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, Florida State University
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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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…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1991	21	TOR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	3.86	6	2	3	0	0	0	11.2	12	8	5	1	5	0	18	0	4	2	51		1.457	9.3	0.8	3.9	13.9	3.60	MDH · PION
1992	22	TOR-min	A	1	0	1.000	2.82	20	0	9	0	0	1	38.1	25	12	12	2	30	0	45	3	0	4	162		1.435	5.9	0.5	7.0	10.6	1.50	MYR · SALL
1993	23	TOR-min	A	4	7	.364	4.65	40	0	24	0	0	7	71.2	74	43	37	6	31	1	65	6	1	5	314		1.465	9.3	0.8	3.9	8.2	2.10	HGR · SALL
1994	24	TOR-min	AAA,A,A+	9	4	.692	3.39	45	3	13	0	0	1	85.0	67	37	32	6	33	1	91	1	0	3	352		1.176	7.1	0.6	3.5	9.6	2.76	SYR,HGR,DUN · IL,SALL,FLOR
1995	25	TOR-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.22	38	0	12	0	0	2	50.1	37	18	18	6	12	2	61	2	0	2	201		0.974	6.6	1.1	2.1	10.9	5.08	SYR · IL
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	TOR-KCR-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.06	53	0	18	0	0	1	75.1	59	38	34	15	43	3	87	1	0	7	321		1.354	7.0	1.8	5.1	10.4	2.02	SYR,OMA · IL,AA
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	88	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	7.5	1.67
1997	27	TOR-min	AAA	7	7	.500	2.56	56	0	41	0	0	17	81.0	44	24	23	6	36	1	96	0	0	5	319		0.988	4.9	0.7	4.0	10.7	2.67	SYR · IL
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
1998	28	ARI-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0		DBK · ARIZ
3 Seasons				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	88	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	7.5	1.67

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
1995	25	TOR	AL	39.0	0	21	29	-2	.4	8	0.3	$
1996	26	KCR	AL	6.0	0	4	5	0	.5	1	0.0	$
1997	27	TOR	AL	3.1	0	1	2	0	1.3	1	0.1	$
3 Seasons				48.1	0	26	36	-2	.5	10	0.4	$

TOR (2 yrs)				42.1	0	22	31	-2	.5	9	0.4	$
KCR (1 yr)				6.0	0	4	5	0	.5	1	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1991	21	TOR-min	Rk	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MDH · PION
1992	22	TOR-min	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MYR · SALL
1993	23	TOR-min	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	HGR · SALL
1994	24	TOR-min	A,AAA,A+	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	HGR,SYR,DUN · SALL,IL,FLOR
1995	25	TOR-min	AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1995	25	TOR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	TOR-KCR-min	AAA	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,OMA · IL,AA
1996	26	KCR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	27	TOR-min	AAA	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1997	27	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	28	ARI-min	Rk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	DBK · ARIZ
3 Seasons				29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOR (2 yrs)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
1995	TOR	AL	25	P	21	39.0	3	2	1	0	1.000	0.69	0.14	.960	1.80	1.77	2	0%
1996	KCR	AL	26	P	5	6.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.50	0.20	.960	1.80	1.76	0
1997	TOR	AL	27	P	3	3.1	3	1	2	1	1.000	8.10	1.00	.953	1.62	1.70	0
	3 Seasons			P	29	48.1	7	4	3	1	1.000	1.30	0.24	.957	1.79	1.76	2	0%
	3 Seasons			TOT	29	48.1	7	4	3	1	1.000	1.30	0.24	.957	1.79	1.76	2	0%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1991.
March 29, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 7, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	$185,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$185,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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