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Brooks Robinson
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Birthdate: 5/18/1937
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 190 lbs.
Place of Birth: Little Rock, AR, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Greatest fielding 3rd baseman of all time; no equal - anytime - anywhere! Brooks Robinson made diving catches and threw out runners while laying on the ground. He snared hard line drives and leaped high in the air to rob hitters of extra base hits. Brooks Robinson excelled in the Playoffs and World Series; fans could not believe their eyes at this Hall of Famer's fieldings. Brooks Robinson has the highest fielding average for 3rd. baseman in baseball history, he has the records for most chances, most putouts and most double plays. 

He won 16 straight Gold Gloves and led the American League in assists 8 different times. Brooks Robinson played in 18 All-Star games and was Most Valuable Player in 1964. Brooks Robinson's career; played 2896 games, batted over 10,000 times, got 2848 hits, pounded 482 doubles and drove in 1357 runs. Truly 'The Games Greatest Fielding 3rd. Basement'. baseballhistorian.com archives All Rights Reserved Brooks Robinson - The History of Baseball


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
23 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1955 BAL (AL) 6 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .91 .91 SLG
1956 BAL (AL) 15 44 5 10 4 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .244 SLG
1957 BAL (AL) 50 117 13 28 6 1 2 14 7 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 .239 .286 SLG
1958 BAL (AL) 145 463 31 110 16 3 3 32 31 51 1 2 1 5 7 1 .238 .292 SLG
1959 BAL (AL) 88 313 29 89 15 2 4 24 17 37 2 2 5 2 1 0 .284 .325 SLG
1960 BAL (AL) 152 595 74 175 27 9 14 88 35 49 2 2 0 0 13 8 .294 .329 SLG
1961 BAL (AL) 163 668 89 192 38 7 7 61 47 57 1 3 2 4 8 9 .287 .334 SLG
1962 BAL (AL) 162 634 77 192 29 9 23 86 42 70 3 1 3 1 10 10 .303 .342 SLG
1963 BAL (AL) 161 589 67 148 26 4 11 67 46 84 2 3 4 1 8 4 .251 .305 SLG
1964 BAL (AL) 163 612 82 194 35 3 28 118 51 64 1 0 10 4 8 10 .317 .368 SLG
1965 BAL (AL) 144 559 81 166 25 2 18 80 47 47 3 0 9 2 4 4 .297 .351 SLG
1966 BAL (AL) 157 620 91 167 35 2 23 100 56 36 2 3 11 5 1 4 .269 .333 SLG
1967 BAL (AL) 158 610 88 164 25 5 22 77 54 54 1 3 9 4 5 8 .269 .328 SLG
1968 BAL (AL) 162 608 65 154 36 6 17 75 44 55 1 1 11 4 3 8 .253 .304 SLG
1969 BAL (AL) 156 598 73 140 21 3 23 84 56 55 2 1 10 3 3 10 .234 .298 SLG
1970 BAL (AL) 158 608 84 168 31 4 18 94 53 53 1 1 5 4 1 7 .276 .335 SLG
1971 BAL (AL) 156 589 67 160 21 1 20 92 63 50 0 0 8 3 1 7 .272 .341 SLG
1972 BAL (AL) 153 556 48 139 23 2 8 64 43 45 1 0 4 2 4 7 .250 .303 SLG
1973 BAL (AL) 155 549 53 141 17 2 9 72 55 50 2 0 5 3 8 4 .257 .326 SLG
1974 BAL (AL) 153 553 46 159 27 0 7 59 56 47 2 0 13 3 5 5 .288 .353 SLG
1975 BAL (AL) 144 482 50 97 15 1 6 53 44 33 0 0 10 1 8 4 .201 .267 SLG
1976 BAL (AL) 71 218 16 46 8 2 3 11 8 24 0 0 0 1 3 2 .211 .240 SLG
1977 BAL (AL) 24 47 3 7 2 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .149 .212 SLG
23 years   2896 10654 1232 2848 482 68 268 1357 860 990 28 22 120 53 101 114 .267 .322 .SLG



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