Don Robinson
Don Allen Robinson (Caveman)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 231 lb.

Born: June 8, 1957 in Ashland, KY
High School: Konova (Konova, WV)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1978
Final Game: July 12, 1992
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 PIT NL 21 P 35 32 228.1 43 10 32 1 1 .977 1.66 1.20 .949 1.91 0.72 CYA-8,RoY-3
1979 PIT NL 22 P 29 25 160.2 19 7 10 2 1 .895 0.95 0.59 .953 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 23 P 29 24 160.1 38 13 23 2 2 .947 2.02 1.24 .953 1.91 0.69
1981 PIT NL 24 P 16 2 38.1 15 7 8 0 1 1.000 3.52 0.94 .960 1.97 0.68
1982 PIT NL 25 P 38 30 227.0 43 14 25 4 0 .907 1.55 1.03 .953 1.96 0.70 SS
1983 PIT NL 26 P 9 6 36.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.73 0.78 .943 1.91 0.68
1984 PIT NL 27 P 51 1 122.0 26 8 18 0 0 1.000 1.92 0.51 .950 1.88 0.67
1984 PIT NL 27 LF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .950 1.98 1.50
1984 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.34 1.90
1985 PIT NL 28 P 44 6 95.1 18 7 11 0 2 1.000 1.70 0.41 .950 1.92 0.68
1986 PIT NL 29 P 50 0 69.1 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.95 0.30 .953 1.93 0.66
1987 TOT NL 30 P 67 0 108.0 20 8 12 0 0 1.000 1.67 0.30 .955 1.92 0.62
1987 PIT NL 30 P 42 0 65.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 0.31 .954 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 30 P 25 0 42.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.28 .957 1.92 0.62
1988 SFG NL 31 P 51 19 176.2 34 12 19 3 1 .912 1.58 0.61 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 32 P 34 32 197.0 18 6 12 0 1 1.000 0.82 0.53 .944 1.87 0.63 SS
1990 SFG NL 33 P 26 25 157.2 22 4 18 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.85 .955 1.80 0.58 SS
1991 SFG NL 34 P 34 16 121.1 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.68 .952 1.86 0.59
1992 TOT MLB 35 P 11 11 60.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.45 .960 1.88 0.59
1992 CAL AL 35 P 3 3 16.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.71 0.57
1992 PHI NL 35 P 8 8 43.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.63 .960 1.94 0.60
15 Seasons P 524 229 1958.1 346 112 222 12 10 .965 1.53 0.64 .952 1.89 0.66
1 Season LF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .950 1.98 1.50
1 Season OF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.34 1.90
15 Seasons TOT 525 230 1963.1 348 114 222 12 10 .966 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.54 0.64 .918 1.90 0.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1978 PIT NL 21 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 22 29 25 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 23 30 24 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 PIT NL 24 17 2 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1982 PIT NL 25 43 30 43 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1983 PIT NL 26 10 6 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 PIT NL 27 53 2 53 52 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
1985 PIT NL 28 44 6 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 29 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 30 44 0 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 SFG NL 30 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 SFG NL 31 52 19 52 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SFG NL 32 40 32 40 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 SFG NL 33 31 25 31 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1991 SFG NL 34 35 16 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 PHI NL 35 10 8 10 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 CAL AL 35 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 551 227 548 525 524 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 PIT NL 21 975 80% 24% 35 89% 1 12 2 10 31 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1979 PIT NL 22 707 79% 20% 16 63% 0 7 2 4 11 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1980 PIT NL 23 704 78% 22% 25 96% 0 13 1 9 25 18 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1981 PIT NL 24 192 79% 22% 8 100% 0 7 1 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1982 PIT NL 25 1036 74% 19% 26 85% 0 14 2 9 23 18 0 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 PIT NL 26 182 73% 21% 7 71% 0 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1984 PIT NL 27 529 70% 21% 16 100% 0 9 0 6 17 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 PIT NL 28 428 75% 24% 13 100% 1 6 1 4 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1986 PIT NL 29 307 73% 26% 9 89% 0 6 0 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1987 PIT NL 30 292 74% 23% 9 100% 0 4 0 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1987 SFG NL 30 189 77% 23% 4 100% 0 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 SFG NL 31 753 77% 29% 26 92% 0 12 5 6 19 16 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1989 SFG NL 32 827 84% 29% 12 100% 0 7 1 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1990 SFG NL 33 697 83% 30% 16 94% 0 4 0 4 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1991 SFG NL 34 543 76% 29% 17 100% 1 7 1 6 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 PHI NL 35 190 88% 28% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1992 CAL AL 35 74 84% 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 8625 78% 25% 242 91% 3 115 16 86 220 172 15 12 1 4 7 3 9 5 8 1 53 98%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 92% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 PIT NL 27 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 0 0 0 19 84% 84% 42% 2 100%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 19 84% 84% 42% 2 100%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.6% 56% 78% 31% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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