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Earl
Robinson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 3, 1936 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1963    1965    1966    1967    1968    1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 21 BSN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1959 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4
1960 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
1961 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
1962 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
1963 26 NYA AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
1964 27 NYA AL $ 4,278,571   7 7 8 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1965 28 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
1966 29 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
1967 30 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7
1968 31 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7
1969 32 PIT NL $ 15,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6
1970 33 PIT NL $ 15,000,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
1971 34 PIT NL $ 15,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1972 35 MON NL $ 15,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1973 36 COL NL     7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5
1974 37 KCR AL $ 4,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 21 AAA   137 531 68 125 22 6 23 64 10 2 73 152 .235 .328 .429 .757 79.2  
1959 22 BSN NL 46 78 9 12 4 2 0 5 0 1 5 21 .154 .205 .256 .461 2.1 0.0
    AAA   54 201 26 52 12 5 9 28 5 1 29 57 .259 .352 .502 .855 35.9  
1960 23 BSN NL 119 343 46 85 24 2 11 53 2 1 44 96 .248 .328 .426 .754 48.7 9.2
1961 24 BSN NL 157 547 56 122 25 4 8 52 1 2 61 170 .223 .302 .327 .629 54.2 6.8
1962 25 BSN NL 155 584 76 144 39 3 20 68 2 0 60 150 .247 .316 .426 .742 74.2 13.5
1963 26 NYA AL 149 542 92 171 40 5 20 99 11 12 68 88 .315 .390 .518 .909 97.5 26.0
1964 27 NYA AL 157 583 63 153 43 5 13 68 11 9 83 83 .262 .354 .420 .774 80.3 16.3
1965 28 NYA AL 157 578 88 166 40 7 19 78 5 12 71 82 .287 .364 .479 .844 90.8 20.0
1966 29 NYA AL 159 573 81 170 36 6 16 75 14 8 66 86 .297 .367 .464 .832 93.1 19.9
1967 30 NYA AL 157 590 89 164 47 8 19 115 17 19 80 92 .278 .360 .481 .841 94.1 19.0
1968 31 NYA AL 160 578 104 178 39 6 26 83 9 8 72 80 .308 .384 .531 .915 105.9 22.5
1969 32 PIT NL 159 565 94 162 43 4 20 74 3 0 75 93 .287 .369 .483 .852 94.4 20.3
1970 33 PIT NL 155 587 83 162 42 7 20 86 1 2 49 94 .276 .331 .474 .804 85.5 18.2
1971 34 PIT NL 155 564 90 135 34 4 23 93 6 2 71 98 .239 .322 .436 .758 80.8 17.8
1972 35 PIT NL 78 296 34 80 25 6 3 41 4 1 26 56 .270 .326 .426 .752 39.8 7.9
  MON NL 20 38 10 13 2 0 1 5 1 0 5 5 .342 .419 .474 .892 7.1 1.8
  TOT   98 334 44 93 27 6 4 46 5 1 31 61 .278 .337 .431 .768 46.9 9.7
    AAA   25 80 13 25 2 1 2 8 8 1 17 18 .313 .433 .438 .870 17.0  
1973 36 COL NL 121 379 59 103 24 2 9 48 3 0 46 50 .272 .347 .417 .763 53.6 9.5
1974 37 KCR AL 13 37 7 9 5 0 1 7 2 0 2 7 .243 .282 .459 .742 5.0 0.7
    AAA   83 279 44 88 19 1 6 43 6 2 21 63 .315 .363 .455 .819 43.6  
16 Years Sim 2117 7462 1081 2029 512 71 229 1050 92 77 884 1351 .272 .347 .452 .799 1107.3 229.4
4 Years AAA 299 1091 151 290 55 13 40 143 29 6 140 290 .266 .350 .450 .800 175.7  
162 Game Average 571 82 155 39 5 17 80 7 5 67 103 .272 .347 .452 .799 84.7  
Career Highs 160 590 104 178 47 8 26 115 17 19 83 170 .315 .390 .531 .915 105.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4682 693 1279 316 44 138 664 62 52 570 833 .273 .350 .448 .798 724.1
vs LH   2780 388 750 196 27 91 386 30 25 314 518 .270 .343 .458 .800 427.5
Home 1054 3686 573 1035 252 39 124 556 34 46 427 660 .281 .354 .471 .825 592.6
Away 1063 3776 508 994 260 32 105 494 58 31 457 691 .263 .341 .432 .774 559.0
RISP   1800 0 487 123 17 48 721 0 0 268 324 .271 .357 .438 .794 289.9
Pinch Hitting   153 24 37 11 0 4 25 0 0 14 38 .242 .298 .392 .690 18.3
Close/Late   882 159 253 54 9 39 133 0 0 133 138 .287 .378 .501 .879 164.7
Mar/Apr 373 1350 202 350 106 16 41 211 19 14 163 259 .259 .337 .453 .789 203.9
May 374 1354 162 352 79 12 33 182 12 10 148 269 .260 .332 .409 .741 184.0
June 365 1269 206 397 103 15 43 197 12 16 145 214 .313 .382 .519 .901 232.3
July 339 1210 172 323 73 11 37 161 17 10 137 226 .267 .339 .437 .777 179.6
August 341 1203 185 324 76 11 44 173 19 18 160 199 .269 .353 .461 .814 193.7
Sep/Oct 325 1076 154 283 75 6 31 126 13 9 131 184 .263 .341 .430 .772 158.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 22 BSN NL CF 10 8 62.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.4
    LF 7 7 57.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    RF 8 3 33.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 23 BSN NL LF 58 50 414.3 71 3 0 0 1.000 1.61   2.2
    CF 38 38 301.7 78 1 1 1 .988 2.36    
    RF 6 2 24.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.74    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 24 BSN NL LF 149 149 1300.3 240 11 1 2 .996 1.74   2.8
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 25 BSN NL CF 102 97 878.3 213 6 1 2 .995 2.24   6.1
    LF 50 49 463.7 85 5 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1963 26 NYA AL LF 138 138 1231.3 264 12 1 4 .996 2.02   4.2
    RF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1964 27 NYA AL LF 150 148 1333.7 275 6 0 0 1.000 1.90   5.9
    CF 2 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1965 28 NYA AL CF 80 75 678.7 170 3 1 3 .994 2.29   4.6
    LF 77 72 637.7 111 5 1 0 .991 1.64    
1966 29 NYA AL CF 147 144 1280.7 309 9 0 3 1.000 2.23   6.4
    LF 7 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 30 NYA AL RF 123 122 1101.7 184 6 4 2 .979 1.55   4.1
    CF 27 24 229.0 51 2 0 1 1.000 2.08    
    LF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1968 31 NYA AL RF 147 144 1293.0 235 6 6 1 .976 1.68   2.7
    CF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 3 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1969 32 PIT NL RF 6 0 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.1
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
1970 33 PIT NL RF 10 0 23.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.1
1971 34 PIT NL RF 5 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    SS 1 1 8.0 1 3 1 1 .800 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1972 35 PIT NL CF 6 0 10.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.30   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MON NL CF 2 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 8 0 12.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.0
      RF 3 0 3.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.0
      LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1973 36 COL NL CF 8 0 19.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.1
    LF 5 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1974 37 KCR AL CF 10 9 80.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 656 613 5488.6 1066 43 3 6 .997 1.82   15.1
  CF 443 395 3571.6 865 21 3 10 .997 2.23   17.8
  RF 330 271 2541.3 447 15 10 3 .979 1.64   6.9
  SS 2 1 9.0 1 4 1 1 .833 5.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1432 1280 11612.5 2379 83 17 20 .993 1.91   39.8
Career Highs   157 149 1350.7 310 13 6 4 1.000 3.80    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 26 NYA AL 14 51 8 10 4 0 0 1 4 1 7 11 .196 .293 .275 .568
1964 27 NYA AL 12 46 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .130 .184 .152 .336
1966 29 NYA AL 5 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .158 .200 .158 .358
1967 30 NYA AL 9 34 4 8 1 1 1 6 0 0 8 4 .235 .372 .412 .784
1972 35 MON NL 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1973 36 COL NL 11 39 3 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 4 6 .205 .279 .359 .638
Career Post-Season Batting 55 192 19 37 11 2 1 16 4 1 23 35 .193 .278 .286 .564
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1963-5-.315
1965-10-.287
1968-7-.308
 On-Base Pct
1963-3-.390
1968-6-.384
 Slugging Pct
1963-5-.518
1965-6-.479
1967-9-.481
1968-3-.531
1969-8-.483
 OPS
1963-3-.909
1965-7-.844
1967-9-.841
1968-2-.915
1969-7-.852
 XR
1963-6-97.5
1965-6-90.8
1966-10-93.1
1967-9-94.1
1968-2-105.9
1969-5-94.4
 Games
1961-4-157
1964-4-157
1965-5-157
1966-1-159
1967-1-157
1968-1-160
1969-1-159
1970-8-155
1971-8-155
At-Bats
1962-4-584
1964-6-583
1967-4-590
1968-10-578
1970-9-587
 Runs
1963-9-92
1965-10-88
1968-4-104
1969-5-94
 Hits
1963-10-171
1965-7-166
1966-8-170
1967-10-164
1968-6-178
 Total Bases
1963-7-281
1964-10-245
1965-4-277
1966-9-266
1967-5-284
1968-2-307
1969-7-273
 Doubles
1962-1-39
1963-2-40
1964-2-43
1965-4-40
1966-4-36
1967-1-47
1968-1-39
1969-1-43
1970-2-42
1971-6-34
CAR-25-512
 Triples
1965-6-7
1966-8-6
1967-4-8
1968-8-6
1970-1-7
1972-5-6
Homeruns
1968-6-26
 RBIs
1963-6-99
1967-2-115
1968-9-83
 Caught Stealing
1963-7-12
1965-10-12
1967-3-19
 Walks
1964-4-83
1969-6-75
 Strikeouts
1961-2-170
1962-1-150
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 114    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Rice (934)
  2. Bob Nieman (920)
  3. Jackie Jensen (917)
  4. Ellis Valentine (909)
  5. Fred Lynn (903)
  6. Roy Sievers (901)
  7. Amos Otis (899)
  8. Bob Hazle (899)
  9. Jim Spencer (883)
  10. Lee Mazzilli (882)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1958
Had first career hit (double) on 6/6/1959, off Dean Stone (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1960, off Jim Constable (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 5/16/1960
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (A) on 2/1/1963 (Going to NYA: LF Earl Robinson, 1B Ed Bouchee. Going to BSN: P Camilo Pascual)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1963, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1963, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1963, hitting .386 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1965, hitting .560 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1965, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 4/28/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1966, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1967, hitting .345 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1967, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1968, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/13/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $15,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1970, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/23/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1971, hitting .615 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 7/1/1972 (Going to MON: RF Earl Robinson. Going to PIT: P Bill Connors)
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/10/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $6,287,346 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 8/8/1973, off Bill Butler (MON)
Injured on 8/27/1973 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Released by Colorado on 10/31/1973
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/2/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
 
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