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Brooks Robinson

Full name Brooks Calbert Robinson
Born May 18, 1937, Little Rock, Arkansas
First Game: September 17, 1955; Final Game: August 13, 1977
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1983
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1964)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1964)
Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1966)
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1970)
Named third baseman on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1961 to 1962, 1964 to 1968 and 1971 to 1972)
Won AL Gold Glove as third baseman (1960 to 1975)
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1955 BAL A    Daily Splits    6    22    0    2   0   0   0    1    0   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .091  .091  -0.7 1955 BAL A
1956 BAL A    Daily Splits   15    44    5   10   4   0   1    1    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .227  .244  .386  -0.3 1956 BAL A
1957 BAL A    Daily Splits   50   117   13   28   6   1   2   14    7   0   10   1   0   1   0   2   4    1   0  .239  .286  .359  -0.5 1957 BAL A
1958 BAL A    Daily Splits  145   463   31  110  16   3   3   32   31   1   51   5   7   1   0   1  19    1   2  .238  .292  .305  -1.5 1958 BAL A
1959 BAL A    Daily Splits   88   313   29   89  15   2   4   24   17   5   37   2   1   0   0   6   5    2   2  .284  .325  .383   0.4 1959 BAL A
1960 BAL A    Daily Splits  152   595   74  175  27   9  14   88   35   0   49   0  13   8   0   8  29    2   2  .294  .329  .440   2.1 1960 BAL A
1961 BAL A    Daily Splits  163   668   89  192  38   7   7   61   47   2   57   4   8   9   0   9  21    1   3  .287  .334  .397  -0.9 1961 BAL A
1962 BAL A    Daily Splits  162   634   77  192  29   9  23   86   42   3   70   1  10  10   0   7  18    3   1  .303  .342  .486   3.1 1962 BAL A
1963 BAL A    Daily Splits  161   589   67  148  26   4  11   67   46   4   84   1   8   4   0  12   8    2   3  .251  .305  .365  -0.2 1963 BAL A
1964 BAL A    Daily Splits  163   612   82  194  35   3  28  118   51  10   64   4   8  10   0  12  17    1   0  .317  .368  .521   3.8 1964 BAL A
1965 BAL A    Daily Splits  144   559   81  166  25   2  18   80   47   9   47   2   4   4   0   8  15    3   0  .297  .351  .445   0.9 1965 BAL A
1966 BAL A    Daily Splits  157   620   91  167  35   2  23  100   56  11   36   5   1   4   0  10  18    2   3  .269  .333  .444   2.0 1966 BAL A
1967 BAL A    Daily Splits  158   610   88  164  25   5  22   77   54   9   54   4   5   8   0   4  21    1   3  .269  .328  .434   5.3 1967 BAL A
1968 BAL A    Daily Splits  162   608   65  154  36   6  17   75   44  11   55   4   3   8   0  17  12    1   1  .253  .304  .416   3.3 1968 BAL A
1969 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   598   73  140  21   3  23   84   56  10   55   3   3  10   0  10  19    2   1  .234  .298  .395   0.2 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A    Daily Splits  158   608   84  168  31   4  18   94   53   5   53   4   1   7   0  13  18    1   1  .276  .335  .429  -0.2 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   589   67  160  21   1  20   92   63   8   50   3   1   7   0   8  15    0   0  .272  .341  .413   1.4 1971 BAL A
1972 BAL A    Daily Splits  153   556   48  139  23   2   8   64   43   4   45   2   4   7   0   6  12    1   0  .250  .303  .342  -0.2 1972 BAL A
1973 BAL A    Daily Splits  155   549   53  141  17   2   9   72   55   5   50   3   8   4   0   6  19    2   0  .257  .326  .344  -0.3 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A    Daily Splits  153   553   46  159  27   0   7   59   56  13   47   3   5   5   0   7  14    2   0  .288  .353  .374   1.9 1974 BAL A
1975 BAL A    Daily Splits  144   482   50   97  15   1   6   53   44  10   33   1   8   4   0  12   6    0   0  .201  .267  .274  -3.2 1975 BAL A
1976 BAL A    Daily Splits   71   218   16   46   8   2   3   11    8   0   24   1   3   2   0   2   5    0   0  .211  .240  .307  -1.5 1976 BAL A
1977 BAL A    Daily Splits   24    47    3    7   2   0   1    4    4   0    4   0   0   1   0   1   2    0   0  .149  .212  .255  -0.5 1977 BAL A
Total    (23 Years) Splits 2896 10654 1232 2848 482  68 268 1357  860 120  990  53 101 114   0 162 297   28  22  .267  .322  .401  14.4 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 BAL A    Daily Splits    3    14    1    7   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   2  .500  .500  .571 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A    Daily Splits    3    12    3    7   2   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   1   0    0   0  .583  .538  .750 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A    Daily Splits    3    11    2    4   1   0   1    3    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .364  .364  .727 1971 BAL A
1973 BAL A    Daily Splits    5    20    1    5   2   0   0    2    1   1    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .286  .350 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    12    1    1   0   0   1    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .083  .154  .333 1974 BAL A
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits   18    69    8   24   6   0   2    8    2   1    3   0   1   1   0   3   2    0   2  .348  .361  .522 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1966 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    14    2    3   0   0   1    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .214  .267  .429 1966 BAL A
1969 BAL A    Daily Splits    5    19    0    1   0   0   0    2    0   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .053  .050  .053 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A    Daily Splits    5    21    5    9   2   0   2    6    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .429  .429  .810 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A    Daily Splits    7    22    2    7   0   0   0    5    3   0    1   0   0   2   0   0   1    0   0  .318  .370  .318 1971 BAL A
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   21    76    9   20   2   0   3   14    4   0    6   0   0   3   0   1   1    0   0  .263  .289  .408 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1960 AL       Daily Splits    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1960 AL   
1961 AL       Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1961 AL   
1962 AL       Daily Splits    2     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .667  .000 1962 AL   
1963 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1963 AL   
1964 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   0   1   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1964 AL   
1965 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 1965 AL   
1966 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    1    3   0   1   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .750  .750 1.250 1966 AL   
1967 AL       Daily Splits    1     6    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .667 1967 AL   
1968 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 AL   
1969 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1969 AL   
1970 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    1    2   0   1   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667 1.333 1970 AL   
1971 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1971 AL   
1972 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1972 AL   
1973 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 AL   
1974 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1974 AL   
Total    (15 Years) Splits   18    45    5   13   0   3   1    5    1   0    4   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .289  .319  .489 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1955 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    6    6    3    44       2    8    2    1   0  .833
1956 BAL A Daily Splits  3B   14    9    9   101.1     9   25    2    3   0  .944
1956 BAL A               2B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1957 BAL A Daily Splits  3B   47   32   18   284.1    34   66    3    5   0  .971
1958 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  140  126  104  1119.1   151  275   21   30   0  .953
1958 BAL A               2B   16    0    0    24.1     6    8    1    2   0  .933
1959 BAL A Daily Splits  3B   87   80   74   723.1    92  187   13   25   0  .955
1959 BAL A               2B    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1960 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  152  152  149  1354.2   171  328   12   34   0  .977
1960 BAL A               2B    3    0    0     4       3    2    0    1   0 1.000
1961 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  163  162  158  1459.2   151  331   14   34   0  .972
1961 BAL A               2B    2    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1961 BAL A               SS    1    0    0     2       4    2    0    0   0 1.000
1962 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  162  162  154  1445.1   163  339   11   32   0  .979
1962 BAL A               SS    3    0    0     7       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1962 BAL A               2B    2    0    0     2       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1963 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  160  158  156  1414     153  330   12   43   0  .976
1963 BAL A               SS    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1964 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  163  163  162  1454.2   153  327   14   40   0  .972
1965 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  143  143  141  1298.2   144  296   15   36   0  .967
1966 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  157  157  154  1431.1   174  313   12   26   0  .976
1967 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  158  158  151  1413.1   147  405   11   37   0  .980
1968 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  162  161  159  1435     168  353   16   31   0  .970
1969 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  156  156  144  1392.2   163  370   13   37   1  .976
1970 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  156  156  146  1389.2   157  321   17   30   0  .966
1971 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  156  155  148  1371.2   131  354   16   35   0  .968
1972 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  152  149  142  1323.1   129  333   11   27   0  .977
1973 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  154  151  138  1341.2   129  354   15   25   2  .970
1974 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  153  151  141  1362     115  410   18   44   0  .967
1975 BAL A Daily Splits  3B  143  134  125  1223.2    96  326    9   30   0  .979
1976 BAL A Daily Splits  3B   71   59   53   551.2    59  126    6   11   0  .969
1977 BAL A Daily Splits  3B   15   10    8   100.1     6   28    0    2   0 1.000
Total (23 Years) Splits  3B 2870 2790 2637 25035.2  2697 6205  263  618   3  .971
Total ( 6 Years)         2B   25    0    0    35.1    10   12    1    3   0  .957
Total ( 3 Years)         SS    5    0    0    12       5    3    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1969 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    3    3    3    32       6   10    0    0   0 1.000
1970 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    3    3    3    27       3    5    0    0   0 1.000
1971 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    3    3    3    27       4    7    0    0   0 1.000
1973 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    4    44       2   14    1    0   0  .941
1974 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    4    4    4    35       4   13    0    1   0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits  3B   18   18   17   165      19   49    1    1   0  .986
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1966 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    4    4    4    36       4    6    0    1   0 1.000
1969 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    43       1   16    0    0   0 1.000
1970 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    45       9   14    1    2   0  .958
1971 BAL A Daily Splits  3B    7    7    7    61       6   17    2    1   0  .920
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  3B   21   21   21   185      20   53    3    4   0  .961
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1960 AL    Daily Splits  3B    2    0    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
1961 AL    Daily Splits  3B    2    2    1    14       0    5    0    0   0 1.000
1962 AL    Daily Splits  3B    2    0    0     8       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1963 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     4       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1964 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    1     8.2     1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1965 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     7       1    2    0    1   0 1.000
1966 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    1     9.1     4    4    0    0   0 1.000
1967 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    1    15       0    6    0    1   0 1.000
1968 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     5       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1969 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     3       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1970 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     7.2     1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1971 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    1     9       1    3    0    1   0 1.000
1972 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     4       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1973 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     4       1    3    0    0   0 1.000
1974 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total (15 Years) Splits  3B   18   11    5   111.2    11   32    0    3   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1977 BAL A   4- 7  10- 1
Total ( 1 Year ) 

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1955).
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