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Yank Robinson

William H. Robinson

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 19, 1859 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 1882
Teams (by GP): Browns/Monumentals/Burghers/Kelly'sKillers/Senators/... 1882-1892

Final Game: August 10, 1892
Died: August 25, 1894 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1407. Scott Spiezio… #1408. Johnny Cooney… #1409. Tommy McCraw… #1410. YANK ROBINSON… #1411. Horace Clarke… #1412. Mariano Duncan… #1413. Randy Hundley… 

Standard Batting

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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
1882 22 DTN NL 11 40 39 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 13 .179 .200 .205 .405 30 8 0 6/O1
1884 24 BLU UA 102 452 415 101 111 24 4 3 0 37 .267 .327 .366 .694 125 152 0 5621/4
1885 25 STL AA 78 323 287 63 75 8 8 0 35 29 .261 .344 .345 .689 114 99 7 O4/253
1886 26 STL AA 133 560 481 89 132 26 9 3 71 51 64 .274 .377 .385 .761 135 185 15 *4/5O16
1887 27 STL AA 125 539 430 102 131 32 4 1 74 75 92 .305 .445 .405 .850 127 174 17 *4/5O621
1888 28 STL AA 134 583 455 111 105 17 6 3 53 56 116 .231 .400 .314 .714 120 143 12 *46
1889 29 STL AA 132 576 452 97 94 17 3 5 70 39 118 55 .208 .378 .292 .671 82 132 6 *4
1890 30 PBB PL 98 417 306 59 70 10 3 0 38 17 101 33 .229 .434 .281 .715 99 86 10 *4
1891 31 TOT AA 98 421 345 48 61 9 4 1 37 23 68 51 .177 .325 .235 .560 55 81 8 *4
1891 31 CKK AA 97 418 342 48 61 9 4 1 37 23 68 51 .178 .328 .237 .565 57 81 8 *4
1891 31 STL AA 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /4
1892 32 WHS NL 67 256 218 26 39 4 3 0 19 11 38 29 .179 .301 .225 .526 61 49 0 5/64
10 Seasons 978 4167 3428 697 825 148 44 16 399 272 664 181 .241 .375 .324 .699 104 1109 75
162 Game Avg. 162 690 568 115 137 25 7 3 66 110 .241 .375 .324 .699 104 184 12
STL (6 yrs) 603 2584 2108 462 537 100 30 12 303 221 419 55 .255 .392 .348 .740 115 733 57
BLU (1 yr) 102 452 415 101 111 24 4 3 0 37 .267 .327 .366 .694 125 152 0
WHS (1 yr) 67 256 218 26 39 4 3 0 19 11 38 29 .179 .301 .225 .526 61 49 0
DTN (1 yr) 11 40 39 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 13 .179 .200 .205 .405 30 8 0
PBB (1 yr) 98 417 306 59 70 10 3 0 38 17 101 33 .229 .434 .281 .715 99 86 10
CKK (1 yr) 97 418 342 48 61 9 4 1 37 23 68 51 .178 .328 .237 .565 57 81 8
AA (6 yrs) 700 3002 2450 510 598 109 34 13 340 244 487 106 .244 .383 .332 .715 106 814 65
NL (2 yrs) 78 296 257 27 46 5 3 0 21 11 39 42 .179 .287 .222 .509 57 57 0
UA (1 yr) 102 452 415 101 111 24 4 3 0 37 .267 .327 .366 .694 125 152 0
PL (1 yr) 98 417 306 59 70 10 3 0 38 17 101 33 .229 .434 .281 .715 99 86 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1882 22 DTN NL 40 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 6/O1
1884 24 BLU UA 452 16 2 0 0 0 4 0 22 2.0 22 2.1 -0.1 $ 5621/4
1885 25 STL AA 323 11 1 0 0 2 -3 5 16 1.5 14 1.3 0.2 $2,100 O4/253
1886 26 STL AA 560 28 1 0 0 0 3 9 41 3.8 41 3.8 0.0 $2,000 *4/5O16
1887 27 STL AA 539 38 -1 0 0 -4 3 9 45 3.7 49 4.1 -0.4 $ *4/5O621
1888 28 STL AA 583 24 0 0 0 -2 4 9 35 3.4 37 3.6 -0.2 $ *46
1889 29 STL AA 576 -2 -2 0 0 -14 3 9 -6 -0.5 8 0.8 -1.3 $2,700 *4
1890 30 PBB PL 417 10 -4 0 0 -12 2 8 4 0.3 16 1.2 -0.9 $ *4
1891 31 CKK AA 418 -21 -1 0 0 -12 2 7 -25 -2.2 -13 -1.1 -1.1 $ *4
1891 31 STL AA 3 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /4
1892 32 WHS NL 256 -9 -1 0 0 -5 2 8 -5 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ 5/64
10 Seasons 4167 90 -5 0 0 -49 21 65 122 11.2 171 15.5 -4.3 $6,800
STL (6 yrs) 2584 98 -1 0 0 -19 10 41 129 11.7 148 13.5 -1.8 $6,800
BLU (1 yr) 452 16 2 0 0 0 4 0 22 2.0 22 2.1 -0.1 $
WHS (1 yr) 256 -9 -1 0 0 -5 2 8 -5 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $
DTN (1 yr) 40 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
PBB (1 yr) 417 10 -4 0 0 -12 2 8 4 0.3 16 1.2 -0.9 $
CKK (1 yr) 418 -21 -1 0 0 -12 2 7 -25 -2.2 -13 -1.1 -1.1 $

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 25 STL AA WS 7 24 23 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .174 .208 .261 .469 6 0
1886 26 STL AA WS 6 21 19 5 6 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 .316 .381 .474 .855 9 0
1887 27 STL AA WS 15 56 46 5 15 5 1 0 4 4 10 6 .326 .446 .478 .925 22 0
1888 28 STL AA WS 10 42 36 7 9 2 1 0 7 2 6 12 .250 .357 .361 .718 13 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 38 143 124 22 34 8 4 0 14 8 19 21 .274 .371 .403 .774 50 0
4 WS 38 143 124 22 34 8 4 0 14 8 19 21 .274 .371 .403 .774 50 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1882 22 DTN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1884 24 BLU UA 3 3 .500 3.48 11 3 8 3 0 0 75.0 96 61 29 1 18 61 7 347 96 1.520 11.5 0.1 2.2 7.3 3.39
1886 26 STL AA 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 11 3 0 7 1 0 0 3 42 120 1.889 10.0 0.0 7.0 1.0 0.14
1887 27 STL AA 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 13 169 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 3 4 .429 3.34 14 4 10 4 0 1 89.0 109 74 33 1 29 62 1 0 11 410 103 1.551 11.0 0.1 2.9 6.3 2.14
162 Game Avg. 11 15 .429 3.34 53 15 38 15 0 4 336 412 280 125 4 110 234 0 42 1549 103 1.551 11.0 0.1 2.9 6.3 2.14
STL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.00 2 1 1 1 0 1 12.0 13 13 4 0 10 1 1 0 4 55 132 1.917 9.8 0.0 7.5 0.8 0.10
BLU (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.48 11 3 8 3 0 0 75.0 96 61 29 1 18 61 7 347 96 1.520 11.5 0.1 2.2 7.3 3.39
DTN (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
AA (2 yrs) AA 0 1 .000 3.00 2 1 1 1 0 1 12.0 13 13 4 0 10 1 1 0 4 55 132 1.917 9.8 0.0 7.5 0.8 0.10
NL (1 yr) NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
UA (1 yr) UA 3 3 .500 3.48 11 3 8 3 0 0 75.0 96 61 29 1 18 61 7 347 96 1.520 11.5 0.1 2.2 7.3 3.39

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 Awards
1882 22 DTN NL 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1884 24 BLU UA 75.0 3 61 56 -2 1.0 -5 0.2 $
1886 26 STL AA 9.0 1 11 7 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1887 27 STL AA 3.0 0 2 3 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
4 Seasons 89.0 4 74 67 -2 1.0 -7 -0.1 $
STL (2 yrs) 12.0 1 13 10 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $
BLU (1 yr) 75.0 3 61 56 -2 1.0 -5 0.2 $
DTN (1 yr) 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1882 DTN NL 22 SS 10 40 10 22 8 2 .800 3.20 .852 4.48
1882 DTN NL 22 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .860 1.90 0-1-0
1882 DTN NL 22 P 1 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .910 2.25 2.20
1884 BLU UA 24 3B 71 314 98 163 53 10 .831 3.68 .777 3.02
1884 BLU UA 24 SS 14 78 23 40 15 1 .808 4.50 .816 3.96
1884 BLU UA 24 C 11 118 84 20 14 2 .881 9.45 .895 8.35 15
1884 BLU UA 24 P 11 75.0 11 3 4 4 0 .636 0.84 0.64 .844 2.57 2.47
1884 BLU UA 24 2B 3 26 11 11 4 1 .846 7.33 .869 5.47
1885 STL AA 25 OF 52 87 65 10 12 1 .862 1.44 .879 1.87 52-0-0
1885 STL AA 25 2B 19 117 49 52 16 6 .863 5.32 .901 6.10
1885 STL AA 25 C 5 42 30 9 3 0 .929 7.80 .908 6.94 9
1885 STL AA 25 3B 2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 .860 3.00
1885 STL AA 25 1B 1 11 10 0 1 0 .909 10.00 .966 10.60
1886 STL AA 26 2B 125 852 351 406 95 66 .888 6.06 .908 6.07
1886 STL AA 26 3B 6 24 9 8 7 1 .708 2.83 .849 3.18
1886 STL AA 26 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .875 1.80 0-1-0
1886 STL AA 26 P 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 1.00 .880 2.00 2.00
1886 STL AA 26 SS 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 .855 4.60
1887 STL AA 27 2B 117 751 320 355 76 52 .899 5.77 .906 6.04
1887 STL AA 27 3B 6 11 3 5 3 0 .727 1.33 .850 3.33
1887 STL AA 27 OF 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 .898 2.05 0-0-2
1887 STL AA 27 SS 2 11 3 6 2 0 .818 4.50 .858 4.50
1887 STL AA 27 C 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .892 6.30 2
1887 STL AA 27 P 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.20
1888 STL AA 28 2B 102 506 197 256 53 18 .895 4.44 .916 5.64
1888 STL AA 28 SS 34 167 54 94 19 6 .886 4.35 .863 4.61
1889 STL AA 29 2B 132 719 305 333 81 53 .887 4.83 .917 5.65
1890 PBB PL 30 2B 98 577 226 286 65 46 .887 5.22 .913 5.87
1891 TOT AA 31 2B 98 591 225 287 79 33 .866 5.22 .914 5.36
1891 CKK AA 31 2B 97 587 222 287 78 33 .867 5.25 .914 5.36
1891 STL AA 31 2B 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .915 5.40
1892 WHS NL 32 3B 58 229 70 125 34 11 .852 3.36 .879 3.58
1892 WHS NL 32 SS 5 26 6 14 6 1 .769 4.00 .897 5.36
1892 WHS NL 32 2B 4 19 10 7 2 1 .895 4.25 .928 5.62
9 Seasons 2B 698 4158 1694 1993 471 276 .887 5.28 .911 5.79
5 Seasons 3B 143 584 181 306 97 22 .834 3.41 .822 3.27
6 Seasons SS 66 326 96 179 51 10 .844 4.17 .853 4.50
4 Seasons OF 56 96 72 11 13 1 .865 1.48 .880 1.88 52-2-2
3 Seasons C 17 164 116 30 18 2 .890 8.59 .898 7.81 26
4 Seasons P 14 89.0 13 3 6 4 1 .692 0.91 0.64 .852 2.50 2.40
1 Season 1B 1 11 10 0 1 0 .909 10.00 .966 10.60
10 Seasons TOT 995 89.0 5352 2172 2525 655 312 .878 0.91 4.72 .897 2.50 5.11 52-2-2 26
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
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-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.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1884 UA  2.0 (10th)
1886 AA  3.8 (9th)
1887 AA  3.7 (7th)
1888 AA  3.4 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1884 UA  2.1 (10th)
1886 AA  3.8 (6th)
1887 AA  4.1 (6th)
1888 AA  3.6 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1884 UA  .327 (7th)
1886 AA  .377 (8th)
1887 AA  .445 (4th)
1888 AA  .400 (1st)
1890 PL  .434 (4th)
Career  .375 (209th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1884 UA  .694 (10th)
1886 AA  .761 (9th)
1887 AA  .850 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1884 UA  452 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1884 UA  101 (4th)
1888 AA  111 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1884 UA  24 (7th)
1886 AA  26 (9th)
1887 AA  32 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1884 UA  37 (1st)
1886 AA  64 (5th)
1887 AA  92 (2nd)
1888 AA  116 (1st)
1889 AA  118 (1st)
1890 PL  101 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 AA  51 (4th)
Career  272 (187th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1886 AA  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1884 UA  50 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1886 AA  24 (9th)
1887 AA  25 (7th)
1888 AA  21 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1886 AA  2.6 (9th)
1887 AA  2.5 (7th)
1888 AA  2.5 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1884 UA  31 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1884 UA  148 (7th)
1886 AA  211 (7th)
1887 AA  240 (7th)
1888 AA  233 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1884 UA  .619 (10th)
1886 AA  .663 (10th)
1887 AA  .665 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA  7 (7th)
1886 AA  15 (2nd)
1887 AA  17 (2nd)
1888 AA  12 (7th)
1890 PL  10 (7th)
Career  75 (177th)

Saves s c a p y
1887 AA  1 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1882 NL  1 (9th)
1884 UA  8 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1882 NL  1 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1882 NL  0.1 (10th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1884 UA  90 (5th)
1886 AA  103 (2nd)
Career  655 (37th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1886 AA  125 (5th)
1889 AA  132 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1886 AA  351 (5th)
1891 AA  225 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1886 AA  406 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1886 AA  95 (1st)
1887 AA  76 (3rd)
1888 AA  53 (4th)
1889 AA  81 (2nd)
1890 PL  65 (4th)
1891 AA  79 (1st)
Career  471 (11th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  71 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  98 (3rd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  163 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  53 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1886 AA  6.06 (5th)
1891 AA  5.22 (5th)
Career  5.28 (91st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  3.68 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1884 UA  .831 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 26 (872), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (744), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jack Crooks (924)
  2. Jack Farrell (919)
  3. Barry McCormick (918)
  4. Al Myers (910)
  5. Charley Bassett (909)
  6. Bill McClellan (902)
  7. Cub Stricker (901)
  8. Julio Cruz (900)
  9. Jack Boyle (894)
  10. Bill Sweeney (892)
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  1. Eddie Foster (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jocko Fields (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Stu Martin (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Quilvio Veras (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wid Conroy (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Crooks (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Farrell (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cub Stricker (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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 Notes
188525St. Louis Browns$2,10012/17/1884 Sporting Life
188626St. Louis Browns$2,000Contract at HOF
188929St. Louis Browns$2,700Preston Orem 443
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,800
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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