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Brooks Robinson

Brooks Calbert Robinson (Human Vacuum Cleaner or Mr. Impossible)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Little Rock Central HS (Little Rock, AR)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1955 (Age 18)
Team: Orioles 1955-1977
Agents: Jordan Feagan,Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 13, 1977 (Age 40)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1983 (344/374 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #36. Chipper Jones… #37. Joe DiMaggio… #38. Frank Thomas… #39. BROOKS ROBINSON… #40. Paul Molitor… #41. Ken Griffey… #42. Jackie Robinson… 

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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 IBB Pos Awards
1955 18 BAL AL 6 22 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 2 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1956 19 BAL AL 15 45 44 5 10 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .227 .244 .386 .631 71 17 0 0 0 0 0 5/4
1957 20 BAL AL 50 126 117 13 28 6 1 2 14 1 0 7 10 .239 .286 .359 .645 81 42 4 1 0 1 0 5
1958 21 BAL AL 145 507 463 31 110 16 3 3 32 1 2 31 51 .238 .292 .305 .597 69 141 19 5 7 1 1 *54
1959 22 BAL AL 88 333 313 29 89 15 2 4 24 2 2 17 37 .284 .325 .383 .709 97 120 5 2 1 0 5 5/4
1960 23 BAL AL 152 651 595 74 175 27 9 14 88 2 2 35 49 .294 .329 .440 .769 108 262 29 0 13 8 0 *5/4 AS,MVP-3,GG
1961 24 BAL AL 163 736 668 89 192 38 7 7 61 1 3 47 57 .287 .334 .397 .730 98 265 21 4 8 9 2 *5/46 AS,MVP-19,GG
1962 25 BAL AL 162 697 634 77 192 29 9 23 86 3 1 42 70 .303 .342 .486 .828 126 308 18 1 10 10 3 *5/64 AS,MVP-9,GG
1963 26 BAL AL 161 648 589 67 148 26 4 11 67 2 3 46 84 .251 .305 .365 .670 91 215 8 1 8 4 4 *5/6 AS,GG
1964 27 BAL AL 163 685 612 82 194 35 3 28 118 1 0 51 64 .317 .368 .521 .889 145 319 17 4 8 10 10 *5 AS,MVP-1,GG
1965 28 BAL AL 144 616 559 81 166 25 2 18 80 3 0 47 47 .297 .351 .445 .797 124 249 15 2 4 4 9 *5 AS,MVP-3,GG
1966 29 BAL AL 157 686 620 91 167 35 2 23 100 2 3 56 36 .269 .333 .444 .776 123 275 18 5 1 4 11 *5 AS,MVP-2,GG
1967 30 BAL AL 158 681 610 88 164 25 5 22 77 1 3 54 54 .269 .328 .434 .763 124 265 21 4 5 8 9 *5 AS,GG
1968 31 BAL AL 162 667 608 65 154 36 6 17 75 1 1 44 55 .253 .304 .416 .720 117 253 12 4 3 8 11 *5 AS,MVP-17,GG
1969 32 BAL AL 156 670 598 73 140 21 3 23 84 2 1 56 55 .234 .298 .395 .693 92 236 19 3 3 10 10 *5 AS,MVP-23,GG
1970 33 BAL AL 158 673 608 84 168 31 4 18 94 1 1 53 53 .276 .335 .429 .764 109 261 18 4 1 7 5 *5 AS,MVP-7,GG
1971 34 BAL AL 156 663 589 67 160 21 1 20 92 0 0 63 50 .272 .341 .413 .754 114 243 15 3 1 7 8 *5 AS,MVP-4,GG
1972 35 BAL AL 153 612 556 48 139 23 2 8 64 1 0 43 45 .250 .303 .342 .644 90 190 12 2 4 7 4 *5 AS,MVP-26,GG
1973 36 BAL AL 155 619 549 53 141 17 2 9 72 2 0 55 50 .257 .326 .344 .670 90 189 19 3 8 4 5 *5 AS,GG
1974 37 BAL AL 153 622 553 46 159 27 0 7 59 2 0 56 47 .288 .353 .374 .728 113 207 14 3 5 5 13 *5 AS,MVP-12,GG
1975 38 BAL AL 144 539 482 50 97 15 1 6 53 0 0 44 33 .201 .267 .274 .541 58 132 6 1 8 4 10 *5 GG
1976 39 BAL AL 71 232 218 16 46 8 2 3 11 0 0 8 24 .211 .240 .307 .548 64 67 5 1 3 2 0 5
1977 40 BAL AL 24 52 47 3 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .149 .212 .255 .467 30 12 2 0 0 1 0 5
23 Yrs 2896 11782 10654 1232 2848 482 68 268 1357 28 22 860 990 .267 .322 .401 .723 104 4270 297 53 101 114 120
162 Game Avg. 162 659 596 69 159 27 4 15 76 2 1 48 55 .267 .322 .401 .723 104 239 17 3 6 6 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

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
1955 18 BAL AL 6 22 -4 0 0 -2 0 -6 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .385 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $6,000 /5
1956 19 BAL AL 15 45 -2 0 0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 5/4
1957 20 BAL AL 50 126 -2 0 -0 2 0 0 0.0 3 4 0.3 .500 .500 0.1 0.3 1 5
1958 21 BAL AL 145 507 -22 -0 -2 6 2 -17 -1.9 14 -3 -0.6 .487 .489 -1.2 0.9 -8 *54
1959 22 BAL AL 88 333 -1 -2 0 13 1 12 1.1 9 21 2.0 .514 .508 0.7 1.5 8 5/4
1960 23 BAL AL 152 651 5 2 -5 17 3 22 2.1 18 40 3.8 .515 .514 2.2 2.0 23 *5/4 AS,MVP-3,GG
1961 24 BAL AL 163 736 -2 0 -2 16 3 16 1.4 20 36 3.3 .510 .510 1.9 1.9 20 $20,000 *5/46 AS,MVP-19,GG
1962 25 BAL AL 162 697 20 1 -2 18 4 40 3.9 19 59 5.8 .526 .526 4.2 2.1 41 $25,000 *5/64 AS,MVP-9,GG
1963 26 BAL AL 161 648 -5 -1 0 12 3 10 0.9 18 28 2.6 .507 .507 1.5 1.5 16 $35,000 *5/6 AS,GG
1964 27 BAL AL 163 685 37 1 -1 17 3 57 5.9 19 76 7.8 .538 .538 6.1 2.1 58 $35,000 *5 AS,MVP-1,GG
1965 28 BAL AL 144 616 16 -0 -2 8 3 24 2.7 17 41 4.3 .519 .517 3.5 1.2 34 $50,000 *5 AS,MVP-3,GG
1966 29 BAL AL 157 686 17 1 -1 4 3 24 2.4 19 43 4.2 .517 .517 4.2 0.6 39 $55,000 *5 AS,MVP-2,GG
1967 30 BAL AL 158 681 13 2 -2 32 3 48 5.5 19 67 7.3 .537 .536 3.7 4.2 35 $75,000 *5 AS,GG
1968 31 BAL AL 162 667 13 1 -1 33 3 49 6.0 19 68 7.9 .539 .539 3.9 4.5 36 *5 AS,MVP-17,GG
1969 32 BAL AL 156 670 -8 1 -2 23 3 17 1.8 18 36 3.6 .512 .512 1.2 2.9 12 *5 AS,MVP-23,GG
1970 33 BAL AL 158 673 10 -2 -2 5 3 15 1.5 22 36 3.6 .510 .510 3.2 0.8 31 *5 AS,MVP-7,GG
1971 34 BAL AL 156 663 10 0 -1 20 3 32 3.7 22 54 5.8 .524 .523 3.5 2.7 34 $100,000 *5 AS,MVP-4,GG
1972 35 BAL AL 153 612 -8 -3 -1 18 3 10 1.1 20 30 3.1 .508 .508 0.9 2.6 12 $110,000 *5 AS,MVP-26,GG
1973 36 BAL AL 155 619 -8 -0 -2 18 3 10 1.4 20 30 3.2 .507 .507 1.2 2.5 12 $110,000 *5 AS,GG
1974 37 BAL AL 153 622 6 0 -1 15 3 23 2.8 20 43 4.6 .517 .516 3.0 2.1 29 $115,000 *5 AS,MVP-12,GG
1975 38 BAL AL 144 539 -26 0 1 19 3 -2 -0.1 17 15 1.5 .498 .498 -0.5 2.5 -4 *5 GG
1976 39 BAL AL 71 232 -10 -1 -1 -2 1 -12 -1.3 8 -5 -0.6 .480 .491 -0.4 0.0 -3 $120,000 5
1977 40 BAL AL 24 52 -4 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 5
23 Seasons 2896 11782 43 2 -28 293 55 365 39.7 346 711 72.7 .514 .511 42.3 38.8 417 $856,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1966 29 BAL AL WS LAD W 4 15 14 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .429 .695 6 0 0 0 0 0
1969 32 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 15 14 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .571 1.071 8 0 0 1 0 0
1969 32 BAL AL WS NYM L 5 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .053 .050 .053 .103 1 0 0 0 1 0
1970 33 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 13 12 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .583 .538 .750 1.288 9 0 0 0 1 0
1970 33 BAL AL WS CIN W 5 21 21 5 9 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .810 1.238 17 0 0 0 0 0
1971 34 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 3 11 11 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .727 1.091 8 1 0 0 0 0
1971 34 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 27 22 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .318 .370 .318 .689 7 1 0 0 2 0
1973 36 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 5 21 20 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .286 .350 .636 7 0 0 0 0 1
1974 37 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 13 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .333 .487 4 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (9 Series) 39 156 145 17 44 8 0 5 22 0 2 6 9 .303 .323 .462 .785 67 3 0 1 4 1
5 ALCS 18 73 69 8 24 6 0 2 8 0 2 2 3 .348 .361 .522 .883 36 2 0 1 1 1
4 WS 21 83 76 9 20 2 0 3 14 0 0 4 6 .263 .289 .408 .697 31 1 0 0 3 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BAL AL 18 3B 6 6 3 44.0 12 2 8 2 1 .833 -2 -63 2.05 1.67 .950 3.17 3.13
1956 BAL AL 19 3B 14 10 10 101.1 36 9 25 2 3 .944 -0 -2 3.02 2.43 .949 3.22 3.19
1956 BAL AL 19 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1957 BAL AL 20 3B 47 32 18 284.1 103 34 66 3 5 .971 2 10 3.17 2.13 .951 3.23 3.24
1958 BAL AL 21 3B 140 127 105 1119.1 447 151 275 21 30 .953 7 7 3.43 3.04 .951 3.11 3.08
1958 BAL AL 21 2B 16 0 0 24.1 15 6 8 1 2 .933 -1 -39 5.18 0.88 .978 5.25 5.21
1959 BAL AL 22 3B 87 80 74 723.1 292 92 187 13 25 .955 13 22 3.47 3.21 .952 3.21 3.19
1959 BAL AL 22 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
1960 BAL AL 23 3B 152 152 149 1354.2 511 171 328 12 34 .977 17 15 3.32 3.28 .952 3.14 3.14 AS,MVP-3,GG
1960 BAL AL 23 2B 3 0 0 4.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -30 11.25 1.67 .980 5.40 5.47 AS,MVP-3,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 3B 163 162 158 1459.2 496 151 331 14 34 .972 15 13 2.97 2.96 .950 3.18 3.15 AS,MVP-19,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 2B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 0.50 .980 5.40 5.20 AS,MVP-19,GG
1961 BAL AL 24 SS 1 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1 360 27.00 6.00 .957 4.95 4.80 AS,MVP-19,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 3B 162 162 154 1445.1 513 163 339 11 32 .979 18 15 3.13 3.10 .952 3.08 3.07 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 SS 3 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 0.33 .960 4.89 4.83 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 BAL AL 25 2B 2 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.25 AS,MVP-9,GG
1963 BAL AL 26 3B 160 158 156 1414.0 495 153 330 12 43 .976 12 10 3.07 3.02 .947 3.02 3.02 AS,GG
1963 BAL AL 26 SS 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 3.00 1.00 .960 4.80 4.80 AS,GG
1964 BAL AL 27 3B 163 163 162 1456.2 494 153 327 14 40 .972 17 14 2.97 2.94 .955 3.03 3.02 AS,MVP-1,GG
1965 BAL AL 28 3B 143 143 141 1298.2 455 144 296 15 36 .967 8 7 3.05 3.08 .960 3.13 3.12 AS,MVP-3,GG
1966 BAL AL 29 3B 157 157 154 1431.1 499 174 313 12 26 .976 4 3 3.06 3.10 .954 3.03 3.03 AS,MVP-2,GG
1967 BAL AL 30 3B 158 158 151 1413.1 563 147 405 11 37 .980 32 27 3.52 3.49 .955 3.13 3.14 AS,GG
1968 BAL AL 31 3B 162 161 159 1435.0 537 168 353 16 31 .970 33 27 3.27 3.22 .951 3.05 3.04 AS,MVP-17,GG
1969 BAL AL 32 3B 156 156 144 1392.2 546 163 370 13 37 .976 23 20 3.44 3.42 .955 3.16 3.15 AS,MVP-23,GG
1970 BAL AL 33 3B 156 156 146 1389.2 495 157 321 17 30 .966 5 4 3.10 3.06 .949 3.07 3.06 AS,MVP-7,GG
1971 BAL AL 34 3B 156 155 148 1371.2 501 131 354 16 35 .968 20 18 3.18 3.11 .956 3.04 3.03 AS,MVP-4,GG
1972 BAL AL 35 3B 152 149 142 1323.1 473 129 333 11 27 .977 18 16 3.14 3.04 .954 2.98 2.96 AS,MVP-26,GG
1973 BAL AL 36 3B 154 151 138 1341.2 498 129 354 15 25 .970 18 16 3.24 3.14 .950 3.00 2.98 AS,GG
1974 BAL AL 37 3B 153 151 141 1362.0 543 115 410 18 44 .967 15 13 3.47 3.43 .954 3.12 3.10 AS,MVP-12,GG
1975 BAL AL 38 3B 143 134 125 1223.2 431 96 326 9 30 .979 19 19 3.10 2.95 .954 3.16 3.15 GG
1976 BAL AL 39 3B 71 59 53 551.2 191 59 126 6 11 .969 -2 -4 3.02 2.61 .953 2.94 2.95
1977 BAL AL 40 3B 15 10 8 100.1 34 6 28 0 2 1.000 0 6 3.05 2.27 .957 2.97 2.96
23 Seasons 3B 2870 2792 2639 25037.2 9165 2697 6205 263 618 .971 293 14 3.20 3.10 .953 3.09 3.08
6 Seasons 2B 25 0 0 35.1 23 10 12 1 3 .957 -1 -27 5.60 0.88 .979 5.30 5.25
3 Seasons SS 5 0 0 12.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 1 80 6.00 1.60 .958 4.88 4.82
23 Seasons TOT 2900 2792 2639 25085.0 9196 2712 6220 264 621 .971 293 14 3.20 3.08 .953 3.09 3.10
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA (92.0%)
Selected to HOF in 1983 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 (3B)
1961-2 (3B)
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (3B)
1965 (3B)
1966 (3B)
1967 (3B)
1968 (3B)
1969 *
1970 *
1971 (3B)
1972 (3B)
1973 (3B)
1974 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1964 AL MVP
1966 ML AS MVP
1966 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1970 AL Babe Ruth Award
1970 ML WS MVP
1972 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (3, 63%)
1961 AL (19, 1%)
1962 AL (9, 15%)
1964 AL (1, 96%)
1965 AL (3, 54%)
1966 AL (2, 55%)
1968 AL (17, 3%)
1969 AL (23, 1%)
1970 AL (7, 22%)
1971 AL (4, 49%)
1972 AL (26, 1%)
1974 AL (12, 9%)
1 MVP
3.69 Career Shares (17th)

Gold Gloves
1960 AL (3B)
1961 AL (3B)
1962 AL (3B)
1963 AL (3B)
1964 AL (3B)
1965 AL (3B)
1966 AL (3B)
1967 AL (3B)
1968 AL (3B)
1969 AL (3B)
1970 AL (3B)
1971 AL (3B)
1972 AL (3B)
1973 AL (3B)
1974 AL (3B)
1975 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 AL  5.8 (3rd)
1964 AL  7.8 (2nd)
1967 AL  7.3 (2nd)
1968 AL  7.9 (2nd)
Career  72.7 (68th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.8 (7th)
1962 AL  5.8 (1st)
1964 AL  7.8 (1st)
1965 AL  4.3 (7th)
1966 AL  4.2 (10th)
1967 AL  7.3 (2nd)
1968 AL  7.9 (2nd)
1971 AL  5.8 (6th)
1974 AL  4.6 (8th)
Career  72.7 (42nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.2 (4th)
1964 AL  6.1 (3rd)
1966 AL  4.2 (10th)
Career  42.3 (217th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 AL  1.5 (7th)
1960 AL  2.0 (5th)
1961 AL  1.9 (5th)
1962 AL  2.1 (4th)
1963 AL  1.5 (7th)
1964 AL  2.1 (7th)
1967 AL  4.2 (1st)
1968 AL  4.5 (1st)
1969 AL  2.9 (2nd)
1971 AL  2.7 (3rd)
1972 AL  2.6 (3rd)
1973 AL  2.5 (6th)
1974 AL  2.1 (4th)
1975 AL  2.5 (3rd)
Career  38.8 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1960 AL  .294 (7th)
1962 AL  .303 (6th)
1964 AL  .317 (2nd)
1965 AL  .297 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1962 AL  .486 (8th)
1964 AL  .521 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1964 AL  .889 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL  152 (5th)
1961 AL  163 (1st)
1962 AL  162 (1st)
1963 AL  161 (1st)
1964 AL  163 (1st)
1967 AL  158 (8th)
1968 AL  162 (1st)
1971 AL  156 (10th)
1972 AL  153 (4th)
Career  2,896 (14th)

At Bats s c a p y
1960 AL  595 (3rd)
1961 AL  668 (1st)
1962 AL  634 (5th)
1964 AL  612 (8th)
1966 AL  620 (4th)
1967 AL  610 (3rd)
1968 AL  608 (6th)
1969 AL  598 (9th)
1971 AL  589 (9th)
Career  10,654 (14th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1960 AL  651 (4th)
1961 AL  736 (2nd)
1964 AL  685 (8th)
1966 AL  686 (5th)
1967 AL  681 (4th)
1968 AL  667 (6th)
1971 AL  663 (6th)
Career  11,782 (20th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1965 AL  81 (9th)
1966 AL  91 (7th)
1967 AL  88 (6th)
Career  1,232 (155th)

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  175 (2nd)
1961 AL  192 (2nd)
1962 AL  192 (3rd)
1964 AL  194 (2nd)
1965 AL  166 (6th)
1966 AL  167 (6th)
1967 AL  164 (5th)
1968 AL  154 (6th)
1971 AL  160 (8th)
Career  2,848 (45th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1960 AL  262 (7th)
1962 AL  308 (2nd)
1964 AL  319 (2nd)
1965 AL  249 (9th)
1966 AL  275 (6th)
1967 AL  265 (4th)
1968 AL  253 (6th)
Career  4,270 (57th)

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL  38 (2nd)
1964 AL  35 (3rd)
1965 AL  25 (8th)
1966 AL  35 (2nd)
1967 AL  25 (9th)
1968 AL  36 (2nd)
1970 AL  31 (9th)
Career  482 (75th)

Triples s c a p y
1960 AL  9 (2nd)
1961 AL  7 (7th)
1962 AL  9 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  28 (10th)
1967 AL  22 (8th)
Career  268 (176th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 AL  88 (9th)
1964 AL  118 (1st)
1965 AL  80 (10th)
1966 AL  100 (4th)
1967 AL  77 (9th)
1968 AL  75 (7th)
1970 AL  94 (10th)
1971 AL  92 (6th)
Career  1,357 (82nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  860 (193rd)

Singles s c a p y
1960 AL  125 (7th)
1961 AL  140 (2nd)
1962 AL  131 (6th)
1964 AL  128 (4th)
1965 AL  121 (7th)
1967 AL  112 (8th)
1971 AL  118 (9th)
1974 AL  125 (8th)
Career  2,030 (43rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1964 AL  145 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1964 AL  115 (5th)
1966 AL  88 (9th)
Career  1,355 (128th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  38 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  3.8 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  50 (10th)
1962 AL  61 (8th)
1964 AL  66 (3rd)
1966 AL  60 (5th)
1967 AL  52 (7th)
1968 AL  59 (2nd)
Career  818 (98th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1964 AL  249 (4th)
1966 AL  228 (7th)
1967 AL  222 (10th)
Career  3,761 (67th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1964 AL  .706 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  5 (10th)
1966 AL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  13 (5th)
1962 AL  10 (7th)
1964 AL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 AL  8 (3rd)
1961 AL  9 (4th)
1962 AL  10 (1st)
1964 AL  10 (1st)
1967 AL  8 (1st)
1968 AL  8 (1st)
1969 AL  10 (2nd)
1970 AL  7 (7th)
1971 AL  7 (7th)
1972 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  114 (12th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  10 (8th)
1966 AL  11 (4th)
1968 AL  11 (6th)
1974 AL  13 (4th)
Career  120 (80th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL  19 (4th)
1960 AL  29 (1st)
1961 AL  21 (2nd)
1962 AL  18 (7th)
1964 AL  17 (8th)
1966 AL  18 (5th)
1967 AL  21 (1st)
1969 AL  19 (6th)
1970 AL  18 (10th)
1973 AL  19 (6th)
Career  297 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 AL  12.1 (10th)
1965 AL  11.9 (4th)
1966 AL  17.2 (2nd)
1967 AL  11.3 (4th)
1968 AL  11.1 (6th)
1970 AL  11.5 (8th)
1971 AL  11.8 (4th)
1972 AL  12.4 (6th)
1973 AL  11.0 (8th)
1974 AL  11.8 (8th)
1975 AL  14.6 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1960 AL  472 (2nd)
1961 AL  517 (2nd)
1962 AL  481 (5th)
1963 AL  464 (7th)
1966 AL  479 (9th)
1967 AL  483 (4th)
1968 AL  478 (6th)
1969 AL  491 (1st)
1970 AL  467 (8th)
1971 AL  452 (9th)
1972 AL  440 (10th)
Career  8,340 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1964 AL  48.24 (4th)
1966 AL  35.59 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1964 AL  4.8 (4th)
1966 AL  3.1 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1964 AL  4.2 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1964 AL  4.9 (4th)
1966 AL  3.8 (5th)

Assists† s c a p y
Career  6,220 (40th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1958 AL  22 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1960 AL  17 (5th)
1962 AL  18 (5th)
1964 AL  17 (4th)
1967 AL  32 (1st)
1968 AL  33 (1st)
1969 AL  23 (2nd)
1971 AL  21 (2nd)
1972 AL  18 (2nd)
1974 AL  15 (5th)
1975 AL  19 (4th)
Career  293 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  140 (2nd)
1959 AL  87 (5th)
1960 AL  152 (1st)
1961 AL  163 (1st)
1962 AL  162 (1st)
1963 AL  160 (1st)
1964 AL  163 (1st)
1965 AL  143 (5th)
1966 AL  157 (1st)
1967 AL  158 (2nd)
1968 AL  162 (1st)
1969 AL  156 (3rd)
1970 AL  156 (1st)
1971 AL  156 (4th)
1972 AL  152 (2nd)
1973 AL  154 (4th)
1974 AL  153 (4th)
Career  2,870 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  151 (1st)
1959 AL  92 (4th)
1960 AL  171 (1st)
1961 AL  151 (2nd)
1962 AL  163 (3rd)
1963 AL  153 (4th)
1964 AL  153 (1st)
1965 AL  144 (5th)
1966 AL  174 (2nd)
1967 AL  147 (3rd)
1968 AL  168 (3rd)
1969 AL  163 (3rd)
1970 AL  157 (2nd)
1971 AL  131 (4th)
1972 AL  129 (3rd)
1973 AL  129 (3rd)
1974 AL  115 (4th)
Career  2,697 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  275 (2nd)
1959 AL  187 (5th)
1960 AL  328 (1st)
1961 AL  331 (2nd)
1962 AL  339 (2nd)
1963 AL  330 (1st)
1964 AL  327 (1st)
1966 AL  313 (1st)
1967 AL  405 (1st)
1968 AL  353 (1st)
1969 AL  370 (1st)
1970 AL  321 (3rd)
1971 AL  354 (3rd)
1972 AL  333 (4th)
1973 AL  354 (3rd)
1974 AL  410 (1st)
Career  6,205 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  21 (2nd)
1960 AL  12 (5th)
1968 AL  16 (5th)
1971 AL  16 (4th)
Career  263 (42nd)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  30 (2nd)
1959 AL  25 (2nd)
1960 AL  34 (2nd)
1961 AL  34 (3rd)
1962 AL  32 (3rd)
1963 AL  43 (1st)
1964 AL  40 (1st)
1965 AL  36 (2nd)
1966 AL  26 (2nd)
1967 AL  37 (2nd)
1968 AL  31 (2nd)
1969 AL  37 (2nd)
1970 AL  30 (4th)
1971 AL  35 (3rd)
1972 AL  27 (4th)
1973 AL  25 (5th)
1974 AL  44 (1st)
1975 AL  30 (5th)
Career  618 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  7 (2nd)
1959 AL  13 (1st)
1960 AL  17 (1st)
1961 AL  15 (2nd)
1962 AL  18 (2nd)
1963 AL  12 (2nd)
1964 AL  17 (2nd)
1967 AL  32 (1st)
1968 AL  33 (1st)
1969 AL  23 (1st)
1971 AL  21 (2nd)
1972 AL  18 (1st)
1973 AL  18 (2nd)
1974 AL  15 (1st)
1975 AL  19 (1st)
Career  293 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1958 AL  3.43 (1st)
1959 AL  3.47 (1st)
1960 AL  3.32 (3rd)
1962 AL  3.13 (3rd)
1963 AL  3.07 (2nd)
1966 AL  3.06 (5th)
1967 AL  3.52 (1st)
1968 AL  3.27 (2nd)
1969 AL  3.44 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.18 (5th)
1972 AL  3.14 (2nd)
1973 AL  3.24 (3rd)
1974 AL  3.47 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  3.04 (2nd)
1959 AL  3.21 (1st)
1960 AL  3.28 (1st)
1961 AL  2.96 (4th)
1962 AL  3.10 (2nd)
1963 AL  3.02 (2nd)
1964 AL  2.94 (4th)
1965 AL  3.08 (5th)
1966 AL  3.10 (2nd)
1967 AL  3.49 (1st)
1968 AL  3.22 (2nd)
1969 AL  3.42 (2nd)
1970 AL  3.06 (5th)
1971 AL  3.11 (3rd)
1972 AL  3.04 (3rd)
1973 AL  3.14 (3rd)
1974 AL  3.43 (1st)
Career  3.10 (63rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1958 AL  .953 (4th)
1959 AL  .955 (4th)
1960 AL  .977 (1st)
1961 AL  .972 (1st)
1962 AL  .979 (1st)
1963 AL  .976 (1st)
1964 AL  .972 (1st)
1966 AL  .976 (1st)
1967 AL  .980 (1st)
1968 AL  .970 (1st)
1969 AL  .976 (1st)
1970 AL  .966 (2nd)
1971 AL  .968 (5th)
1972 AL  .977 (1st)
1973 AL  .970 (4th)
1974 AL  .967 (2nd)
1975 AL  .979 (1st)
Career  .971 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1937-05-18 (9th)
1976 AL  born 1937-05-18 (6th)
1977 AL  born 1937-05-18 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1937-05-18 (3rd)
1956 AL  born 1937-05-18 (5th)
1957 AL  born 1937-05-18 (8th)
1958 AL  born 1937-05-18 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 133 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 152 (83), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (233), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (7th), 72.7 career WAR/43.5 7yr-peak WAR/58.1 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Rusty Staub (850)
  2. Buddy Bell (827)
  3. Robin Yount (824) *
  4. Vada Pinson (807)
  5. Steve Finley (795)
  6. Gary Gaetti (795)
  7. Julio Franco (783)
  8. Al Oliver (778)
  9. Brian Downing (777)
  10. B.J. Surhoff (774)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Aurelio Rodriguez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Shad Barry (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Howell (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roy Howell (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carney Lansford (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buddy Bell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Bell (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Buddy Bell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Buddy Bell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Bell (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Buddy Bell (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Buddy Bell (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Buddy Bell (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Buddy Bell (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Buddy Bell (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Buddy Bell (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Buddy Bell (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Rusty Staub (858)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Rusty Staub (852)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Rusty Staub (853)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
195518Baltimore Orioles$6,000Contract at HOF
196124Baltimore Orioles$20,000Bill James Historical Abstract
196225Baltimore Orioles$25,0002/7/62 TSN
196326Baltimore Orioles$35,000Bill James Historical Abstract
196427Baltimore Orioles$35,0002/6/65 TSN
196528Baltimore Orioles$50,0002/6/65 TSN
196629Baltimore Orioles$55,0002/18/67 TSN3/19/66 TSN: $54,000
196730Baltimore Orioles$75,0002/18/67 TSN
197134Baltimore Orioles$100,0003/28.71 HOF clip
197235Baltimore Orioles$110,0004/8/72 TSN and BJHA
197336Baltimore Orioles$110,000Bill James Historical Abstract
197437Baltimore Orioles$115,0004/6/74 TSN
197639Baltimore Orioles$120,0001/8/77 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$856,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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