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Wilbert Robinson

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Wilbert Robinson

Full name Wilbert Robinson
Born June 29, 1864, Bolton, Massachusetts
Died August 8, 1934, Atlanta, Georgia
Buried at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland (Section YY Lot 70)
First Game: April 19, 1886; Final Game: September 29, 1902
Managed First Game: May 3, 1902; Managed Final Game: September 27, 1931
Umpired First Game: September 27, 1898; Umpired Final Game: September 27, 1898
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8.5" Weight: 215
Brother of Fred Robinson
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1945
Ejections as player: 1899 (1), 1900 (1), 1901 (1). Total: 3
Ejections as manager: 1914 (2), 1915 (1), 1918 (1). Total: 4
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1886 PHI a                   87   342   57   69  11   3   1   30   21        3           33  .202  .254  .260  -1.8 1886 PHI a
1887 PHI a                   68   264   28   60   6   2   1   24   14   15   1           15  .227  .269  .277  -0.8 1887 PHI a
1888 PHI a                   66   254   32   62   7   2   1   31    9   26   0           11  .244  .270  .299   1.9 1888 PHI a
1889 PHI a                   69   264   31   61  13   2   0   28    6   34   1            9  .231  .251  .295  -0.3 1889 PHI a
1890 PHI a                   82   329   32   78  13   4   4   42   16        3           20  .237  .279  .337  -1.6 1890 PHI a
1890 BAL a                   14    48    7   13   1   0   0    4    3        0            1  .271  .314  .292   0.4 1890 BAL a
1890 TOT a                   96   377   39   91  14   4   4   46   19        3           21  .241  .283  .332  -1.2 1890 TOT a
1891 BAL a                   93   334   25   72   8   5   2   46   16   37   0           18  .216  .251  .287  -0.1 1891 BAL a
1892 BAL N                   90   330   36   88  14   4   2   57   15   35   2            5  .267  .303  .352  -1.0 1892 BAL N
1893 BAL N                   95   359   49  120  21   3   3   57   26   22   2           17  .334  .382  .435   0.6 1893 BAL N
1894 BAL N                  109   414   69  146  21   4   1   98   46   18   3  11       12  .353  .421  .430   1.3 1894 BAL N
1895 BAL N                   77   282   38   74  19   1   0   48   12   19   1   6       11  .262  .295  .337   1.1 1895 BAL N
1896 BAL N                   67   245   43   85   9   6   2   38   14   13   1   4        9  .347  .385  .457   1.3 1896 BAL N
1897 BAL N                   48   181   25   57   9   0   0   23    8    8   1   1        0  .315  .347  .365   0.0 1897 BAL N
1898 BAL N                   79   289   29   80  12   2   0   38   16   18   1   7        3  .277  .317  .332   0.1 1898 BAL N
1899 BAL N                  108   356   40  101  15   2   0   47   31   25   2   6        5  .284  .344  .337  -0.5 1899 BAL N
1900 STL N                   60   210   26   52   5   1   0   28   11   20   2   1        7  .248  .291  .281  -0.6 1900 STL N
1901 BAL A    Daily Splits   68   239   32   72  12   3   0   26   10   16   2   3   0    9  .301  .335  .377   0.3 1901 BAL A
1902 BAL A    Daily Splits   91   335   38   98  16   7   1   57   12   17   2   3   0   11  .293  .321  .391  -1.1 1902 BAL A
Total NL ( 9 Years)         733  2666  355  803 125  23   8  434  179  178  15  36i      69  .301  .349  .374   2.3 Total NL
Total AA ( 6 Years)         479  1835  212  415  59  18   9  205   85  112i  8          107  .226  .263  .293  -2.3 Total AA
Total AL ( 2 Years)         159   574   70  170  28  10   1   83   22   33   4   6   0   20  .296  .327  .385  -0.8 Total AL
Total    (17 Years) Splits 1371  5075  637 1388 212  51  18  722  286  323i 27  42i  0i 196  .273  .316  .346  -0.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1886 PHI a                C   61                     265  109   45   12   0   87            .893
1886 PHI a               1B   22                     171    9   12   14   0                 .938
1886 PHI a               OF    5                       6    0    1    0   0                 .857     0    4    1 
1887 PHI a                C   67                     281  137   46    9   0   82            .901
1887 PHI a               1B    3                      10    1    4    0   0                 .733
1887 PHI a               OF    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -     0    1    0 
1888 PHI a                C   65                     428  143   38    5   0   53            .938
1888 PHI a               1B    1                       9    0    1    2   0                 .900
1889 PHI a                C   69                     290  106   24    8   0   33            .943
1890 PHI a                C   82                     412  103   39    9   0   22            .930
1890 BAL a                C   11                      83   11    1    3   0    4            .989
1890 BAL a               1B    3                      20    1    1    1   0                 .955
1890 TOT a                C   93                     495  114   40   12   0   26            .938
1891 BAL a                C   92                     415   80   24   11   0   35            .954
1891 BAL a               OF    1                       0    0    1    0                     .000     0    0    1 
1892 BAL N                C   87                     332   86   36    8   0   27            .921
1892 BAL N               1B    2                      17    0    2    3   0                 .895
1892 BAL N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0                        -     0    0    1 
1893 BAL N                C   93                     349   70   26    8   0   26            .942
1893 BAL N               1B    1                       1    2    0    0   0                1.000
1894 BAL N                C  109                     370   84   27    8   0   24            .944
1895 BAL N                C   75                     243   78    7    6   0   11            .979
1896 BAL N                C   67                     260   48   17    5   0   13            .948
1897 BAL N                C   48                     186   36    8    2   0   10            .965
1898 BAL N                C   77                     288   72   13    4   0   11            .965
1899 BAL N                C  105                     286   83   20    2       13            .949
1900 STL N                C   54                     189   72    7    3       18            .974
1901 BAL A Daily Splits   C   67   65   64   561.2i  235   61   16    4   0    5   83    0  .949
1902 BAL A Daily Splits   C   87   82   80   696.1i  262   75   18    4   0   17   90i   0  .949
Total (17 Years) Splits   C 1316  147i 144i 1258  i 5174 1454  412  111   0i 491  173i   0i .941
Total ( 6 Years)         1B   32                     228   13   20   20   0                 .923
Total ( 4 Years)         OF    8                       6    0    2    0   0i                .750     0    5    3 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1902 BAL A          5    0    5  .000    15    32   5- 3   5- 8    4  7  8
1902 BAL A         16    6    9  .400    69    73   6- 7   6-22    5  6  8
1902 BAL A         83   24   57  .296   414   558   7- 1           7  8
1914 BRO N        154   75   79  .487   622   618                  5
1915 BRO N        154   80   72  .526   536   560                  3
1916 BRO N        156   94   60  .610   585   471                  1
1917 BRO N        156   70   81  .464   511   559                  7
1918 BRO N        126   57   69  .452   360   463                  5
1919 BRO N        141   69   71  .493   525   513                  5
1920 BRO N        155   93   61  .604   660   528                  1
1921 BRO N        152   77   75  .507   667   681                  5
1922 BRO N        155   76   78  .494   743   754                  6
1923 BRO N        155   76   78  .494   753   741                  6
1924 BRO N        154   92   62  .597   717   679                  2
1925 BRO N        153   68   85  .444   786   866                  6
1926 BRO N        155   71   82  .464   623   705                  6
1927 BRO N        154   65   88  .425   541   619                  6
1928 BRO N        155   77   76  .503   665   640                  6
1929 BRO N        153   70   83  .458   755   888                  6
1930 BRO N        154   86   68  .558   871   738                  4
1931 BRO N        153   79   73  .520   681   673                  4
Total (19 Years) 2839 1405 1412  .499 12099 12359
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1916 BRO N          5    1    4  .200    13    21
1920 BRO N          7    2    5  .286     8    21
Total ( 2 Years)   12    3    9  .250    21    42
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1911 NY  N   4-12  10-26
1912 NY  N   4-11  10-16
1913 NY  N   4-10  10-11
Total ( 3 Years) 

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1898 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 4-20-1899          BAL N  Ed Andrews          Obstruction call
 9-19-1900          STL N  John Gaffney        Call at HP (Threw ball at umpire)
 5-31-1901     BOX  BAL A  Jack Sheridan       Call at HP (Game forfeited)

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 1-1914     BOX  BRO N  Cy Rigler           Balls and strikes
 9- 4-1914     BOX  BRO N  Mal Eason           Balk call (Pushed umpire)
 4-26-1915     BOX  BRO N  Lord Byron          Condition of ball
 6- 4-1918     BOX  BRO N  Cy Rigler           Fair/foul call

Transaction Information

Released by Athletics (Philadelphia) (September 16, 1890).

Signed by Baltimore Orioles (@September 18, 1890).

Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Keister and John McGraw
(March 9, 1900).

Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Keister and John McGraw
for $19000 (March 10, 1900).

Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1901).
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