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Rabbit Robinson

William Clyde Robinson

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 148 lb.

Born: March 5, 1882 in Wellsburg, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1903
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Reds 1903-1910

Final Game: June 9, 1910
Died: April 9, 1915 in Waterbury, CT
Buried: Brooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, WV
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1903 WSH AL 21 2B 45 252 81 150 21 19 .917 5.13 .943 5.11
1903 WSH AL 21 OF 30 62 53 7 2 3 .968 2.00 .952 1.95 0-14-16
1903 WSH AL 21 SS 24 150 48 83 19 4 .873 5.46 .913 5.28
1903 WSH AL 21 3B 5 12 3 8 1 1 .917 2.20 .922 3.16
1904 DET AL 22 SS 30 160 54 94 12 7 .925 4.93 .934 5.30
1904 DET AL 22 3B 26 83 23 51 9 4 .892 2.85 .931 3.13
1904 DET AL 22 OF 20 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 1.70 .954 1.86 7-0-13
1904 DET AL 22 2B 19 112 43 68 1 6 .991 5.84 .954 5.11
1910 CIN NL 28 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 3.15
2 Seasons 2B 64 364 124 218 22 25 .940 5.34 .946 5.11
2 Seasons SS 54 310 102 177 31 11 .900 5.17 .924 5.29
2 Seasons OF 50 96 84 10 2 3 .979 1.88 .953 1.91 7-14-29
3 Seasons 3B 33 98 27 61 10 5 .898 2.67 .930 3.14
3 Seasons TOT 201 868 337 466 65 44 .925 4.00 .937 4.04 7-14-29
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1903 WSH AL 21 103 103 0 0 0 45 5 24 0 14 16 30 0
1904 DET AL 22 101 101 0 0 0 19 26 30 7 0 13 20 0
1910 CIN NL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 206 206 0 0 0 64 33 54 7 14 29 50 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1903 AL  born 1882-03-05 (7th)

                                         

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