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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1908	20	-min	D	9	5	.643																										NWP · ARSL
1909	21	-min	D	11	4	.733		5																								NWP,JOO · NEAR,ARSL
1910	22	-min	C	14	8	.636		23											36													ELR · WA
1911	23	-min	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	113	1.140	8.1	0.1	2.2	3.6	1.63

1918	30	-min	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	95	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88
1919	31	-min	A	23	12	.657	2.86	42						271.0	270	104	86		39							1.140	9.0		1.3			LRK · SOUA
1920	32	-min	A	26	12	.684		52						371.0	308	98			48							0.960	7.5		1.2			LRK · SOUA
1921	33	-min	A	17	20	.459	3.32	53						336.0	370	167	124		58							1.274	9.9		1.6			LRK · SOUA
1922	34	-min	A	26	11	.703	2.04	44						327.0	293	95	74		51							1.052	8.1		1.4			LRK · SOUA
1923	35	-min	A	16	19	.457	3.25	45						274.0	297	125	99		61							1.307	9.8		2.0			NOR,LRK · SOUA
1924	36	-min	A	13	22	.371	3.90	40						261.0	332	168	113		48							1.456	11.4		1.7			LRK · SOUA
1925	37	-min	A	14	12	.538	2.73	32						241.0	258	93	73		28							1.187	9.6		1.0			LRK · SOUA
1926	38	-min	A	8	22	.267	4.44	36						221.0	282	159	109		44							1.475	11.5		1.8			LRK · SOUA
1927	39	-min	A	13	14	.481	4.07	38						230.0	295	138	104		57							1.530	11.5		2.2			LRK · SOUA
1928	40	-min	A	12	5	.706	3.40	27						159.0	178	70	60		33							1.327	10.1		1.9			ATA,LRK · SOUA
1929	41	-min	A	3	2	.600		7						40.0	47	27			7							1.350	10.6		1.6			ATA · SOUA
6 Seasons				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	95	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88

NL (5 yrs)			NL	40	33	.548	2.49	139	69	53	31	3	2	653.1	599	248	181	7	143	224	29	2	4	2631	120	1.136	8.3	0.1	2.0	3.1	1.57
AL (1 yr)			AL	2	4	.333	3.00	11	3	5	1	0	0	48.0	47	21	16	0	16	14	3	0	1	201	95	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1911	23	PIT	NL	13.0	0	7	7	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1912	24	PIT	NL	175.0	16	54	103	5	1.0	49	4.2	$
1913	25	PIT	NL	196.1	23	72	104	-2	1.0	32	3.2	$
1914	26	STL	NL	126.0	16	61	62	2	1.0	1	-0.2	$
1915	27	STL	NL	143.0	15	54	66	0	1.0	12	1.5	$

1918	30	NYY	AL	48.0	3	21	22	1	1.0	1	0.1	$
6 Seasons				701.1	73	269	364	6	1.0	95	8.8	$

PIT (3 yrs)				384.1	39	133	214	3	1.0	81	7.4	$
STL (2 yrs)				269.0	31	115	128	2	1.0	13	1.3	$
NYY (1 yr)				48.0	3	21	22	1	1.0	1	0.1	$

Standard Batting

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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1908	20	-min	D																						NWP · ARSL
1909	21	-min	D	21	57	57		15									.263	.263							NWP,JOO · NEAR,ARSL
1910	22	-min	C,D	23	71	71		7	2	0	0						.099	.099	.127	.225		9			ELR,CTH · WA,NEAR
1911	23	-min	B	45	117	117		28	3	1	0						.239	.239	.282	.521		33			FTW · TL
1911	23	PIT	NL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1912	24	PIT	NL	33	61	59	4	15	2	1	0	7	0		2	4	.254	.279	.322	.601	65	19	0	0	1
1913	25	PIT	NL	43	66	61	3	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	9	.180	.206	.197	.403	17	12	0	3	1
1914	26	STL	NL	26	40	35	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.171	.216	.171	.388	16	6	0	3	1
1915	27	STL	NL	32	49	47	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.106	.143	.106	.249	-24	5	0	0	1

1918	30	-min	A	16	44	44		6	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273		6			LRK · SOUA
1918	30	NYY	AL	11	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
1919	31	-min	A	44	97	97		18	2	0	0						.186	.186	.206	.392		20			LRK · SOUA
1920	32	-min	A	52	136	136		27	3	0	0						.199	.199	.221	.419		30			LRK · SOUA
1921	33	-min	A	59	136	136		35	5	0	0						.257	.257	.294	.551		40			LRK · SOUA
1922	34	-min	A	45	127	127		37	5	2	0						.291	.291	.362	.654		46			LRK · SOUA
1923	35	-min	A	47	97	97		19	1	0	0						.196	.196	.206	.402		20			NOR,LRK · SOUA
1924	36	-min	A	44	104	104		26	5	0	0						.250	.250	.298	.548		31			LRK · SOUA
1925	37	-min	A	32	86	86		13	0	0	0						.151	.151	.151	.302		13			LRK · SOUA
1926	38	-min	A	37	83	83		23	2	0	0						.277	.277	.301	.578		25			LRK · SOUA
1927	39	-min	A	39	88	88		20	4	0	0						.227	.227	.273	.500		24			LRK · SOUA
1928	40	-min	A	31	63	63		13	1	0	0						.206	.206	.222	.429		14			LRK,ATA · SOUA
1929	41	-min	A																						ATA · SOUA
6 Seasons				150	232	218	11	37	3	1	0	14	0	0	8	22	.170	.199	.193	.392	14	42	0	6
162 Game Avg.				162	251	235	12	40	3	1	0	15	0		9	24	.170	.199	.193	.392	14	45	0	6

PIT (3 yrs)				81	130	123	7	26	3	1	0	13	0	0	4	13	.211	.236	.252	.488	38	31	0	3
STL (2 yrs)				58	89	82	4	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.134	.174	.134	.309	-7	11	0	3
NYY (1 yr)				11	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				139	219	205	11	37	3	1	0	14	0	0	8	21	.180	.211	.205	.416	21	42	0	6
AL (1 yr)				11	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1911	23	PIT	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1912	24	PIT	NL	61	-3	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1913	25	PIT	NL	66	-6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1914	26	STL	NL	40	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1915	27	STL	NL	49	-7	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1

1918	30	NYY	AL	13	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				232	-23	0	0	0	0	11	6	-6	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$

PIT (3 yrs)				130	-10	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
STL (2 yrs)				89	-10	0	0	0	0	4	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
NYY (1 yr)				13	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1911	PIT	NL	23	P	5	13.0	5	0	5	0	2	1.000	3.46	1.00	.944	2.77	2.74
1912	PIT	NL	24	P	33	175.0	45	5	40	0	1	1.000	2.31	1.36	.948	2.54	2.52
1913	PIT	NL	25	P	43	196.1	51	5	45	1	2	.980	2.29	1.16	.955	2.61	2.60
1914	STL	NL	26	P	26	126.0	49	1	47	1	0	.980	3.43	1.85	.943	2.68	2.66
1915	STL	NL	27	P	32	143.0	46	3	43	0	4	1.000	2.90	1.44	.952	2.72	2.71
1918	NYY	AL	30	P	11	48.0	14	1	13	0	0	1.000	2.62	1.27	.952	2.81	2.84
	6 Seasons			P	150	701.1	210	15	193	2	9	.990	2.67	1.39	.950	2.64	2.64
	6 Seasons			TOT	150	701.1	210	15	193	2	9	.990	2.67	1.39	.950	2.64	2.64

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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)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1914 NL 3.43 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1912 NL 1.000 (1st) 1915 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 20 (307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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

Transactions

July 19, 1911: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Fort Worth (Texas) for $4,000.
December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller and Chief Wilson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Harmon, Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowrey.
June 20, 1918: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Little Rock (Southern Association).

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