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Wilbert Robinson
Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robbie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 19, 1886
Final Game September 29, 1902
Born June 29, 1863 in Bolton, MA
Died August 8, 1934 in Atlanta, GA

Brother of Fred Robinson

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 23 PHA AA  87  342   57   69  11  3   1   30  33     21      .202  .254  .260   61   89               3    
 1887 24 PHA AA  68  264   28   60   6  2   1   24  15     14      .227  .269  .277   51   73               1    
 1888 25 PHA AA  66  254   32   62   7  2   1   31  11      9      .244  .270  .299   82   76               0    
 1889 26 PHA AA  69  264   31   61  13  2   0   28   9      6  34  .231  .251  .295   56   78               1    
 1890 27 TOT AA  96  377   39   91  14  4   4   46  21     19      .241  .283  .332   81  125               3    
         PHA AA  82  329   32   78  13  4   4   42  20     16      .237  .279  .337   83  111               3    
         BAL AA  14   48    7   13   1  0   0    4   1      3      .271  .314  .292   72   14               0    
 1891 28 BAL AA  93  334   25   72   8  5   2   46  18     16  37  .216  .251  .287   53   96               0    
 1892 29 BLN NL  90  330   36   88  14  4   2   57   5     15  35  .267  .303  .352   95  116               2    
 1893 30 BLN NL  95  359   49  120  21  3   3   57  17     26  22  .334  .382  .435  115  156               2    
 1894 31 BLN NL 109  414   69  146  21  4   1   98  12     46  18  .353  .421  .430  102  178               3    
 1895 32 BLN NL  77  282   38   74  19  1   0   48  11     12  19  .262  .295  .337   61   95   6           1    
 1896 33 BLN NL  67  245   43   85   9  6   2   38   9     14  13  .347  .385  .457  120  112   4           1    
 1897 34 BLN NL  48  181   25   57   9  0   0   23   0      8      .315  .347  .365   88   66   1           1    
 1898 35 BLN NL  79  289   29   80  12  2   0   38   3     16      .277  .317  .332   84   96   7           1    
 1899 36 BLN NL 108  356   40  101  15  2   0   47   5     31      .284  .344  .337   83  120   6           2    
 1900 37 STL NL  60  210   26   52   5  1   0   28   7     11      .248  .291  .281   59   59   1           2    
 1901 38 BLA AL  68  239   32   72  12  3   0   26   9     10      .301  .335  .377   94   90   3           2    
 1902 39 BLA AL  91  335   38   98  16  7   1   57  11     12      .293  .321  .391   93  131   3           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1371 5075  637 1388 212 51  18  722 196  0 286 178  .273  .316  .346   83 1756  31   0   0  27   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        600   75  164  25  6   2   85  23  0  34  21  .273  .316  .346   83  207   4   0   0   3   0
 Career High    109  414   69  146  21  7   4   98  33  0  46  37  .353  .421  .457  120  178   7   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 23 PHA AA  366  273   22   2.1    75| .202  .247| .254  .310| .260  .329| .514  .639|  61  .287 -15.6  -1.8     
 1887 24 PHA AA  279  204   19   2.4    97| .227  .280| .269  .344| .277  .378| .546  .722|  51  .249 -18.0  -1.8     
 1888 25 PHA AA  263  192   21   2.9    71| .244  .244| .270  .302| .299  .323| .569  .625|  82  .449  -5.8  -0.7     
 1889 26 PHA AA  271  203   19   2.4    91| .231  .265| .251  .337| .295  .360| .546  .697|  56  .276 -16.0  -1.7     
 1890 27 TOT AA  399  286   34   3.1    86| .241  .259| .283  .338| .332  .341| .615  .679|  81  .406 -11.2  -1.2     
         PHA AA  348  251   30   3.1    85| .237  .258| .279  .336| .337  .339| .616  .675|  83  .408  -9.3  -1.0     
         BAL AA   51   35    4   3.0    93| .271  .270| .314  .350| .292  .355| .606  .705|  72  .389  -1.8  -0.2     
 1891 28 BAL AA  350  262   24   2.4    93| .216  .264| .251  .348| .287  .356| .538  .703|  53  .278 -22.9  -2.4     
 1892 29 BLN NL  347  242   35   3.8    83| .267  .255| .303  .329| .352  .341| .655  .670|  95  .518  -3.4  -0.4     
 1893 30 BLN NL  387  239   59   6.5   108| .334  .288| .382  .367| .435  .393| .817  .759| 115  .628   7.4   0.7     
 1894 31 BLN NL  463  268   74   7.2   130| .353  .321| .421  .393| .430  .452| .851  .845| 102  .583   3.7   0.3     
 1895 32 BLN NL  301  214   28   3.4   115| .262  .306| .295  .373| .337  .413| .632  .786|  61  .317 -17.3  -1.6     
 1896 33 BLN NL  264  164   43   6.8   109| .347  .300| .385  .365| .457  .400| .842  .766| 120  .653   6.0   0.6     
 1897 34 BLN NL  191  125   23   4.8   107| .315  .298| .347  .362| .365  .397| .712  .759|  88  .497  -3.2  -0.3     
 1898 35 BLN NL  313  216   30   3.6    93| .277  .280| .317  .345| .332  .360| .649  .705|  84  .460  -6.4  -0.7     
 1899 36 BLN NL  395  261   41   4.0   104| .284  .296| .344  .359| .337  .385| .681  .745|  83  .473  -7.6  -0.8     
 1900 37 STL NL  224  159   17   2.8    98| .248  .286| .291  .347| .281  .377| .572  .723|  59  .315 -11.9  -1.2     
 1901 38 BLA AL  254  170   30   4.6   100| .301  .289| .335  .346| .377  .388| .712  .734|  94  .530  -2.3  -0.2     
 1902 39 BLA AL  352  240   42   4.6   101| .293  .289| .321  .346| .391  .389| .712  .736|  93  .538  -4.5  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     5419 3718  561   3.9    98| .273  .280| .316  .349| .346  .376| .662  .725|  83  .455 -129.1 -13.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1886 23 PHA AA C 61 265 109 45 12 .893 .910 6.13 7.00 87 1B 22 171 9 12 14 .938 .968 8.18 10.11 OF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .882 1.20 1.76 0 4 1 1887 24 PHA AA C 67 281 137 46 9 .901 .893 6.24 6.09 82 1B 3 10 1 4 0 .733 .973 3.67 9.60 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1888 25 PHA AA C 65 428 143 38 5 .938 .914 8.78 6.94 53 1B 1 9 0 1 2 .900 .978 9.00 10.50 1889 26 PHA AA C 69 290 106 24 8 .943 .917 5.74 6.00 33 1890 27 TOT AA C 93 495 114 40 13 .938 .925 6.55 6.12 26 PHA AA C 82 412 103 39 10 .930 .925 6.28 6.12 22 BAL AA C 11 83 11 1 3 .989 .925 8.55 6.12 4 1B 3 20 1 1 1 .955 .972 7.00 10.23 1891 28 BAL AA C 92 415 80 24 11 .954 .930 5.38 5.57 35 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1892 29 BLN NL C 87 332 86 36 8 .921 .935 4.80 5.58 27 1B 2 17 0 2 3 .895 .977 8.50 10.45 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1893 30 BLN NL C 93 349 70 26 8 .942 .936 4.51 4.51 26 1B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 10.50 1894 31 BLN NL C 109 370 84 27 8 .944 .925 4.17 4.32 24 1895 32 BLN NL C 75 243 78 7 6 .979 .937 4.28 4.30 11 1896 33 BLN NL C 67 260 48 17 5 .948 .943 4.60 4.33 13 1897 34 BLN NL C 48 186 36 8 2 .965 .948 4.62 4.54 10 1898 35 BLN NL C 77 288 72 13 4 .965 .953 4.68 4.60 11 1899 36 BLN NL C 105 286 83 20 2 .949 .952 3.51 4.38 13 1900 37 STL NL C 54 189 72 7 3 .974 .949 4.83 4.73 18 1901 38 BLA AL C 67 235 61 16 4 .949 .950 4.42 4.79 5 1902 39 BLA AL C 87 262 75 18 4 .949 .957 3.87 4.70 17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1886 23 PHA AA 1B 22 171 9 12 14 .938 .968 8.18 10.11 1887 24 PHA AA 1B 3 10 1 4 0 .733 .973 3.67 9.60 1888 25 PHA AA 1B 1 9 0 1 2 .900 .978 9.00 10.50 1890 27 BAL AA 1B 3 20 1 1 1 .955 .972 7.00 10.23 1892 29 BLN NL 1B 2 17 0 2 3 .895 .977 8.50 10.45 1893 30 BLN NL 1B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 10.50 1886 23 PHA AA C 61 265 109 45 12 .893 .910 6.13 7.00 87 1887 24 PHA AA C 67 281 137 46 9 .901 .893 6.24 6.09 82 1888 25 PHA AA C 65 428 143 38 5 .938 .914 8.78 6.94 53 1889 26 PHA AA C 69 290 106 24 8 .943 .917 5.74 6.00 33 1890 27 TOT AA C 93 495 114 40 13 .938 .925 6.55 6.12 26 PHA AA C 82 412 103 39 10 .930 .925 6.28 6.12 22 BAL AA C 11 83 11 1 3 .989 .925 8.55 6.12 4 1891 28 BAL AA C 92 415 80 24 11 .954 .930 5.38 5.57 35 1892 29 BLN NL C 87 332 86 36 8 .921 .935 4.80 5.58 27 1893 30 BLN NL C 93 349 70 26 8 .942 .936 4.51 4.51 26 1894 31 BLN NL C 109 370 84 27 8 .944 .925 4.17 4.32 24 1895 32 BLN NL C 75 243 78 7 6 .979 .937 4.28 4.30 11 1896 33 BLN NL C 67 260 48 17 5 .948 .943 4.60 4.33 13 1897 34 BLN NL C 48 186 36 8 2 .965 .948 4.62 4.54 10 1898 35 BLN NL C 77 288 72 13 4 .965 .953 4.68 4.60 11 1899 36 BLN NL C 105 286 83 20 2 .949 .952 3.51 4.38 13 1900 37 STL NL C 54 189 72 7 3 .974 .949 4.83 4.73 18 1901 38 BLA AL C 67 235 61 16 4 .949 .950 4.42 4.79 5 1902 39 BLA AL C 87 262 75 18 4 .949 .957 3.87 4.70 17 1886 23 PHA AA OF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .882 1.20 1.76 0 4 1 1887 24 PHA AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1891 28 BAL AA OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1892 29 BLN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1316 5174 1454 412 112 .941 .931 5.04 5.16 491 1B 32 228 13 20 20 .923 .969 7.53 10.12 OF 8 6 0 2 0 .750 .882 0.75 1.81 0 5 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1356 5408 1467 434 132 .941 .932 5.07 5.25
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1890 AA-4-9

At Bats per Home Run
1890 AA-94.3-9

Oldest Player
1899 NL-36-8
1900 NL-37-4
1901 AL-38-4
1902 AL-39-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (767) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1886 Season: Sent from the Haverhill (New England) to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

September 16, 1890: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

September 18, 1890: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 10, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Superbas.

Before 1901 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.


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