Ron Robinson

Ronald Dean Robinson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: March 24, 1962 in Exeter, CA
High School: Woodlake HS (Woodlake, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1984
Teams (by GP): Reds/Brewers 1984-1992
Agents: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: July 2, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1980	18	CIN-min	A	13	29	25	2	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	9	.240	.269	.360	.629		9		0	3	0			TAM · FLOR
1981	19	CIN-min	A	24	61	49	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	17	.184	.273	.184	.456		9		0	6	0	0		CDR · MIDW
1982	20	CIN-min	AA	32	68	57	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	25	.053	.156	.053	.209		3		0	4	0	0		WBY · EL
1983	21	CIN-min	AA,AAA	24	38	30	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.200	.250	.233	.483		7		0	6	0	0		WBY,INA · EL,AA
1984	22	CIN-min	AAA	25	24	24	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.208	.375		5		0	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1984	22	CIN	NL	12	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1985	23	CIN-min	AAA	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	1	0	0		DEN · AA
1985	23	CIN	NL	33	27	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	2	0	0	5	0	0	1
1986	24	CIN	NL	70	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1987	25	CIN	NL	48	42	36	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.194	.189	.194	.384	1	7	1	0	5	1	0	1
1988	26	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1988	26	CIN	NL	17	26	25	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.200	.200	.240	.440	24	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1989	27	CIN-min	AAA,AA	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		NVL,CNG · AA,SOUL
1989	27	CIN	NL	15	31	28	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.214	.241	.250	.491	39	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
1990	28	TOT	MLB	28	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1990	28	CIN	NL	6	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1990	28	MIL	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	29	MIL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1992	30	MIL-min	AA,A+	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ELP,STK · TL,CALL
1992	30	MIL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				232	161	144	9	22	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	0	15	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	112	101	6	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	41	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	17	1	0	10	1	0

CIN (7 yrs)				201	161	144	9	22	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	0	15	1	0
MIL (3 yrs)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				201	161	144	9	22	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	0	15	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	22	CIN	NL	12	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1985	23	CIN	NL	33	27	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1986	24	CIN	NL	70	14	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$92,500	1
1987	25	CIN	NL	48	42	-6	-0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$185,000	1
1988	26	CIN	NL	17	26	-2	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$390,000	1
1989	27	CIN	NL	15	31	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$350,000	1
1990	28	CIN	NL	6	12	-2	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$500,000	/1
1990	28	MIL	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1991	29	MIL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1992	30	MIL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,100,000	/1
9 Seasons				232	161	-23	-1	1	0	20	-4	-0.4	5	1	-0.5	.498	.500	-0.5	0.1	1	$2,617,500

CIN (7 yrs)				201	161	-23	-1	1	0	20	-4	-0.4	5	1	-0.5	.498	.500	-0.5	0.1	1	$1,517,500
MIL (3 yrs)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,100,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1984	22	CIN	NL	9	9	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.390	.000	.723	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1985	23	CIN	NL	27	25	0	0.0	98	.143	.091	.264	.091	.333	.091	.394	.182	.727	-50	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.100	.000	.000
1986	24	CIN	NL	14	14	0	0.0	101	.091	.071	.266	.071	.337	.071	.401	.143	.738	-61	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.071	.000	.000
1987	25	CIN	NL	42	36	1	0.8	109	.304	.194	.274	.189	.344	.194	.426	.384	.770	1	.033	-5.3	-0.5	.233	.000	.000
1988	26	CIN	NL	26	21	1	1.3	93	.294	.200	.261	.200	.325	.240	.383	.440	.708	24	.112	-2.6	-0.3	.300	.040	.040
1989	27	CIN	NL	31	24	2	2.2	94	.429	.214	.258	.241	.326	.250	.385	.491	.711	39	.254	-2.3	-0.2	.364	.071	.036
1990	28	TOT	MLB	12	11	0	0.0	102	.200	.091	.270	.091	.337	.091	.406	.182	.743	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1990	28	CIN	NL	12	11	0	0.0	102	.200	.091	.270	.091	.337	.091	.406	.182	.743	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
9 Yrs				161	140	4	0.8	100	.253	.153	.266	.158	.334	.167	.400	.324	.734	-11	.041	-22.5	-2.3	.202	.021	.014
162 Game Avg.				112	98	3	0.8	100	.253	.153	.266	.158	.334	.167	.400	.324	.734	-11	.041	-22.5	-2.3	.202	.021	.014

NL (7 yrs)				161	140	4	0.8	100	.253	.153	.266	.158	.334	.167	.400	.324	.734	-11	.041	-22.5	-2.3	.202	.021	.014

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	22	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%			1.6				3.00	33%
1985	23	CIN	NL	27	0.0%	29.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8		22.0		15.00	52%
1986	24	CIN	NL	14	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.7				10.00	79%
1987	25	CIN	NL	42	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6		18.0		1.75	55%
1988	26	CIN	NL	26	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	3.9%	20%		3.1		25.0	2.75	12.00	65%	17%	0.0%	25%
1989	27	CIN	NL	31	0.0%	45.2%	3.2%	3.2%	17%	14.00	2.0		28.0	0.57	4.00	45%	31%	0.0%	14%
1990	28	TOT	MLB	12	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		11.0	1.50	4.00	42%	33%	0.0%	0%
1990	28	CIN	NL	12	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		11.0	1.50	4.00	42%	33%	0.0%	0%
9 Yrs				161	0.0%	36.0%	0.6%	1.2%	9%	58.00	2.5		24.0	1.38	4.40	54%	25%	0.0%	15%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.8%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.72	6.0	41.4	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1984	22	CIN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.83	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-2.2	0
1985	23	CIN	NL	-4.6	-0.5	27	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.07	-0.4	-0.1	-5.8	-0.6	1.07	-4.5	0
1986	24	CIN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.27	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.97	-3.3	0
1987	25	CIN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	42	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	.93	-0.5	0.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.98	-5.8	0
1988	26	CIN	NL	-2.6	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.87	-0.2	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.93	-2.8	0
1989	27	CIN	NL	-2.3	-0.2	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.83	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.91	-3.1	0
1990	28	TOT	MLB	-2.4	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.62	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.89	-1.9	0
1990	28	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.62	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.89	-1.9	0
1990	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1991	29	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	30	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				-22.5	-2.3	162	-1.9	0.8	-2.7	.83	-2.2	-0.1	-25.7	-2.6	0.96	-23.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	22	CIN	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	23	CIN	NL	1	0%	6	1	1	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1986	24	CIN	NL	0	100%	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	25	CIN	NL	0	57%	11	0	0	0%	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
1988	26	CIN	NL	0	20%	13	2	0	20%	3	3	1	0	1	0	1
1989	27	CIN	NL	0	43%	7	0	0	25%	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
1990	28	TOT	MLB	0	0%	2	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	28	CIN	NL	0	0%	2	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1	39%	40	3	3	13%	10	10	3	2	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1984	22	CIN	NL	9	22%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	23	CIN	NL	27	22%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	11	0	0%	12	5	42%	20	1	5%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1986	24	CIN	NL	14	21%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	4	1	25%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1987	25	CIN	NL	42	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	10	1	10%	11	4	36%	29	2	7%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0
1988	26	CIN	NL	26	4%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	15	1	7%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1989	27	CIN	NL	31	42%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	20	1	5%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1990	28	TOT	MLB	12	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	28	CIN	NL	12	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				161	25%	22	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	15	75%	37	2	5%	41	14	34%	108	6	6%	7	3	43%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			75%			11%			35%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	26	CIN	NL	26	68	2.62	58	85%	10%	43%	16%	31%	90%	0%	76%	52%	85%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
1989	27	CIN	NL	31	96	3.10	72	75%	17%	42%	19%	22%	83%	0%	63%	50%	48%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	21%	0	0	0
1990	28	TOT	MLB	12	46	3.83	34	74%	18%	38%	26%	18%	82%	0%	61%	54%	42%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	17%	0	0	0
1990	28	CIN	NL	12	46	3.83	34	74%	18%	38%	26%	18%	82%	0%	61%	54%	42%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	17%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				69	210	3.04	164	78%	15%	41%	20%	24%	85%	0%	67%	51%	61%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	21%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1984	22	12	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	0
1985	23	45	36	30	0	2	0	1	0	13	.067	.067	.067	.133	-63	2	0	6	0
1986	24	115	50	44	1	3	0	1	0	16	.068	.068	.068	.136	-62	3	1	6	0
1987	25	163	92	80	5	10	0	3	0	30	.125	.123	.125	.248	-33	10	2	11	1
1988	26	180	118	105	6	15	1	4	0	38	.143	.142	.152	.294	-20	16	2	12	1
1989	27	195	149	133	9	21	2	5	1	52	.158	.163	.173	.336	-8	23	2	14	1
1990	28	223	161	144	9	22	2	6	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	15	1
1991	29	224	161	144	9	22	2	6	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	15	1
1992	30	232	161	144	9	22	2	6	1	58	.153	.158	.167	.324	-11	24	2	15	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	22	12	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1985	23	33	27	22	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33
1986	24	70	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	70
1987	25	48	41	35	3	6	0	1	0	14	.171	.167	.171	.338	1	48
1988	26	17	26	25	1	5	1	1	0	8	.200	.200	.240	.440	1	17
1989	27	15	32	29	4	7	1	1	1	14	.241	.267	.276	.543	2	15
1990	28	28	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
7 Yrs		223	161	144	8	18	2	3	1	58	.125	.130	.139	.269	4	223
162 Game Avg.		162	117	105	6	13	1	2	1	42	.125	.130	.139	.269	3	223

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Ron Robinson

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.