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Hank Robinson
John Henry Robinson (Rube)
bornJohn Henry Roberson
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 16, 1887 in Floyd, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1911
Final Game: August 12, 1918
Died: July 3, 1965 in N.Little Rock, AR
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 52 124 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 2 675 144 1.006 7.5 0.2 1.5 4.1 2.63
1913 25 PIT NL 14 9 .609 2.38 43 23 15 8 1 0 196.1 184 72 52 1 41 50 7 0 1 791 126 1.146 8.4 0.0 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 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
6 Seasons 42 37 .532 2.53 150 73 58 32 3 2 701.1 646 269 197 6 159 238 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 1 214 197 82 60 2 48 73 10 1 2 864 118 1.148 8.3 0.1 2.0 3.1 1.50
PIT (3 yrs) 26 17 .605 2.34 81 39 34 19 1 2 384.1 343 133 100 4 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 102 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 70 53 31 3 2 653.1 599 248 181 6 143 224 29 2 4 2631 120 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
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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
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 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 2 4 .106 .143 .106 .249 -24 5 0 0 1
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
6 Seasons 150 232 218 11 37 3 1 0 14 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 4 13 .211 .236 .252 .488 38 31 0 3
STL (2 yrs) 58 89 82 4 11 0 0 0 1 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 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1911 PIT NL 23 P 5 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.00 .940 1.72
1912 PIT NL 24 P 33 45 5 40 0 1 1.000 1.36 .944 1.55
1913 PIT NL 25 P 43 51 5 45 1 2 .980 1.16 .953 1.57
1914 STL NL 26 P 26 49 1 47 1 0 .980 1.85 .941 1.65
1915 STL NL 27 P 32 46 3 43 0 4 1.000 1.44 .950 1.68
1918 NYY AL 30 P 11 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 1.27 .950 1.85
6 Seasons P 150 210 15 193 2 9 .990 1.39 .947 1.63
6 Seasons TOT 150 210 15 193 2 9 .990 1.39 .938 1.63

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1912 NL--2.263--4th
1913 NL--2.384--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--.046--1st

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--144--4th
1913 NL--126--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1611), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (293), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Charlie Chech (960)
  2. Harry Krause (952)
  3. Heinie Berger (951)
  4. Bert Humphries (950)
  5. Ad Brennan (947)
  6. George McConnell (946)
  7. Chief Johnson (945)
  8. Nick Maddox (942)
  9. Harry Gaspar (941)
  10. Buck O'Brien (941)
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  1. Rube Kroh (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sherry Smith (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Red Faber (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sherry Smith (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fritz Coumbe (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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 the St. Louis Cardinals.

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