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Eddie Robinson
William Edward Robinson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 15, 1920 in Paris, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1942
Final Game: September 15, 1957
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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
1942 21 CLE AL 8 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 2 1 0 0 0 /3
1946 25 CLE AL 8 34 30 6 12 1 0 3 4 0 0 2 4 .400 .438 .733 1.171 231 22 0 0 2 /3
1947 26 CLE AL 95 355 318 52 78 10 1 14 52 1 0 30 18 .245 .314 .415 .729 104 132 10 2 5 3
1948 27 CLE AL 134 540 493 53 125 18 5 16 83 1 0 36 42 .254 .307 .408 .715 91 201 13 2 9 *3
1949 28 WSH AL 143 603 527 66 155 27 3 18 78 3 4 67 30 .294 .381 .459 .840 124 242 17 7 2 *3 AS,MVP-18
1950 29 TOT AL 155 647 553 83 163 15 4 21 86 0 0 85 32 .295 .395 .450 .846 119 249 10 7 2 *3
1950 29 WSH AL 36 156 129 21 30 4 2 1 13 0 0 25 4 .233 .365 .318 .683 80 41 3 2 0 3
1950 29 CHW AL 119 491 424 62 133 11 2 20 73 0 0 60 28 .314 .405 .491 .895 131 208 7 5 2 *3
1951 30 CHW AL 151 649 564 85 159 23 5 29 117 2 5 77 54 .282 .371 .495 .866 135 279 11 3 5 *3 AS,MVP-24
1952 31 CHW AL 155 681 594 79 176 33 1 22 104 2 0 70 49 .296 .382 .466 .848 134 277 8 12 5 *3 AS,MVP-11
1953 32 PHA AL 156 685 615 64 152 28 4 22 102 1 2 63 56 .247 .322 .413 .735 95 254 13 5 2 *3 AS
1954 33 NYY AL 85 163 142 11 37 9 0 3 27 0 0 19 21 .261 .344 .387 .731 103 55 1 0 0 2 3
1955 34 NYY AL 88 215 173 25 36 1 0 16 42 0 0 36 26 .208 .358 .491 .849 128 85 7 5 0 1 7 3
1956 35 TOT AL 101 264 226 20 46 6 1 7 23 0 1 31 23 .204 .312 .332 .644 71 75 7 5 1 1 2 3
1956 35 NYY AL 26 62 54 7 12 1 0 5 11 0 1 5 3 .222 .323 .519 .841 122 28 0 3 0 0 1 3
1956 35 KCA AL 75 202 172 13 34 5 1 2 12 0 0 26 20 .198 .308 .273 .582 55 47 7 2 1 1 1 3
1957 36 TOT AL 36 46 39 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 .154 .261 .256 .517 42 10 3 2 0 1 1 /3
1957 36 DET AL 13 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .308 .000 .308 -9 0 1 1 0 0 1 /3
1957 36 CLE AL 19 29 27 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .222 .241 .370 .612 65 10 2 1 0 1 0 /3
1957 36 BAL AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1315 4891 4282 546 1146 172 24 172 723 10 12 521 359 .268 .353 .440 .793 113 1882 100 50 33 5 10
162 Game Avg. 162 603 528 67 141 21 3 21 89 1 1 64 44 .268 .353 .440 .793 113 232 12 6 4
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
CLE (5 yrs) 264 967 876 113 222 30 6 34 144 2 0 69 67 .253 .311 .418 .729 99 366 25 5 16 1 0
NYY (3 yrs) 199 440 369 43 85 11 0 24 80 0 1 60 50 .230 .348 .455 .803 118 168 8 8 0 3 8
CHW (3 yrs) 425 1821 1582 226 468 67 8 71 294 4 5 207 131 .296 .384 .483 .867 133 764 26 20 12
WSH (2 yrs) 179 759 656 87 185 31 5 19 91 3 4 92 34 .282 .378 .431 .809 115 283 20 9 2
KCA (2 yrs) 231 887 787 77 186 33 5 24 114 1 2 89 76 .236 .319 .382 .701 86 301 20 7 3 1 1
BAL (1 yr) 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 13 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .308 .000 .308 -9 0 1 1 0 0 1

Postseason Batting

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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
1948 27 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 21 20 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .300 .333 .300 .633 6 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 NYY AL WS BRO L 4 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .667 .833 .667 1.500 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 27 23 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .348 .444 .348 .792 8 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 10 27 23 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .348 .444 .348 .792 8 0 1 0 0 0

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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
1942 CLE AL 21 1B 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 .986 9.80
1946 CLE AL 25 1B 8 82 80 1 1 4 .988 10.13 .989 9.24
1947 CLE AL 26 1B 87 860 800 55 5 79 .994 9.83 .990 9.34
1948 CLE AL 27 1B 131 1299 1213 79 7 123 .995 9.86 .991 7.63
1949 WSH AL 28 1B 143 1417 1299 100 18 133 .987 9.78 .989 6.99 AS,MVP-18
1950 TOT AL 29 1B 155 1396 1300 82 14 141 .990 8.92 .989 8.43
1950 WSH AL 29 1B 36 346 324 22 0 36 1.000 9.61 .989 8.51
1950 CHW AL 29 1B 119 1050 976 60 14 105 .987 8.71 .989 8.40
1951 CHW AL 30 1B 147 1404 1296 91 17 143 .988 9.44 .990 6.80 AS,MVP-24
1952 CHW AL 31 1B 155 1432 1329 89 14 145 .990 9.15 .988 6.45 AS,MVP-11
1953 PHA AL 32 1B 155 1454 1366 71 17 135 .988 9.27 .989 6.45 AS
1954 NYY AL 33 1B 29 24 213.0 251 227 19 5 21 .980 3.5 19.7 3.5 1.0 2.4 0 10.39 8.48 .990 9.60 8.00
1955 NYY AL 34 1B 46 41 360.0 412 390 20 2 35 .995 2.8 9.3 2.8 1.9 0.9 0 10.25 8.91 .991 9.63 8.17
1956 TOT AL 35 1B 61 53 476.2 515 481 25 9 56 .983 1.9 4.8 1.9 -1.6 3.5 0 9.55 8.30 .990 9.43 7.99
1956 NYY AL 35 1B 14 12 109.0 127 121 6 0 13 1.000 1.1 12.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 10.49 9.07 .990 9.43 7.99
1956 KCA AL 35 1B 47 41 367.2 388 360 19 9 43 .977 0.8 2.6 0.8 -1.7 2.5 0 9.28 8.06 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 TOT AL 36 1B 8 3 44.0 48 44 4 0 3 1.000 1.5 40.9 1.5 0.9 0.6 0 9.82 6.00 .994 9.67 8.36
1957 DET AL 36 1B 1 0 4.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 11.25 5.00 1.000 9.67 8.40
1957 CLE AL 36 1B 7 3 40.0 43 40 3 0 3 1.000 1.2 36.0 1.2 0.9 0.3 0 9.68 6.14 .993 9.68 8.36
13 Seasons 1B 1126 121 1093.2 10577 9832 636 109 1018 .990 9.7 10.6 9.7 2.2 7.4 0 86.14 9.30 .990 9.54 7.43
13 Seasons TOT 1126 121 1093.2 10577 9832 636 109 1018 .990 9.7 10.6 9.7 2.2 7.4 0 86.14 9.30 .979 9.54 7.43
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 (1B)
1951 *
1952 (1B)
1953 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-AL-18-2%
1951-AL-24-2%
1952-AL-11-14%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1952 AL--.296--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 AL--.382--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 AL--.459--10th
1951 AL--.495--6th
1952 AL--.466--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 AL--.840--10th
1951 AL--.866--8th
1952 AL--.848--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL--155--5th
1951 AL--151--4th
1952 AL--155--2nd
1953 AL--156--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL--564--9th
1952 AL--594--3rd
1953 AL--615--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 AL--649--10th
1952 AL--681--4th
1953 AL--685--5th

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--176--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 AL--279--3rd
1952 AL--277--5th
1953 AL--254--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1949 AL--27--9th
1952 AL--33--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 AL--29--3rd
1952 AL--22--9th
1953 AL--22--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 AL--117--3rd
1952 AL--104--2nd
1953 AL--102--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 AL--77--10th

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL--123--9th
1952 AL--120--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL--135--6th
1952 AL--134--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 AL--101--4th
1952 AL--103--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 AL--26--8th
1952 AL--29--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 AL--2.6--8th
1952 AL--3.0--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--57--4th
1952 AL--56--5th
1953 AL--54--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL--239--9th
1952 AL--258--4th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL--.653--8th
1952 AL--.691--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL--7--1st
1950 AL--7--5th
1952 AL--12--2nd
1953 AL--5--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--7--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 AL--30.813--9th
1951 AL--19.448--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL--480--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 40 (489), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1214), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1942 Season: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from Baltimore (International).

December 14, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Haynes and Ed Klieman to the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon and Early Wynn.

May 31, 1950: Traded by the Washington Senators with Al Kozar and Ray Scarborough to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Kuzava, Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski.

January 27, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Joe DeMaestri and Ed McGhee to the Philadelphia Athletics for Bob Wilson (minors) and Ferris Fain.

December 16, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Loren Babe, Harry Byrd, Tom Hamilton and Carmen Mauro to the New York Yankees for Don Bollweg, Jim Finigan, Johnny Gray, Vic Power, Bill Renna and Jim Robertson.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees with Lou Skizas to the Kansas City Athletics for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna and cash.

December 5, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jack Crimian, Jim Finigan and Bill Harrington to the Detroit Tigers for Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks and $20,000.

May 17, 1957: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May 20, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

June 29, 1957: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

September 1, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 7, 1957: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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