Hank Robinson

John Henry Robinson (Rube)
bornJohn Henry Roberson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 16, 1887 in Floyd, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1911
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Yankees 1911-1918

Final Game: August 12, 1918
Died: July 3, 1965 in North Little Rock, AR
Buried: Edgewood Memorial Cemetery, North Little Rock, AR
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	21	JOO	D	2	1	.667		5																								JOO · ARSL
1910	22	ELR	C	14	8	.636		23											36													ELR · WA
1911	23	FTW	B	28	7	.800		37						300.0	215	55			60							0.917	6.4		1.8			FTW · TL
1911	23	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	2.77	5	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	4	0	5	8	1	0	0	52	128	1.385	9.0	0.0	3.5	5.5	1.60
1912	24	PIT	NL	12	7	.632	2.26	33	16	15	11	0	2	175.0	146	54	44	3	30	79	10	1	2	675	145	1.006	7.5	0.2	1.5	4.1	2.63
1913	25	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	2.38	43	22	15	8	1	0	196.1	184	72	52	2	41	50	7	0	1	791	126	1.146	8.4	0.1	1.9	2.3	1.22
1914	26	STL	NL	7	8	.467	3.00	26	16	7	6	1	0	126.0	128	61	42	1	32	30	4	0	0	528	93	1.270	9.1	0.1	2.3	2.1	0.94
1915	27	STL	NL	7	8	.467	2.45	32	15	12	6	1	0	143.0	128	54	39	1	35	57	7	1	1	585	115	1.140	8.1	0.1	2.2	3.6	1.63

1916	28	LRK	A	11	1	.917		15						121.0	122	32			22							1.190	9.1		1.6			LRK · SOUA
1917	29	LRK	A	21	17	.553		45						308.0	233	98			68							0.977	6.8		2.0			LRK · SOUA
1918	30	LRK	A	8	2	.800		16						118.0	102			0	17							1.008	7.8	0.0	1.3			LRK · SOUA
1918	30	NYY	AL	2	4	.333	3.00	11	3	5	1	0	0	48.0	47	21	16	0	16	14	3	0	1	201	94	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88
1919	31	LRK	A	23	12	.657	2.86	42						271.0	270	104	86		39							1.140	9.0		1.3			LRK · SOUA
1920	32	LRK	A	26	12	.684		52						371.0	308	98			48							0.960	7.5		1.2			LRK · SOUA
1921	33	LRK	A	17	20	.459	3.32	53						336.0	370	167	124		58							1.274	9.9		1.6			LRK · SOUA
1922	34	LRK	A	26	11	.703	2.04	44						327.0	293	95	74		51							1.052	8.1		1.4			LRK · SOUA
1923	35	NOR,LRK	A	16	19	.457	3.25	45						274.0	297	125	99		61							1.307	9.8		2.0			NOR,LRK · SOUA
1924	36	LRK	A	13	22	.371	3.90	40						261.0	332	168	113		48							1.456	11.4		1.7			LRK · SOUA
1925	37	LRK	A	14	12	.538	2.73	32						241.0	258	93	73		28							1.187	9.6		1.0			LRK · SOUA
1926	38	LRK	A	8	22	.267	4.44	36						221.0	282	159	109		44							1.475	11.5		1.8			LRK · SOUA
1927	39	LRK	A	13	14	.481	4.07	38						230.0	295	138	104		57							1.530	11.5		2.2			LRK · SOUA
1928	40	ATA,LRK	A	12	5	.706	3.40	27						159.0	178	70	60		33							1.327	10.1		1.9			ATA,LRK · SOUA
1929	41	ATA	A	3	2	.600		7						40.0	47	27			7							1.350	10.6		1.6			ATA · SOUA
6 Yrs				42	37	.532	2.53	150	72	58	32	3	2	701.1	646	269	197	7	159	238	32	2	5	2832	118	1.148	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.50
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.532	2.53	46	22	18	10	1	1	215	198	82	60	2	49	73	10	1	2	867	118	1.148	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.50

PIT (3 yrs)				26	17	.605	2.34	81	38	34	19	1	2	384.1	343	133	100	5	76	137	18	1	3	1518	134	1.090	8.0	0.1	1.8	3.2	1.80
STL (2 yrs)				14	16	.467	2.71	58	31	19	12	2	0	269.0	256	115	81	2	67	87	11	1	1	1113	103	1.201	8.6	0.1	2.2	2.9	1.30
NYY (1 yr)				2	4	.333	3.00	11	3	5	1	0	0	48.0	47	21	16	0	16	14	3	0	1	201	94	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88

NL (5 yrs)				40	33	.548	2.49	139	69	53	31	3	2	653.1	599	248	181	7	143	224	29	2	4	2631	121	1.136	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.57
AL (1 yr)				2	4	.333	3.00	11	3	5	1	0	0	48.0	47	21	16	0	16	14	3	0	1	201	94	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1911	23	PIT	NL	13.0	5	0	7	4.85	4.36	0.34	0.00	101.0	4.07	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.479	.499	$
1912	24	PIT	NL	175.0	33	16	54	2.78	4.57	0.36	0.00	96.0	4.04	26	2.8	1.0	-0.2	3.9	41	.584	.517	$
1913	25	PIT	NL	196.1	43	22	72	3.30	4.12	-0.17	0.00	94.0	4.03	16	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.1	32	.542	.511	$
1914	26	STL	NL	126.0	26	16	61	4.36	3.88	0.23	0.00	100.0	3.65	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.462	.494	$
1915	27	STL	NL	143.0	32	15	54	3.40	3.60	0.00	0.00	102.0	3.68	5	0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.6	15	.521	.504	$

1918	30	NYY	AL	48.0	11	3	21	3.94	3.71	0.15	0.00	97.5	3.47	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.471	.498	$
6 Seasons				701.1	150	72	269	3.45	4.06	0.10	0.00	97.6	3.86	34	3.8	1.0	-0.5	8.6	89	.525	.504	$

PIT (3 yrs)				384.1	81	38	133	3.11	4.33	0.09	0.00	95.1	4.04	40	4.4	1.0	-0.3	7.0	73	.555	.509	$
STL (2 yrs)				269.0	58	31	115	3.85	3.73	0.11	0.00	101.1	3.67	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.2	1.5	15	.494	.499	$
NYY (1 yr)				48.0	11	3	21	3.94	3.71	0.15	0.00	97.5	3.47	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.471	.498	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	30	NYY	AL	202	0.0%	6.9%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	80%
1 Yr				202	0.0%	6.9%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	80%
MLB Averages					0.3%	7.7%	7.5%	2.6%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1911	23	0	1	.000	2.77	5	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	4	0	5	8	1	0	0	52	128	1.385	9.0	0.0	3.5	5.5	1.60	128
1912	24	12	8	.600	2.30	38	16	19	11	0	2	188.0	159	61	48	3	35	87	11	1	2	727	143	1.032	7.6	0.1	1.7	4.2	2.49	143
1913	25	26	17	.605	2.34	81	38	34	19	1	2	384.1	343	133	100	5	76	137	18	1	3	1518	134	1.090	8.0	0.1	1.8	3.2	1.80	134
1914	26	33	25	.569	2.50	107	54	41	25	2	2	510.1	471	194	142	6	108	167	22	1	3	2046	122	1.135	8.3	0.1	1.9	2.9	1.55	122
1915	27	40	33	.548	2.49	139	69	53	31	3	2	653.1	599	248	181	7	143	224	29	2	4	2631	121	1.136	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.57	121
1916	28	40	33	.548	2.49	139	69	53	31	3	2	653.1	599	248	181	7	143	224	29	2	4	2631	121	1.136	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.57	121
1917	29	40	33	.548	2.49	139	69	53	31	3	2	653.1	599	248	181	7	143	224	29	2	4	2631	121	1.136	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.57	121
1918	30	42	37	.532	2.53	150	72	58	32	3	2	701.1	646	269	197	7	159	238	32	2	5	2832	118	1.148	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.50	118

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1911	23	1	0	1.000	3.27	11.0	14	4	4	0	5	7	1	1.727	11.5	4.1	5.7	1.40	0.0	5
1912	24	14	5	.737	2.46	172.0	155	52	47	3	32	78	11	1.087	8.1	1.7	4.1	2.44	0.2	33
1913	25	14	7	.667	2.89	190.0	204	68	61	2	45	48	8	1.311	9.7	2.1	2.3	1.07	0.1	43
1914	26	7	6	.538	3.69	122.0	142	56	50	1	36	29	4	1.459	10.5	2.7	2.1	0.81	0.1	26
1915	27	9	6	.600	3.20	138.0	146	54	49	1	40	55	8	1.348	9.5	2.6	3.6	1.38	0.1	32

1918	30	3	3	.500	3.93	55.0	65	27	24	0	22	16	4	1.582	10.6	3.6	2.6	0.73	0.0	11
6 Yrs		48	27	.640	3.07	688.0	726	261	235	7	180	233	36	1.317	9.5		3.0	1.29	0.1	150

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1912 NL 2.26 (4th) 1913 NL 2.38 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1912 NL .632 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1912 NL 1.006 (1st) 1913 NL 1.146 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 NL 7.509 (2nd)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 NL 1.543 (2nd) 1913 NL 1.880 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1913 NL 43 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1912 NL 2 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1912 NL 2.633 (2nd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 NL 0.092 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 NL 10 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1912 NL 15 (3rd) 1913 NL 15 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1912 NL 145 (4th) 1913 NL 126 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1912 NL 23 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1912 NL 2.3 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rube Kroh (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sherry Smith (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Red Faber (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sherry Smith (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fritz Coumbe (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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