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Ken Robinson

Kenneth Neal Robinson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 3, 1969 in Barberton, OH
Schools: Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1995
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Royals 1995-1997

Final Game: September 24, 1997
Died: February 28, 1999 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1995 25 TOR AL 1 2 .333 3.69 21 0 9 0 0 0 39.0 25 21 16 7 22 1 31 2 0 1 167 129 1.205 5.8 1.6 5.1 7.2 1.41
1996 26 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 30 87 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 7.5 1.67
1997 27 TOR AL 0 0 2.70 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 11 185 0.600 2.7 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00
3 Yrs 2 2 .500 3.91 29 0 13 0 0 0 48.1 35 26 21 8 26 2 40 2 0 2 208 124 1.262 6.5 1.5 4.8 7.4 1.54
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.91 68 0 30 0 0 0 113 82 61 49 19 61 5 94 5 0 5 488 124 1.262 6.5 1.5 4.8 7.4 1.54
TOR (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 3.61 24 0 11 0 0 0 42.1 26 22 17 8 23 1 35 2 0 1 178 132 1.157 5.5 1.7 4.9 7.4 1.52
KCR (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 30 87 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 7.5 1.67

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 Awards
1995 25 TOR AL 39.0 21 0 21 4.85 5.17 -0.36 -0.39 99.9 5.14 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.4 6 .506 .501 $
1996 26 KCR AL 6.0 5 0 4 6.00 5.57 0.04 -0.42 101.3 5.18 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .488 .500 $
1997 27 TOR AL 3.1 3 0 1 2.70 5.70 0.04 -0.43 96.2 5.03 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 1 .528 .501 $
3 Seasons 48.1 29 0 26 4.84 5.26 -0.29 -0.39 99.8 5.14 2 0.2 .5 -0.1 0.5 7 .505 .500 $
TOR (2 yrs) 42.1 24 0 22 4.68 5.21 -0.33 -0.39 99.6 5.13 2 0.2 .5 -0.1 0.5 7 .509 .501 $
KCR (1 yr) 6.0 5 0 4 6.00 5.57 0.04 -0.42 101.3 5.18 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .488 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1995 25 TOR AL 21 167 140 21 25 3 1 7 2 0 22 31 .179 .295 .364 .659 .173 51 1 2 1 2 1 2
1996 26 KCR AL 5 30 26 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 .346 .400 .538 .938 .409 14 0 0 0 1 1 0
1997 27 TOR AL 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .400 .582 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 29 208 176 26 35 4 3 8 2 0 26 40 .199 .304 .392 .696 .206 69 1 2 1 3 2 2
162 Game Avg. 68 488 413 61 82 9 7 19 5 0 61 94 .199 .304 .392 .696 .206 162 2 5 2 7 5 5
MLB Averages .268 .338 .421 .760 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 25 TOR AL 3.0 0.3 170 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 .38 0.3 -2.5 4.2 0.4 0.38 5.1 2 1 16
1996 26 KCR AL -0.3 -0.0 31 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .51 -0.3 -0.5 -3.6 -0.3 0.51 -1.9 0 2 3
1997 27 TOR AL 0.9 0.1 11 -0.0 0.3 -0.4 1.26 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 1.26 1.4 1 0 2
3 Yrs 3.5 0.3 212 -1.3 1.5 -2.7 .45 0.1 -2.9 1.7 0.2 0.45 4.6 3 3 21

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1995 25 TOR AL 21 21 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 6 .384 2 1 16 3 1 17 6 15 12 3 12 1 5.6 33
1996 26 KCR AL 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 .508 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 3.6 17
1997 27 TOR AL 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.265 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.3 18
3 Yrs 29 29 13 2 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 18 5 28% .448 3 3 21 4 2 23 9 20 15 7 15 3 5.0 29

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1995 25 TOR AL 167 43% 4.2% 18.6% 13.2% 6.6% 44% 0.54 0.54 62% 15% 15.2% 34% 36 1 3%
1996 26 KCR AL 30 57% 0.0% 16.7% 10.0% 10.0% 33% 0.29 0.63 73% 45% 0.0% 29% 3 0 0%
1997 27 TOR AL 11 55% 9.1% 36.4% 9.1% 9.1% 100% 0.20 0.20 45% 17% 25.0% 20% 1 0 0%
3 Yrs 208 45% 3.9% 19.2% 12.5% 7.2% 43% 0.48 0.52 63% 20% 12.9% 33% 40 1 3%
MLB Averages 44% 2.7% 16.6% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 0.83 1.11 70% 22% 8.3% 17% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 25 TOR AL 151 589 3.90 343 58% 24% 18% 28% 29% 76% 2% 44% 76% 54% 9% 13 8 13% 19 7 2 14% 3 4 16 0 0
1996 26 KCR AL 14 50 3.57 26 52% 23% 8% 31% 38% 77% 13% 40% 90% 36% 7% 1 0 14% 2 1 1 50% 0 0 16 0 0
1997 27 TOR AL 11 55 5.00 31 56% 26% 32% 23% 19% 74% 0% 42% 57% 36% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 176 694 3.94 400 58% 25% 19% 28% 29% 76% 2% 44% 75% 51% 8% 14 8 12% 21 8 3 20% 3 4 32 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1995 25 TOR AL 167 25 3 0 7 0 5 5 2 3 4 11 4 3 36% 2 1 0 64 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 26 KCR AL 30 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 27 TOR AL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 208 35 3 0 8 0 6 6 2 3 5 14 6 3 43% 2 2 0 76 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1995 25 1 2 .333 3.69 21 0 9 0 0 0 39.0 25 21 16 7 22 1 31 2 0 1 167 129 1.205 5.8 1.6 5.1 7.2 1.41 129
1996 26 2 2 .500 4.00 26 0 11 0 0 0 45.0 34 25 20 7 25 2 36 2 0 2 197 120 1.311 6.8 1.4 5.0 7.2 1.44 120
1997 27 2 2 .500 3.91 29 0 13 0 0 0 48.1 35 26 21 8 26 2 40 2 0 2 208 124 1.262 6.5 1.5 4.8 7.4 1.54 124

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1995 25 3 2 .600 3.40 45.0 27 19 17 8 24 36 2 1.133 5.4 4.8 7.2 1.50 1.6 21
1996 26 0 0 6.00 6.0 8 4 4 0 3 5 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 0.0 5
1997 27 0 0 3.00 3.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0.667 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 3.0 3
3 Yrs 3 2 .600 3.67 54.0 36 24 22 9 28 45 2 1.185 6.0 7.5 1.61 1.5 29

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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