Tom Robson

Thomas James Robson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 15, 1946 in Rochester, NY
High School: Camelback HS (Phoenix, AZ)
Schools: Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ), Utah State University (Logan, UT)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 50th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Team: Rangers 1974-1975

Final Game: September 18, 1975
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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
1967	21	NYM-min	A-,A	55	213	207	13	66	7	1	12	13	3	0	6	30	.319	.338	.536	.874		111							MNK,DHM · NORL,CARL
1968	22	NYM-min	A	121	452	452		128	19	4	35						.283	.283	.575	.858		260							VIS · CALL
1969	23	NYM-min	A,AA	94	368	334	51	94	10	3	20	82	0	2	34	94	.281	.348	.509	.857		170							VIS,MEM · CALL,TL
1970	24	WSN-min	AA,A	93	274	270	4	61	7	1	4	4	0	0	4	9	.226	.237	.304	.541		82							JCK,WPB · SOUL,FLOR
1971	25	CIN-min	AA	136	531	470	69	129	30	1	16	72	12	4	52	84	.274	.347	.445	.791		209		3	0	6			TRV · EL
1972	26	TEX-min	AA,AAA	123	400	351	49	98	16	0	18	67	2	1	43	64	.279	.358	.479	.837		168		2	1	3			PFD,MXD · EL,MEX
1973	27	TEX-min	AA	125	418	418		132	20	2	38						.316	.316	.646	.962		270							PFD · EL
1974	28	TEX-min	AAA	131	574	513	105	165	35	2	41	131	0	3	55	100	.322	.385	.637	1.022		327		1	0	5			SPO · PCL
1974	28	TEX	AL	6	17	13	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.231	.412	.308	.719	113	4	1	0	0	0	0	/D3
1975	29	TEX-min	AAA	87	374	322	58	103	12	3	13	57	1	0	48	44	.320	.406	.497	.903		160		1	0	3			SPO · PCL
1975	29	TEX	AL	17	37	35	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.200	.216	.200	.416	19	7	2	0	0	1	0	/3D
1976	30	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
2 Yrs				23	54	48	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.208	.278	.229	.507	47	11	3	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	380	338	35	70	7	0	0	28	0	0	35	42	.208	.278	.229	.507	47	77	21	0	0	7	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
1974	28	TEX	AL	6	17	1	0	-0	0	-1	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/D3
1975	29	TEX	AL	17	37	-4	-0	0	-0	-1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.466	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/3D
2 Seasons				23	54	-3	-0	-0	-0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.476	.498	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

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
1974	28	TEX	AL	17	11	2	4.9	87	.300	.231	.255	.412	.319	.308	.366	.719	.685	113	.577	0.6	0.1	.727	.385	.077
1975	29	TEX	AL	37	31	1	0.9	92	.212	.200	.257	.216	.326	.200	.377	.416	.704	19	.051	-3.8	-0.4	.267	.029	.000
2 Yrs				54	42	3	1.9	90	.233	.208	.256	.278	.324	.229	.374	.507	.699	47	.189	-3.2	-0.3	.390	.125	.021
162 Game Avg.				380	296	21	1.9	90	.233	.208	.256	.278	.324	.229	.374	.507	.699	47	.189	-3.2	-0.3	.390	.125	.021

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	28	TEX	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	23.5%	5.9%	33%	0.75	4.3		6.5	6.00	59%
1975	29	TEX	AL	37	0.0%	8.1%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	11.7		17.5	1.00	89%
2 Yrs				54	0.0%	11.1%	9.3%	1.9%	10%	1.20	8.0		12.0	1.33	80%
MLB Averages					1.8%	13.0%	8.9%	6.0%	26%	1.47	6.8	49.3	8.8	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	28	TEX	AL	0.6	0.1	17	0.1	0.4	-0.2	1.08	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	1.17	0.5		1
1975	29	TEX	AL	-3.8	-0.4	37	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.27	-0.4	0.1	-4.8	-0.5	1.09	-4.2	1.82	8
2 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	54	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.21	-0.3	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.11	-3.7	1.62	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1974	28	TEX	AL	1	29%	9	0	0%	1	1	2	1
1975	29	TEX	AL	0	38%	11	2	0%	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				1	33%	20	2	0%	2	2	3	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
1974	28	TEX	AL	17	82%	3			1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	16	2	13%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1975	29	TEX	AL	37	73%	7			8	2	0	0	1.82	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	7	2	29%	29	2	7%	6	2	33%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				54	76%	10			9	2	0	0	1.62	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	3	20%	9	2	22%	45	4	9%	10	3	30%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

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
1974	28	6	17	13	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.231	.412	.308	.719	113	4	1	0	0	0	0
1975	29	23	54	48	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.208	.278	.229	.507	47	11	3	0	0	1	0

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
1974	28	6	17	13	2	3	1	2	4	3	.231	.412	.308	.719	2	6
1975	29	17	38	36	4	8	0	3	1	3	.222	.237	.222	.459	2	17
2 Yrs		23	55	49	6	11	1	5	5	6	.224	.291	.245	.536	4	23
162 Game Avg.		162	387	345	42	77	7	35	35	42	.224	.291	.245	.536	28	23

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Thomas James tim Tom tommy Robson

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