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Wilbert Robinson

Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robbie)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 29, 1864 in Bolton, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1886
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/Cardinals 1886-1902

Final Game: September 29, 1902
Died: August 8, 1934 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Manager in 1945.
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Relatives: Brother of Fred Robinson
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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
1886 22 PHA AA 87 366 342 57 69 11 3 1 30 33 21 .202 .254 .260 .514 62 89 3 23/O
1887 23 PHA AA 68 279 264 28 60 6 2 1 24 15 14 .227 .269 .277 .545 51 73 1 2/3O
1888 24 PHA AA 66 263 254 32 62 7 2 1 31 11 9 .244 .270 .299 .569 84 76 0 2/3
1889 25 PHA AA 69 271 264 31 61 13 2 0 28 9 6 34 .231 .251 .295 .546 57 78 1 2
1890 26 TOT AA 96 399 377 39 91 14 4 4 46 21 19 .241 .283 .332 .615 80 125 3 *2/3
1890 26 PHA AA 82 348 329 32 78 13 4 4 42 20 16 .237 .279 .337 .616 82 111 3 *2
1890 26 BAL AA 14 51 48 7 13 1 0 0 4 1 3 .271 .314 .292 .605 70 14 0 2/3
1891 27 BAL AA 93 350 334 25 72 8 5 2 46 18 16 37 .216 .251 .287 .539 54 96 0 *2/O
1892 28 BLN NL 90 347 330 36 88 14 4 2 57 5 15 35 .267 .303 .352 .654 95 116 2 2/3O
1893 29 BLN NL 95 387 359 49 120 21 3 3 57 17 26 22 .334 .382 .435 .817 116 156 2 *2/3
1894 30 BLN NL 109 474 414 69 146 21 4 1 98 12 46 18 .353 .421 .430 .851 102 178 3 11 *2
1895 31 BLN NL 77 301 282 38 74 19 1 0 48 11 12 19 .262 .295 .337 .632 61 95 1 6 2
1896 32 BLN NL 67 264 245 43 85 9 6 2 38 9 14 13 .347 .385 .457 .842 119 112 1 4 2
1897 33 BLN NL 48 191 181 25 57 9 0 0 23 0 8 8 .315 .347 .365 .712 88 66 1 1 2
1898 34 BLN NL 79 313 289 29 80 12 2 0 38 3 16 18 .277 .317 .332 .649 84 96 1 7 2
1899 35 BLN NL 108 395 356 40 101 15 2 0 47 5 31 25 .284 .344 .337 .682 83 120 2 6 *2
1900 36 STL NL 60 224 210 26 52 5 1 0 28 7 11 20 .248 .291 .281 .572 59 59 2 1 2
1901 37 BLA AL 68 254 239 32 72 12 3 0 26 9 10 16 .301 .335 .377 .711 93 90 2 3 2
1902 38 BLA AL 91 352 335 38 98 16 7 1 57 11 12 17 .293 .321 .391 .712 94 131 2 3 2
17 Yrs 1371 5430 5075 637 1388 212 51 18 722 196 286 282 .273 .316 .346 .662 83 1756 27 42
162 Game Avg. 162 642 600 75 164 25 6 2 85 23 34 .273 .316 .346 .662 83 207 3
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
BLN (10 yrs) 780 3073 2838 361 836 129 27 10 456 81 187 195 .295 .341 .370 .711 90 1049 13 35
PHA (5 yrs) 372 1527 1453 180 330 50 13 7 155 88 66 34 .227 .265 .294 .558 67 427 8
BLA (2 yrs) 159 606 574 70 170 28 10 1 83 20 22 33 .296 .327 .385 .712 94 221 4 6
STL (1 yr) 60 224 210 26 52 5 1 0 28 7 11 20 .248 .291 .281 .572 59 59 2 1
NL (9 yrs) 733 2896 2666 355 803 125 23 8 434 69 179 178 .301 .349 .374 .723 92 998 15 36
AA (6 yrs) 479 1928 1835 212 415 59 18 9 205 107 85 71 .226 .263 .293 .556 65 537 8
AL (2 yrs) 159 606 574 70 170 28 10 1 83 20 22 33 .296 .327 .385 .712 94 221 4 6

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 Awards
1886 22 PHA AA 87 366 -16 3 0 -9 4 -19 -1.6 6 -13 -1.0 .481 .490 -0.2 -0.4 -4 $2,000 23/O
1887 23 PHA AA 68 279 -20 -1 0 -8 4 -24 -1.8 4 -20 -1.4 .472 .488 -0.8 -0.2 -12 $ 2/3O
1888 24 PHA AA 66 263 -5 -1 0 3 4 1 0.0 4 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.2 0.7 2 $ 2/3
1889 25 PHA AA 69 271 -17 -1 0 8 4 -6 -0.5 4 -1 0.0 .493 .497 -0.8 1.0 -9 $ 2
1890 26 PHA AA 82 348 -10 0 0 8 6 3 0.2 6 10 0.9 .504 .502 0.2 1.1 2 $ *2
1890 26 BAL AA 14 51 -2 -0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 -0.1 0.3 -1 $ 2/3
1891 27 BAL AA 93 350 -24 1 0 8 6 -9 -0.8 6 -3 -0.1 .491 .495 -0.8 1.2 -11 $ *2/O
1892 28 BLN NL 90 347 -4 -1 0 -1 6 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .499 .500 1.1 0.4 11 $2,800 2/3O
1893 29 BLN NL 95 387 8 -1 0 2 6 15 1.1 11 26 2.3 .512 .507 2.1 0.6 24 $ *2/3
1894 30 BLN NL 109 474 7 -2 0 3 7 15 1.0 14 29 2.5 .510 .507 2.3 0.7 26 $2,500 *2
1895 31 BLN NL 77 301 -20 -0 0 6 5 -10 -0.8 9 -1 0.1 .490 .495 -0.3 0.8 -7 $ 2
1896 32 BLN NL 67 264 7 -1 0 1 4 11 0.9 8 19 1.7 .513 .506 1.6 0.4 18 $ 2
1897 33 BLN NL 48 191 -3 0 0 1 3 2 0.1 6 7 0.7 .503 .501 0.6 0.3 6 $ 2
1898 34 BLN NL 79 313 -6 0 0 1 5 -0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 0.9 0.6 9 $2,600 2
1899 35 BLN NL 108 395 -8 -0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 12 11 1.1 .499 .499 1.1 0.6 11 $ *2
1900 36 STL NL 60 224 -12 -0 0 0 4 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .487 .495 -0.1 0.3 -2 $6,000 2
1901 37 BLA AL 68 254 -3 -0 0 2 4 3 0.3 8 11 1.1 .504 .502 0.9 0.6 9 $ 2
1902 38 BLA AL 91 352 -3 -0 0 -1 6 1 0.0 11 12 1.2 .501 .501 1.4 0.5 13 $ 2
17 Seasons 1371 5430 -134 -6 0 27 86 -27 -3.1 138 111 11.5 .498 .499 9.3 9.6 84 $15,900
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BLN (10 yrs) 780 3073 -47 -5 0 24 50 22 1.2 86 108 10.4 .502 .501 8.5 6.1 84 $7,900
PHA (5 yrs) 372 1527 -69 -0 0 2 23 -45 -3.8 26 -19 -1.0 .490 .496 -1.4 2.2 -21 $2,000
BLA (2 yrs) 159 606 -6 -1 0 1 10 4 0.3 20 24 2.3 .502 .501 2.3 1.0 23 $
STL (1 yr) 60 224 -12 -0 0 0 4 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .487 .495 -0.1 0.3 -2 $6,000

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 PwrSpd
1886 22 PHA AA 366 273 22 2.1 74 .199 .202 .246 .254 .309 .260 .327 .514 .636 62 .286 -15.2 -1.7 .535 .216 .058 1.9
1887 23 PHA AA 279 204 19 2.4 97 .224 .227 .280 .269 .344 .277 .378 .545 .722 51 .249 -18.0 -1.8 .505 .159 .049 1.9
1888 24 PHA AA 263 192 21 2.9 69 .241 .244 .242 .270 .300 .299 .320 .569 .620 84 .451 -5.4 -0.6 .500 .134 .055 1.8
1889 25 PHA AA 271 203 19 2.4 90 .265 .231 .264 .251 .336 .295 .359 .546 .695 57 .276 -15.6 -1.6 .463 .121 .064 .0
1890 26 TOT AA 399 286 34 3.1 87 .233 .241 .260 .283 .339 .332 .343 .615 .682 80 .406 -11.6 -1.2 .587 .196 .090 6.7
1890 26 PHA AA 348 251 30 3.1 86 .228 .237 .259 .279 .337 .337 .341 .616 .678 82 .409 -9.7 -1.0 .598 .210 .100 6.7
1890 26 BAL AA 51 35 4 3.0 95 .271 .271 .272 .314 .353 .292 .358 .605 .711 70 .389 -1.9 -0.2 .514 .104 .021 .0
1891 27 BAL AA 350 262 24 2.4 92 .237 .216 .262 .251 .346 .287 .354 .539 .700 54 .278 -22.5 -2.4 .496 .174 .072 3.6
1892 28 BLN NL 347 242 35 3.8 84 .294 .267 .255 .303 .329 .352 .342 .654 .671 95 .517 -3.4 -0.4 .570 .145 .085 2.9
1893 29 BLN NL 387 239 59 6.5 107 .350 .334 .287 .382 .365 .435 .391 .817 .756 116 .628 7.8 0.7 .841 .220 .100 5.1
1894 30 BLN NL 474 279 74 6.9 130 .367 .353 .321 .421 .393 .430 .452 .851 .845 102 .564 3.6 0.3 .892 .217 .077 1.8
1895 31 BLN NL 301 214 28 3.4 115 .281 .262 .306 .295 .373 .337 .414 .632 .786 61 .317 -17.3 -1.6 .572 .156 .074 .0
1896 32 BLN NL 264 164 43 6.8 109 .361 .347 .300 .385 .365 .457 .400 .842 .766 119 .652 6.0 0.6 .850 .204 .110 3.3
1897 33 BLN NL 191 125 23 4.8 107 .329 .315 .298 .347 .362 .365 .396 .712 .759 88 .499 -3.1 -0.3 .605 .094 .050
1898 34 BLN NL 313 216 30 3.6 93 .295 .277 .280 .317 .345 .332 .360 .649 .705 84 .460 -6.4 -0.7 .555 .121 .055 .0
1899 35 BLN NL 395 261 41 4.1 104 .305 .284 .296 .344 .359 .337 .386 .682 .745 83 .474 -7.6 -0.8 .620 .154 .053 .0
1900 36 STL NL 224 159 17 2.8 97 .274 .248 .284 .291 .345 .281 .375 .572 .720 59 .315 -11.7 -1.2 .500 .119 .033 .0
1901 37 BLA AL 254 170 30 4.6 101 .323 .301 .290 .335 .347 .377 .390 .711 .737 93 .530 -2.6 -0.3 .665 .155 .075 .0
1902 38 BLA AL 352 240 42 4.6 100 .306 .293 .287 .321 .345 .391 .388 .712 .733 94 .538 -4.1 -0.4 .658 .167 .099 1.8
17 Yrs 5430 3729 561 3.9 98 .287 .273 .280 .316 .348 .346 .375 .662 .724 83 .454 -127.3 -13.4 .614 .167 .073 33.0
162 Game Avg. 642 441 66 3.9 98 .287 .273 .280 .316 .348 .346 .375 .662 .724 83 .454 -127.3 -13.4 .614 .167 .073 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BLN (10 yrs) 3073 2037 361 4.6 105 .314 .295 .289 .341 .361 .370 .389 .711 .750 90 .497 -45.0 -4.7 .664 .169 .075 17.8
PHA (5 yrs) 1527 1123 111 2.6 83 .229 .227 .258 .265 .325 .294 .344 .558 .669 67 .331 -64.0 -6.8 .524 .173 .067 13.0
BLA (2 yrs) 606 410 72 4.6 100 .313 .296 .289 .327 .346 .385 .389 .712 .735 94 .535 -6.7 -0.7 .661 .162 .089 1.9
STL (1 yr) 224 159 17 2.8 97 .274 .248 .284 .291 .345 .281 .375 .572 .720 59 .315 -11.7 -1.2 .500 .119 .033 .0
NL (9 yrs) 2896 1899 350 4.8 106 .321 .301 .293 .349 .361 .374 .393 .723 .754 92 .509 -32.2 -3.3 .677 .166 .073 14.3
AA (6 yrs) 1928 1420 139 2.6 85 .231 .226 .259 .263 .330 .293 .346 .556 .676 65 .322 -88.4 -9.4 .519 .171 .066 16.6
AL (2 yrs) 606 410 72 4.6 100 .313 .296 .289 .327 .346 .385 .389 .712 .735 94 .535 -6.7 -0.7 .661 .162 .089 1.9

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1886 22 87 366 342 57 69 11 3 1 30 33 21 .202 .254 .260 .514 62 89 3
1887 23 155 645 606 85 129 17 5 2 54 48 35 .213 .260 .267 .528 57 162 4
1888 24 221 908 860 117 191 24 7 3 85 59 44 .222 .263 .277 .540 64 238 4
1889 25 290 1179 1124 148 252 37 9 3 113 68 50 34 .224 .260 .281 .542 63 316 5
1890 26 386 1578 1501 187 343 51 13 7 159 89 69 34 .229 .266 .294 .560 67 441 8
1891 27 479 1928 1835 212 415 59 18 9 205 107 85 71 .226 .263 .293 .556 65 537 8
1892 28 569 2275 2165 248 503 73 22 11 262 112 100 106 .232 .269 .302 .571 69 653 10
1893 29 664 2662 2524 297 623 94 25 14 319 129 126 128 .247 .286 .321 .606 77 809 12
1894 30 773 3136 2938 366 769 115 29 15 417 141 172 146 .262 .306 .336 .642 81 987 15 11
1895 31 850 3437 3220 404 843 134 30 15 465 152 184 165 .262 .305 .336 .641 79 1082 16 17
1896 32 917 3701 3465 447 928 143 36 17 503 161 198 178 .268 .311 .345 .655 82 1194 17 21
1897 33 965 3892 3646 472 985 152 36 17 526 161 206 186 .270 .312 .346 .658 82 1260 18 22
1898 34 1044 4205 3935 501 1065 164 38 17 564 164 222 204 .271 .313 .345 .657 82 1356 19 29
1899 35 1152 4600 4291 541 1166 179 40 17 611 169 253 229 .272 .315 .344 .659 83 1476 21 35
1900 36 1212 4824 4501 567 1218 184 41 17 639 176 264 249 .271 .314 .341 .655 81 1535 23 36
1901 37 1280 5078 4740 599 1290 196 44 17 665 185 274 265 .272 .315 .343 .658 82 1625 25 39
1902 38 1371 5430 5075 637 1388 212 51 18 722 196 286 282 .273 .316 .346 .662 83 1756 27 42

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1886 22 101 411 387 51 69 11 3 1 27 33 21 0 .178 .226 .230 .456 20 87
1887 23 80 309 295 22 56 6 2 1 19 14 13 0 .190 .227 .234 .460 15 68
1888 24 78 305 295 33 68 8 2 1 32 12 10 0 .231 .256 .281 .537 21 66
1889 25 80 303 296 28 61 13 2 0 25 9 6 39 .206 .224 .264 .488 17 69
1890 26 130 517 492 41 106 16 5 5 48 24 22 0 .215 .253 .299 .552 36 96
1891 27 122 440 422 24 80 9 6 2 45 20 18 48 .190 .223 .254 .476 24 93
1892 28 95 354 338 32 83 13 4 2 50 5 14 37 .246 .280 .325 .605 31 90
1893 29 117 438 411 40 115 20 3 3 46 16 25 27 .280 .324 .365 .689 48 95
1894 30 133 509 453 49 127 18 3 1 69 10 40 22 .280 .343 .340 .683 52 109
1895 31 94 342 323 30 70 18 1 0 38 10 11 23 .217 .245 .279 .523 22 77
1896 32 82 302 282 38 86 9 6 2 34 9 14 16 .305 .340 .401 .741 38 67
1897 33 58 217 207 22 58 9 0 0 21 0 8 10 .280 .310 .324 .634 20 48
1898 34 83 320 297 26 77 12 2 0 34 3 15 19 .259 .297 .313 .610 27 79
1899 35 114 398 361 34 93 14 2 0 40 5 29 26 .258 .316 .307 .624 35 108
1900 36 68 251 236 26 56 5 1 0 28 8 12 23 .237 .280 .267 .547 17 60
1901 37 80 286 270 29 73 12 3 0 24 9 10 19 .270 .301 .337 .638 27 68
1902 38 107 403 384 39 106 17 8 1 58 12 13 20 .276 .303 .370 .673 42 91
17 Yrs 1622 6105 5749 564 1384 210 53 19 638 199 281 329 .241 .279 .306 .585 492 1371
162 Game Avg. 162 610 574 56 138 21 5 2 64 20 28 .241 .279 .306 .585 49 1371
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 7.7%)
1937 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
1939 BBWAA (16.8%)
1942 BBWAA (38.2%)
1945 BBWAA (32.8%)
1945 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1945
by Old Timers Committee

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1889 AA  1.0 (9th)
1890 AA  1.4 (4th)
1891 AA  1.2 (5th)
Career  9.6 (227th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1890 AA  4 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1890 AA  94.3 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1900 NL  born 1864-06-29 (5th)
1901 AL  born 1864-06-29 (4th)
1902 AL  born 1864-06-29 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (686), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (565), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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