1 11 12 0 8 4 9 26 14 4 22 4 4 0 13 100%
1967 BAL AL 30 6076 61% 74% 25% 528 97% 5 145 113 15 17 405 309 80 8 12 11 0 11 0 9 37 23 5 31 5 2 3 8 100%
1968 BAL AL 31 6033 57% 74% 26% 516 95% 6 168 139 13 16 355 282 63 1 8 16 1 11 4 11 31 23 2 26 5 3 2 7 86%
1969 BAL AL 32 5795 64% 77% 26% 525 94% 2 159 127 8 24 375 285 75 3 12 13 0 9 4 12 38 31 2 34 4 2 2 17 100%
1970 BAL AL 33 5877 65% 77% 24% 481 93% 1 156 125 7 24 323 264 52 1 12 17 0 15 2 12 30 20 2 24 3 3 0 17 94%
1971 BAL AL 34 5780 62% 79% 26% 483 93% 4 126 95 15 16 352 273 73 1 4 16 0 16 0 14 35 27 2 31 2 2 0 17 65%
1972 BAL AL 35 5424 66% 79% 27% 472 94% 0 128 111 5 12 333 278 52 0 2 11 0 10 1 8 28 24 1 26 2 1 1 14 86%
1973 BAL AL 36 5662 65% 81% 28% 480 95% 6 126 101 8 17 354 290 53 2 9 15 0 14 1 13 26 21 2 24 1 0 1 11 100%
1974 BAL AL 37 5832 69% 81% 27% 533 93% 4 117 95 12 10 407 308 78 2 9 18 1 14 3 13 44 33 3 37 6 3 3 17 76%
1975 BAL AL 38 5215 59% 80% 28% 419 95% 5 97 77 11 9 328 258 54 4 5 9 0 8 1 7 31 22 3 28 3 2 1 13 92%
1976 BAL AL 39 2411 63% 81% 26% 182 94% 0 59 46 3 10 125 97 26 0 2 6 0 5 1 6 11 8 1 9 1 0 1 4 100%
1977 BAL AL 40 447 63% 80% 26% 33 91% 1 6 3 1 2 27 19 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
23 Seasons 106435 62% 77% 26% 8856 94% 63 2680 2155 206 320 6211 4872 1131 55 148 263 4 212 47 205 623 455 46 540 63 40 23 260 77%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 BAL AL 19 6 67% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 21 118 63% 75% 25% 7 71% 0 5 0 4 1 8 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 22 3 100% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 23 22 77% 86% 14% 1 100% 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 24 6 67% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 25 14 50% 86% 14% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 169 65% 78% 22% 10 80% 0 9 0 5 4 12 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1961 BAL AL 24 8 50% 75% 25% 6 100% 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 25 24 54% 79% 17% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BAL AL 26 10 60% 60% 40% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 42 55% 74% 24% 8 100% 0 5 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

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