News: s-r blog:Greg Spira Baseball Research Award

 

Craig Robinson

Craig George Robinson

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 21, 1948 in Abington, PA
High School: Council Rock HS (Newton, PA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1972
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Giants 1972-1977

Final Game: October 1, 1977
    About biographical information

18
10
18
1
16
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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 IBB Pos Awards
1972 23 PHI NL 5 16 15 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1973 24 PHI NL 46 148 146 11 33 7 0 0 7 1 1 0 25 .226 .226 .274 .500 37 40 2 0 2 0 0 6/4
1974 25 ATL NL 145 506 452 52 104 4 6 0 29 11 2 30 57 .230 .280 .265 .545 51 120 16 3 16 5 4 *6
1975 26 TOT NL 39 49 46 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .065 .104 .087 .191 -47 4 2 0 1 0 0 6/4
1975 26 ATL NL 10 17 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 1 1 0 0 0 0 /6
1975 26 SFG NL 29 32 29 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .069 .129 .103 .232 -36 3 1 0 1 0 0 6/4
1976 27 TOT NL 30 40 30 8 8 1 0 0 5 0 1 8 6 .267 .410 .300 .710 101 9 0 0 1 1 0 4/56
1976 27 SFG NL 15 17 13 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 .308 .438 .385 .822 134 5 0 0 1 0 0 /456
1976 27 ATL NL 15 23 17 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 .235 .391 .235 .627 77 4 0 0 0 1 0 /465
1977 28 ATL NL 27 30 29 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .207 .233 .241 .475 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 6
6 Yrs 292 789 718 80 157 15 6 0 42 12 4 42 107 .219 .263 .256 .519 43 184 20 3 20 6 4
162 Game Avg. 162 438 398 44 87 8 3 0 23 7 2 23 59 .219 .263 .256 .519 43 102 11 2 11 3 2
ATL (4 yrs) 197 576 515 61 115 5 6 0 33 11 2 36 70 .223 .275 .256 .531 47 132 17 3 16 6 4
SFG (2 yrs) 44 49 42 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 10 .143 .234 .190 .425 19 8 1 0 2 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 51 164 161 11 36 8 0 0 7 1 1 1 27 .224 .228 .273 .502 38 44 2 0 2 0 0

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
1972 23 PHI NL 5 16 -0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .526 .501 0.0 0.2 0 $ /6
1973 24 PHI NL 46 148 -11 0 1 -11 2 -18 -2.0 4 -14 -1.6 .457 .488 -0.4 -0.9 -3 $ 6/4
1974 25 ATL NL 145 506 -27 2 -1 2 8 -16 -1.8 15 -2 -0.4 .487 .489 -0.6 1.1 -3 $ *6
1975 26 ATL NL 10 17 -4 0 0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 0 -4 -0.5 .446 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ /6
1975 26 SFG NL 29 32 -6 -0 0 -4 1 -8 -0.9 1 -8 -0.8 .468 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $ 6/4
1976 27 SFG NL 15 17 1 -0 0 2 0 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .518 .502 0.2 0.2 1 $ /456
1976 27 ATL NL 15 23 -0 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /465
1977 28 ATL NL 27 30 -3 0 0 -0 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 6
6 Seasons 292 789 -50 2 1 -13 13 -47 -5.2 23 -24 -3.0 .482 .496 -1.5 0.1 -12 $
ATL (4 yrs) 197 576 -34 2 -0 -1 9 -24 -2.7 17 -7 -1.1 .486 .496 -0.9 1.0 -7 $
SFG (2 yrs) 44 49 -5 -0 0 -2 1 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.5 .485 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $
PHI (2 yrs) 51 164 -11 0 1 -9 3 -17 -1.9 5 -12 -1.4 .464 .494 -0.4 -0.7 -3 $

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
1972 23 PHI NL 16 12 1 2.3 93 .231 .200 .259 .250 .327 .267 .382 .517 .710 46 .254 -1.1 -0.1 .417 .133 .067
1973 24 PHI NL 148 118 8 1.8 98 .273 .226 .265 .226 .334 .274 .394 .500 .728 37 .174 -12.9 -1.4 .345 .048 .048 .0
1974 25 ATL NL 506 387 34 2.4 98 .260 .230 .267 .280 .340 .265 .386 .545 .726 51 .255 -31.5 -3.3 .443 .122 .035 .0
1975 26 TOT NL 49 46 0 0.0 99 .086 .065 .270 .104 .341 .087 .390 .191 .731 -47 .000 -9.5 -1.0 .133 .065 .022
1975 26 ATL NL 17 17 0 0.0 99 .083 .059 .269 .059 .340 .059 .388 .118 .729 -68 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .059 .000 .000
1975 26 SFG NL 32 29 0 0.0 99 .087 .069 .270 .129 .342 .103 .390 .232 .732 -36 .000 -5.5 -0.6 .179 .103 .034
1976 27 TOT NL 40 25 4 4.3 95 .320 .267 .268 .410 .335 .300 .381 .710 .716 101 .524 0.8 0.1 .696 .267 .033
1976 27 SFG NL 17 11 2 4.9 93 .444 .308 .265 .438 .332 .385 .378 .822 .709 134 .582 0.8 0.1 .700 .231 .077
1976 27 ATL NL 23 14 2 3.8 97 .250 .235 .270 .391 .337 .235 .384 .627 .721 77 .472 -0.0 0.0 .692 .294 .000
1977 28 ATL NL 30 23 2 2.4 113 .261 .207 .283 .233 .352 .241 .431 .475 .784 22 .224 -3.4 -0.3 .348 .069 .034
6 Yrs 789 611 49 2.2 98 .254 .219 .267 .263 .339 .256 .389 .519 .728 43 .225 -57.6 -6.0 .405 .107 .038 .0
162 Game Avg. 438 339 27 2.2 98 .254 .219 .267 .263 .339 .256 .389 .519 .728 43 .225 -57.6 -6.0 .405 .107 .038
ATL (4 yrs) 576 441 38 2.3 99 .255 .223 .268 .275 .340 .256 .388 .531 .729 47 .247 -38.9 -4.0 .430 .120 .033 .0
SFG (2 yrs) 49 40 2 1.3 98 .188 .143 .268 .234 .338 .190 .386 .425 .724 19 .109 -4.7 -0.5 .316 .143 .048
PHI (2 yrs) 164 130 9 1.9 98 .269 .224 .264 .228 .334 .273 .393 .502 .726 38 .181 -14.0 -1.5 .352 .056 .050 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 23 PHI NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 2.00 7.5 1.25 81%
1973 24 PHI NL 148 0.0% 16.9% 0.0% 4.7% 21% 5.8 20.9 1.26 82%
1974 25 ATL NL 506 0.0% 11.3% 5.9% 2.0% 10% 1.90 7.9 15.6 1.65 79%
1975 26 TOT NL 49 0.0% 22.5% 4.1% 2.0% 33% 5.50 4.2 1.69 71%
1975 26 ATL NL 17 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 3.00 71%
1975 26 SFG NL 32 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 3.1% 50% 3.00 4.8 1.30 72%
1976 27 TOT NL 40 0.0% 15.0% 20.0% 2.5% 13% 0.75 5.0 6.0 2.00 63%
1976 27 SFG NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 17.7% 5.9% 25% 1.33 3.3 6.5 1.00 53%
1976 27 ATL NL 23 0.0% 8.7% 21.7% 0.0% 0% 0.40 8.5 5.7 3.00 70%
1977 28 ATL NL 30 0.0% 20.0% 3.3% 3.3% 17% 6.00 4.8 29.0 1.43 77%
6 Yrs 789 0.0% 13.6% 5.3% 2.7% 13% 2.55 6.7 17.1 1.57 78%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.4% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.56 6.6 47.2 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 23 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 16 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .78 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.84 0.1 0
1973 24 PHI NL -12.9 -1.4 150 -1.0 1.7 -2.6 .91 -1.1 -0.0 -12.4 -1.3 0.95 -11.3 1.91 2
1974 25 ATL NL -31.5 -3.3 530 -1.4 7.1 -8.5 .99 -2.4 0.9 -22.3 -2.3 0.97 -26.7 0.21 1
1975 26 TOT NL -9.5 -1.0 49 -0.8 0.1 -0.8 .75 -0.7 -0.3 -9.8 -1.0 0.96 -9.3 1.46 2
1975 26 ATL NL -4.0 -0.4 17 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .79 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.04 -3.7 0
1975 26 SFG NL -5.5 -0.6 32 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .73 -0.4 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.91 -5.6 1.46 2
1976 27 TOT NL 0.8 0.1 42 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 .80 0.2 -0.2 1.8 0.2 1.03 1.4 1.41 4
1976 27 SFG NL 0.8 0.1 19 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .66 0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.1 1.08 0.9 0
1976 27 ATL NL -0.0 0.0 23 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .92 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.99 0.5 1.41 4
1977 28 ATL NL -3.4 -0.3 30 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 1.22 -0.2 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.94 -3.6 0.50 3
6 Yrs -57.6 -6.0 817 -3.2 10.2 -13.4 .95 -4.2 0.9 -46.4 -4.7 0.96 -49.4 1.18 12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 23 PHI NL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 PHI NL 3 0 33% 51 1 1 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 71% 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 4
1974 25 ATL NL 11 0 38% 161 11 2 85% 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 15 49% 17 10 7 4 2 2 14 5 8
1975 26 TOT NL 0 0 100% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1975 26 ATL NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1975 26 SFG NL 0 0 100% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1976 27 TOT NL 0 0 50% 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 4 3 1 2 2 0 6 2 3
1976 27 SFG NL 0 0 57% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2
1976 27 ATL NL 0 0 44% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1977 28 ATL NL 0 0 57% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 15 0 40% 291 12 4 75% 11 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 13 22 44% 32 21 11 8 6 2 28 9 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
1972 23 PHI NL 16 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 PHI NL 148 30% 33 2 0 0 0 1.91 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 30 2 7% 15 4 27% 90 9 10% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
1974 25 ATL NL 506 35% 104 1 1 0 0 0.21 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 23 16 70% 104 16 15% 52 28 54% 323 35 11% 23 15 65% 21 14 67% 0
1975 26 TOT NL 49 51% 3 2 0 0 0 1.46 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 6 4 67% 31 1 3% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1975 26 ATL NL 17 41% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 14 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 SFG NL 32 56% 2 2 0 0 0 1.46 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 5 4 80% 17 1 6% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1976 27 TOT NL 40 35% 8 4 2 0 0 1.41 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 7 3 43% 28 5 18% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
1976 27 SFG NL 17 29% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1976 27 ATL NL 23 39% 4 4 2 0 0 1.41 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 17 3 18% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
1977 28 ATL NL 30 50% 6 3 0 0 0 0.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 0 0% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
6 Yrs 789 36% 157 12 3 0 0 1.18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 28 20 71% 158 20 13% 83 39 47% 496 52 10% 35 20 57% 30 18 60% 0
MLB Averages 55% 76% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 23 5 16 15 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 46 4 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 51 164 161 11 36 8 0 0 7 1 1 1 27 .224 .228 .273 .502 38 44 2 0 2 0 0
1974 25 196 670 613 63 140 12 6 0 36 12 3 31 84 .228 .267 .268 .534 48 164 18 3 18 5 4
1975 26 235 719 659 68 143 13 6 0 36 12 3 33 95 .217 .256 .255 .511 41 168 20 3 19 5 4
1976 27 265 759 689 76 151 14 6 0 41 12 4 41 101 .219 .264 .257 .521 44 177 20 3 20 6 4
1977 28 292 789 718 80 157 15 6 0 42 12 4 42 107 .219 .263 .256 .519 43 184 20 3 20 6 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1972 23 5 17 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 1 5
1973 24 46 148 146 11 33 7 0 0 7 1 0 25 .226 .226 .274 .500 9 46
1974 25 145 507 453 53 105 4 6 0 30 11 30 57 .232 .281 .267 .548 34 145
1975 26 39 49 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 39
1976 27 30 40 30 8 8 1 0 0 5 0 8 6 .267 .410 .300 .710 4 30
1977 28 27 29 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .179 .207 .214 .421 1 27
6 Yrs 292 790 719 74 154 14 6 0 43 12 42 107 .214 .258 .250 .509 49 292
162 Game Avg. 162 438 399 41 85 8 3 0 24 7 23 59 .214 .258 .250 .509 27 292

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 NL  16 (7th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Dud Lee (977)
  2. Jack Brennan (977)
  3. Joe Miller (970)
  4. Bert Tooley (969)
  5. Ed Crosby (968)
  6. Artie Clarke (966)
  7. Tommy McMillan (965)
  8. Felix Martinez (965)
  9. Angel Salazar (964)
  10. Harry Lochhead (963)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Frank Taveras (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Brennan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Stanley (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Holly (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Craig Robinson    

Viewed 5,110 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Craig Craig George robbie robby robenson robinsen Robinson robison

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.