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Historical player · 1882–1892

William Robinson

B/T R/R · HT 66 · WT 170 · Born 9/19/1859 · From Philadelphia, PA USA · Debut 1882-08-24 · Final 1892-08-10

Career · batting

981

3,436

827

RBI

400

272

667

AVG/OPS

0.241 · 0.699

Career · pitching

89.0

W-L

3-4

ERA

3.34

WHIP

1.55

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1885–1891

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#215 on the Browns

↑ 1 D. Eckstein

↓ 1 M. Wieters

Hits

537

#92 on the Browns

↑ 23 R. Oakes

↓ 1 D. Groat

RBI

303

#57 on the Browns

↑ 2 R. Ludwick

↓ 4 J. Smith

221

#9 on the Browns

↑ 29 R. Lankford

↓ 18 J. Smith

Runs

462

#44 on the Browns

↑ 5 R. Blades

↓ 5 G. Hendrick

419

#24 on the Browns

↑ 5 J. Mize

↓ 5 J. Oquendo

Career with the Baltimore Monumentals · 1884–1884

#2 on the Monumentals

↑ 2 C. Levis

↓ 1 E. Seery

Hits

111

#2 on the Monumentals

↑ 33 E. Seery

↓ 12 D. Phelan

Runs

101

#2 on the Monumentals

↑ 12 E. Seery

↓ 36 L. Say

#1 on the Monumentals

↓ 17 E. Seery

Career with the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers · 1891–1891

#6 on the Killers

↑ 2 J. Carney

Hits

#8 on the Killers

↑ 8 A. Whitney

↓ 16 F. Vaughn

RBI

#5 on the Killers

↑ 6 J. Carney

↓ 1 E. Seery

#1 on the Killers

↓ 1 E. Andrews

Runs

#5 on the Killers

↑ 8 K. Kelly

↓ 1 E. Andrews

#2 on the Killers

↑ 13 E. Seery

↓ 17 K. Kelly

Career with the Pittsburgh Burghers · 1890–1890

Hits

#8 on the Burghers

↑ 48 T. Corcoran

↓ 28 T. Quinn

RBI

#8 on the Burghers

↑ 6 N. Hanlon

↓ 14 H. Staley

#8 on the Burghers

↑ 1 J. Beckley

↓ 12 A. Maul

Runs

#8 on the Burghers

↑ 4 B. Kuehne

↓ 31 A. Maul

104

#1 on the Burghers

↓ 23 N. Hanlon

Career with the Washington Senators · 1892–1892

Hits

#66 on the Senators

↑ 1 J. McJames

↓ 3 H. Smith

RBI

#62 on the Senators

↑ 1 C. Stricker

↓ 1 J. Boyd

#39 on the Senators

↑ 1 T. Leahy

↓ 1 J. O'Brien

Runs

#56 on the Senators

↑ 2 B. Alvord

↓ 1 V. Anderson

#29 on the Senators

↑ 2 J. Gettman

↓ 1 G. Tebeau

Career with the Detroit Wolverines · 1882–1882

Hits

#63 on the Wolverines

↑ 1 M. Dorgan

↓ 1 E. Gastfield

RBI

#64 on the Wolverines

↑ 1 H. Buker

↓ 1 F. Wood

Runs

#76 on the Wolverines

↑ 1 H. Decker

#60 on the Wolverines

↑ 1 D. Burns

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,526 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 G. Zinn

Hits

827

#1,765 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Cora

↓ 1 J. Meyers

RBI

400

#1,628 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Hoag

↓ 1 B. Wilkerson

272

#204 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Durham

↓ 1 G. Cutshaw

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1882	Detroit Wolverines	NL	11	39	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	13	0.179	—	0.205
1884	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	102	415	101	111	24	4	3	0	0	37	0	0.267	—	0.366
1885	Browns	AA	78	287	63	75	8	8	0	35	0	29	0	0.261	—	0.345
1886	Browns	AA	133	481	89	132	26	9	3	71	51	64	0	0.274	—	0.385
1887	Browns	AA	125	430	102	131	32	4	1	74	75	92	49	0.305	—	0.405
1888	Browns	AA	134	455	111	105	17	6	3	53	56	116	78	0.231	—	0.314
1889	Browns	AA	132	452	97	94	17	3	5	70	39	118	55	0.208	—	0.292
1890	Pittsburgh Burghers	PL	101	314	62	72	10	3	0	39	17	104	34	0.229	—	0.280
1891	Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	AA	97	342	48	61	9	4	1	37	23	68	51	0.178	—	0.237
1891	Browns	AA	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1892	Washington Senators	NL	67	218	26	39	4	3	0	19	11	38	29	0.179	—	0.225
Career			981	3,436	700	827	148	44	16	400	272	667	309	0.241	0.376	0.323

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1882	Detroit Wolverines	NL	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.50
1884	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	3	3	11	3	0	75.0	96	29	18	61	3.48	1.52
1886	Browns	AA	0	1	1	1	0	9.0	10	3	7	1	3.00	1.89
1887	Browns	AA	0	0	1	0	1	3.0	3	1	3	0	3.00	2.00
Career			3	4	14	4	1	89.0	109	33	29	62	3.34	1.55

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2B	701	6,085.0	1,707	2,002	475	276
3B	143	1,247.0	181	306	97	22
SS	66	574.0	96	179	51	10
OF	56	467.0	72	11	13	1
C	17	158.0	116	30	18	2
P	14	89.0	3	6	4	1
1B	1	9.0	10	0	1	0