Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA
High School: Muir Technical (Pasadena, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (124/160 ballots).
Died: October 24, 1972 in Stamford, CT
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BRO NL 28 1B 151 1431 1323 92 16 144 .989 9.37 .991 6.62 MVP-5,RoY-1
1948 BRO NL 29 2B 116 636 308 315 13 80 .980 5.37 .971 4.83 MVP-15
1948 BRO NL 29 1B 30 219 203 15 1 16 .995 7.27 .990 8.94 MVP-15
1948 BRO NL 29 3B 6 16 3 12 1 1 .938 2.50 .944 2.82 MVP-15
1949 BRO NL 30 2B 156 832 395 421 16 119 .981 5.23 .976 5.07 AS,MVP-1
1950 BRO NL 31 2B 144 760 359 390 11 133 .986 5.20 .974 5.13 AS,MVP-15
1951 BRO NL 32 2B 150 832 390 435 7 137 .992 5.50 .976 5.05 AS,MVP-6
1952 BRO NL 33 2B 146 773 353 400 20 113 .974 5.16 .975 4.96 AS,MVP-7
1953 BRO NL 34 OF 76 157 145 9 3 0 .981 2.03 .980 2.11 76-0-0 AS,MVP-12
1953 BRO NL 34 3B 44 121 34 84 3 14 .975 2.68 .950 2.72 AS,MVP-12
1953 BRO NL 34 2B 9 41 16 25 0 7 1.000 4.56 .971 4.83 AS,MVP-12
1953 BRO NL 34 1B 6 46 41 5 0 4 1.000 7.67 .989 9.17 AS,MVP-12
1953 BRO NL 34 SS 1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 4.60 AS,MVP-12
1954 BRO NL 35 OF 74 63 496.2 114 110 4 0 0 1.000 1.6 3.9 0.6 1.2 -0.7 1 2.07 1.54 .975 2.36 2.18 AS
1954 BRO NL 35 LF 63 62 488.2 110 106 4 0 0 1.000 1.6 3.9 0.6 1.2 -0.7 1 2.03 1.75 .970 2.22 1.98 AS
1954 BRO NL 35 3B 50 48 376.2 145 43 95 7 6 .952 -3.1 -9.9 -3.1 -2.4 -0.8 0 3.30 2.76 .952 3.17 2.82 AS
1954 BRO NL 35 2B 4 4 36.0 23 13 10 0 0 1.000 1.1 36.7 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 5.75 5.75 .974 5.58 5.30 AS
1954 BRO NL 35 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.02 1.80 AS
1955 BRO NL 36 3B 84 82 712.0 263 74 180 9 18 .966 6.3 10.6 6.3 1.8 4.5 0 3.21 3.02 .950 3.13 2.81
1955 BRO NL 36 LF 10 8 64.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 5.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 1.55 1.10 .973 2.12 1.82
1955 BRO NL 36 OF 10 8 64.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 5.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 1.69 1.20 .975 2.31 2.10
1955 BRO NL 36 1B 1 1 9.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 11.00 11.00 .992 9.80 9.10
1955 BRO NL 36 2B 1 1 10.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 5.40 6.00 .967 5.49 5.00
1956 BRO NL 37 3B 72 71 595.0 242 61 173 8 15 .967 16.0 32.3 15.0 7.1 7.9 1 3.54 3.25 .955 3.05 2.64 MVP-16
1956 BRO NL 37 2B 22 22 170.2 89 39 49 1 17 .989 1.4 9.8 0.4 0.5 -0.1 1 4.64 4.00 .980 5.33 4.66 MVP-16
1956 BRO NL 37 1B 9 9 61.1 75 67 8 0 5 1.000 1.7 33.3 1.7 0.8 0.9 0 11.01 8.33 .989 9.82 8.71 MVP-16
1956 BRO NL 37 LF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.3 0 1.06 1.00 .950 2.06 1.70 MVP-16
1956 BRO NL 37 OF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.3 0 1.06 1.00 1.000 2.28 2.05 MVP-16
9 Seasons 2B 748 27 216.2 3992 1877 2047 68 607 .983 2.1 11.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 1 163.00 5.25 .974 5.38 5.01
5 Seasons 3B 256 201 1683.2 787 215 544 28 54 .964 19.2 13.7 18.2 6.5 11.6 1 4.06 2.96 .952 3.11 2.75
5 Seasons 1B 197 10 70.1 1783 1645 120 18 169 .990 0.9 15.4 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 225.85 8.96 .991 9.81 7.16
4 Seasons OF 162 73 577.2 285 268 14 3 0 .989 1.9 3.9 0.9 0.9 -0.2 1 4.39 1.74 .978 2.35 2.14 151-0-1
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 75 72 569.2 123 118 5 0 0 1.000 1.9 4.0 0.9 0.9 -0.2 1 1.94 1.64 .970 2.20 1.95
1 Season RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.02 1.80
1 Season SS 1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 4.60
10 Seasons TOT 1364 311 2548.1 6852 4007 2728 117 830 .983 24.1 11.3 21.1 8.8 12.0 1 2 23.79 4.94 .959 3.32 4.55 151-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1947 BRO NL 28 151 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 29 147 147 147 0 0 30 116 6 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 30 156 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 31 144 144 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 32 153 153 153 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 33 149 149 149 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 34 136 136 136 0 0 6 9 44 1 76 0 0 76
1954 BRO NL 35 124 115 124 124 0 0 0 4 50 0 73 0 1 74 9 0
1955 BRO NL 36 105 92 105 105 0 0 1 1 84 0 10 0 0 10 13 0
1956 BRO NL 37 117 104 117 117 0 0 9 22 72 0 2 0 0 2 13 0
10 Seasons 1382 311 1382 1382 0 0 197 748 256 1 161 0 1 162 35 0
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 35 1656 62% 80% 30% 144 89% 1 43 33 4 6 96 80 11 0 4 7 0 4 3 5 7 5 1 6 1 1 0 16 69%
1955 BRO NL 36 3017 65% 76% 30% 270 88% 4 76 59 5 12 182 140 34 0 6 9 0 5 4 5 19 9 2 13 5 4 1 13 54%
1956 BRO NL 37 2510 62% 79% 32% 257 88% 4 62 49 6 7 178 146 27 1 3 8 0 5 3 7 16 11 1 12 3 2 1 8 13%
3 Seasons 7183 63% 78% 31% 671 88% 9 181 141 15 25 456 366 72 1 13 24 0 14 10 17 42 25 4 31 9 7 2 37 51%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

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%
1954 BRO NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 16 15 0 19 4 1 8 5 1 9 3 0 9 7 0 61 34 55.7% 25 2 3.3% 2 2133 60% 79% 38% 219 50%
1955 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 1 1 16.7% 0 256 61% 76% 41% 22 50%
1956 BRO NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 71 54% 72% 34% 4 50%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 21 19 1 20 4 1 9 6 1 9 3 0 9 7 0 68 39 57.4% 26 3 4.4% 2 2460 60% 79% 38% 245 50%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BRO NL 35 152 72% 75% 21% 12 100% 0 13 2 5 6 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 36 44 52% 70% 27% 1 100% 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 BRO NL 37 704 58% 79% 27% 53 91% 0 38 8 20 10 50 46 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 17 5 5 4 0 15 4 10 2 0 2
3 Seasons 900 60% 78% 26% 66 92% 0 55 10 28 17 62 58 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 18 6 5 4 0 16 4 11 2 0 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BRO NL 36 40 48% 93% 30% 5 80% 0 11 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BRO NL 37 260 64% 78% 30% 17 100% 0 66 4 60 2 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 100%
2 Seasons 300 62% 80% 30% 22 95% 0 77 7 68 2 7 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1954 BRO NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 53% 76% 37% 6 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 53% 76% 37% 6 33%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

* 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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