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Frank
Robinson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 31, 1935 in Usa, TX, BEAUMONT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
Gold Glove 1961    1966   
All-Star Selections 1966   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
1957 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
1958 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1959 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
1960 24 BOS AL $ 3,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 7 8 6 6 6
1961 25 BOS AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1962 26 BOS AL $ 5,470,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1963 27 BOS AL $ 5,470,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 5 5
1964 28 BOS AL $ 5,470,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 5 5
1965 29 BOS AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1966 30 BOS AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1967 31 BOS AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1968 32 BOS AL $ 4,900,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1969 33 BOS AL $ 4,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 4
1970 34 COL NL $ 4,900,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1971 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,750,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 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
1956 20 BOS AL 27 86 16 18 3 1 7 15 0 0 16 25 .209 .333 .512 .845 14.3 2.5
    AAA   135 528 143 192 28 5 76 165 12 2 85 77 .364 .452 .867 1.319 174.5  
1957 21 BOS AL 156 525 89 134 28 1 23 75 2 0 69 81 .255 .351 .444 .795 78.9 11.9
1958 22 BOS AL 153 557 91 153 27 3 36 96 7 1 76 102 .275 .365 .528 .893 99.6 20.9
1959 23 BOS AL 155 564 97 141 23 1 35 102 9 5 75 145 .250 .346 .480 .826 92.6 19.1
1960 24 BOS AL 153 529 80 146 28 3 25 82 11 6 67 136 .276 .365 .482 .847 91.5 18.4
1961 25 BOS AL 150 517 77 141 32 3 21 93 10 4 52 123 .273 .345 .468 .813 80.9 17.2
1962 26 BOS AL 156 557 80 138 26 1 29 104 9 3 58 130 .248 .326 .454 .781 78.9 15.5
1963 27 BOS AL 158 557 95 150 32 2 19 93 19 3 81 107 .269 .366 .436 .802 87.2 19.9
1964 28 BOS AL 148 520 66 134 25 2 16 62 17 2 68 111 .258 .350 .406 .756 76.9 15.9
1965 29 BOS AL 161 514 84 132 30 4 17 62 18 0 96 133 .257 .376 .430 .806 91.0 21.1
1966 30 BOS AL 157 572 102 154 36 3 27 85 20 7 75 140 .269 .363 .484 .848 101.0 23.5
1967 31 BOS AL 154 535 71 136 30 3 19 87 9 2 80 156 .254 .353 .428 .781 82.6 16.2
1968 32 BOS AL 147 475 70 109 23 0 22 76 2 0 62 138 .229 .322 .417 .739 66.4 13.1
1969 33 BOS AL 149 539 72 138 40 0 20 92 1 1 61 145 .256 .331 .442 .773 79.3 15.4
1970 34 COL NL 152 545 59 133 32 3 10 64 1 0 65 144 .244 .329 .369 .698 67.7 13.2
1971 35 NYG NL 33 61 6 12 1 0 3 9 0 0 9 20 .197 .319 .361 .680 7.9 1.2
16 Years Sim 2209 7653 1155 1969 416 30 329 1197 135 34 1010 1836 .257 .349 .448 .798 1196.8 245.0
1 Years AAA 135 528 143 192 28 5 76 165 12 2 85 77 .364 .459 .867 1.326 174.5  
162 Game Average 561 84 144 30 2 24 87 9 2 74 134 .257 .349 .448 .798 87.8  
Career Highs 161 572 102 154 40 4 36 104 20 7 96 156 .276 .376 .528 .893 101.0  
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   5022 753 1290 277 21 194 754 90 16 627 1172 .257 .344 .436 .780 765.6
vs LH   2631 402 679 139 9 135 443 45 18 383 664 .258 .359 .472 .830 447.0
Home 1105 3725 555 956 222 11 154 583 67 14 506 875 .257 .349 .446 .795 591.3
Away 1104 3928 600 1013 194 19 175 614 68 20 504 961 .258 .349 .451 .800 621.3
RISP   1907 0 496 112 8 91 809 0 0 324 465 .260 .367 .470 .837 337.2
Pinch Hitting   134 27 39 4 1 11 34 3 0 24 26 .291 .404 .582 .986 30.8
Close/Late   915 114 236 40 9 48 161 0 0 145 219 .258 .367 .479 .846 160.9
Mar/Apr 350 1253 193 347 86 4 51 197 26 6 165 286 .277 .365 .474 .839 214.4
May 376 1326 191 340 67 4 62 186 18 6 156 323 .256 .342 .453 .795 204.9
June 353 1217 181 313 76 5 46 189 24 7 166 281 .257 .352 .441 .793 190.9
July 357 1242 193 304 70 7 50 199 25 3 187 300 .245 .348 .433 .781 195.3
August 378 1277 188 336 57 2 56 207 21 7 169 331 .263 .356 .442 .798 202.9
Sep/Oct 395 1338 209 329 60 8 64 219 21 5 167 315 .246 .335 .446 .781 204.3
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
1956 20 BOS AL 1B 17 17 144.0 147 13 1 13 .994 10.00   0.3
    LF 9 9 78.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 21 BOS AL LF 104 99 867.3 173 8 4 1 .978 1.88   2.7
    RF 31 29 242.7 55 2 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    CF 6 3 31.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
    1B 7 1 28.0 33 4 0 3 1.000 11.89   0.0
    3B 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.00   0.0
1958 22 BOS AL RF 80 78 689.3 157 2 2 0 .988 2.08   3.4
    LF 54 53 463.3 93 1 1 0 .989 1.83    
    1B 16 12 119.0 136 15 0 19 1.000 11.42   0.2
1959 23 BOS AL LF 94 93 809.0 161 2 0 0 1.000 1.81   2.7
    RF 56 53 463.0 90 1 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    1B 6 0 13.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 24 BOS AL RF 103 101 871.3 206 3 3 1 .986 2.16   2.8
    LF 47 43 402.3 70 1 1 0 .986 1.59    
1961 25 BOS AL RF 133 130 1152.3 257 6 4 2 .985 2.05   3.5
    LF 9 0 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    1B 1 0 5.0 4 0 1 0 .800 7.20   0.0
1962 26 BOS AL LF 124 123 1083.7 237 3 2 1 .992 1.99   4.9
    RF 28 23 214.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1963 27 BOS AL RF 142 141 1268.3 260 3 3 1 .989 1.87   3.6
    CF 8 3 36.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 5 1 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1964 28 BOS AL RF 80 77 682.3 153 2 2 0 .987 2.04   2.9
    LF 66 64 557.3 123 2 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    CF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1965 29 BOS AL RF 150 147 1290.3 281 3 3 2 .990 1.98   3.5
    LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 30 BOS AL RF 149 146 1289.7 308 3 5 3 .984 2.17   3.8
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 31 BOS AL RF 145 145 1255.7 259 5 3 1 .989 1.89   4.0
    CF 6 2 28.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1968 32 BOS AL RF 63 60 524.0 114 4 1 1 .992 2.03   2.7
    LF 38 33 291.0 59 4 0 2 1.000 1.95    
    CF 36 29 267.7 71 0 3 0 .959 2.39    
    1B 4 3 29.0 21 2 0 3 1.000 7.14   0.0
1969 33 BOS AL LF 46 45 398.3 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.7
    1B 20 18 151.0 151 12 2 11 .988 9.72   0.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 34 COL NL 1B 73 70 616.3 770 50 5 64 .994 11.97   1.0
    RF 52 51 447.7 96 1 4 1 .960 1.95   0.9
    LF 26 25 219.0 50 3 0 1 1.000 2.18    
    CF 1 0 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1971 35 NYG NL RF 6 6 51.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.47   0.1
    CF 12 0 26.0 5 0 2 0 .714 1.73    
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
  RF 1219 1187 10443.6 2295 36 31 12 .987 2.01   31.2
  LF 627 589 5226.3 1044 25 8 5 .993 1.84   11.2
  1B 151 121 1117.3 1284 99 9 117 .994 11.14   2.0
  CF 76 37 418.0 102 0 5 0 .953 2.20    
  3B 3 3 27.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 1.67   0.0
Career Totals   2076 1937 17232.3 4728 162 53 135 .989 2.55   44.4
Career Highs   158 148 1320.3 919 54 9 66 1.000 7.07    
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
1958 22 BOS AL 14 53 8 15 1 0 3 7 1 1 5 9 .283 .367 .472 .838
1960 24 BOS AL 6 20 4 6 2 0 2 5 1 0 3 7 .300 .391 .700 1.091
1961 25 BOS AL 7 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 .115 .233 .115 .349
1963 27 BOS AL 20 69 8 17 4 0 3 7 1 0 7 15 .246 .329 .435 .764
1965 29 BOS AL 7 26 4 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 6 .192 .300 .308 .608
1966 30 BOS AL 5 19 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 10 .211 .318 .368 .687
1968 32 BOS AL 7 25 7 12 1 0 4 5 0 0 3 7 .480 .536 1.000 1.536
1969 33 BOS AL 18 58 7 13 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 21 .224 .318 .276 .594
Career Post-Season Batting 84 296 43 75 9 1 14 33 7 1 35 84 .253 .343 .432 .776
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.
On-Base Pct
1960-8-.365
1965-8-.376
 Slugging Pct
1958-8-.528
1960-10-.482
1966-5-.484
 OPS
1958-6-.893
1960-6-.847
1966-5-.848
 XR
1958-8-99.6
1959-10-92.6
1960-8-91.5
1963-10-87.2
1965-5-91.0
1966-4-101.0
 Games
1957-8-156
1962-9-156
1963-3-158
1965-1-161
1966-2-157
 Runs
1959-6-97
1963-7-95
1966-5-102
Total Bases
1958-7-294
1959-8-271
1966-4-277
 Doubles
1961-9-32
1963-5-32
1966-4-36
1969-3-40
1970-9-32
 Homeruns
1958-7-36
1959-3-35
1960-9-25
1962-5-29
1966-2-27
1968-9-22
 RBIs
1959-8-102
1961-6-93
1962-3-104
1963-8-93
1969-8-92
 Stolen Bases
1959-9-9
1960-8-11
1961-8-10
 Caught Stealing
1959-4-5
1960-5-6
1961-8-4
Walks
1958-10-76
1963-5-81
1965-3-96
1966-10-75
 Strikeouts
1959-6-145
1960-8-136
1961-9-123
1962-5-130
1964-10-111
1965-4-133
1966-3-140
1967-6-156
1968-4-138
1969-10-145
1970-2-144
CAR-10-1836
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 91    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1956
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/1956, off Harry Byrd (OAK)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/21/1957
Won Bronze Rookie in 1957, hitting .255 with 23 HR, 75 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/27/1958
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/25/1958
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1961: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $5,470,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1961
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1962, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1962, hitting .344 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
6/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $6,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/24/1964 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1965, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1966
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1967, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
9/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $4,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Traded from Boston (A) to Colorado on 3/3/1970 (Going to COL: P Gary Nolan, RF Frank Robinson, 2B Chuck Schilling. Going to BOS: 1B Willie Stargell)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1970, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 7/1/1971 to a minor league deal
 
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