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Frank Robinson

Birthdate:

8/31/1935

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Beaumont, TX, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Frank Robinson pounded 38 home runs in his rookie season in 1956, and for his all out efforts he was voted the Rookie of the year. Frank Robinson is considered one of the finest all-around ball players in baseball history. He is the only player in major league history to win the Most Valuable Player Awards in both the National & American Leagues in 1961 & 1966. Playing on the Cincinnati Reds in 1961, he helped them win a pennant as he hit .323 with 32 doubles, 37 homers, scored 117 runs and batted in 124 runs, and he stole 22 bases.

His speed in the outfield saved many games with his fine running catches. Frank Robinson was rated as one of the best all-around players; and with his booming, powerful, clutch hitting he seemed to win game after game in this era. Playing for the Baltimore Orioles in 1966, his power hitting, 49 homers, 122 Runs and 122 RBI's, .637 slugging pct, .316 batting ave. (he led the league in all of these categories) helped the Orioles win the pennant and world championship. He hit 586 career home runs; fourth highest in all of baseball history. He played in five world series and blasted 8 homers in these championship games. Frank Robinson played in over 10,000 games ( and that's a lot); he has a career batting mark of .294, runs scored 1,829 (10th. highest), he also had 1,812 RBI's, 528 doubles, 72 triples, 586 HR's (4th highest), walked 1,420 times, struckout 1,532 with a lifetime slugging pct. .537. Frank Robinson started managing the Cleveland Indians in 1975-77 and then went on to manage the Giants and Orioles. baseballhistorian.com archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
22 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
1956	CIN (NL)	152	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	95	8	4	7	20	8	4	.290	.379	SLG
1957	CIN (NL)	150	611	97	197	29	5	29	75	44	92	10	2	5	12	5	5	.322	.376	SLG
1958	CIN (NL)	148	554	90	149	25	6	31	83	62	80	10	1	5	7	0	0	.269	.350	SLG
1959	CIN (NL)	146	540	106	168	31	4	36	125	69	93	18	8	9	8	0	9	.311	.391	SLG
1960	CIN (NL)	139	464	86	138	33	6	31	83	82	67	13	6	6	9	0	7	.297	.407	SLG
1961	CIN (NL)	153	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	71	64	22	3	23	10	0	10	.323	.404	SLG
1962	CIN (NL)	162	609	134	208	51	2	39	136	76	62	18	9	16	11	0	5	.342	.421	SLG
1963	CIN (NL)	140	482	79	125	19	3	21	91	81	69	26	10	20	14	0	3	.259	.379	SLG
1964	CIN (NL)	156	568	103	174	38	6	29	96	79	67	23	5	20	9	0	6	.306	.396	SLG
1965	CIN (NL)	156	582	109	172	33	5	33	113	70	100	13	9	18	18	0	4	.296	.386	SLG
1966	BAL (AL)	155	576	122	182	34	2	49	122	87	90	8	5	11	10	0	7	.316	.410	SLG
1967	BAL (AL)	129	479	83	149	23	7	30	94	71	84	2	3	14	7	0	6	.311	.403	SLG
1968	BAL (AL)	130	421	69	113	27	1	15	52	73	84	11	2	4	12	0	2	.268	.390	SLG
1969	BAL (AL)	148	539	111	166	19	5	32	100	88	62	9	3	11	13	0	3	.308	.415	SLG
1970	BAL (AL)	132	471	88	144	24	1	25	78	69	70	2	1	9	7	0	6	.306	.398	SLG
1971	BAL (AL)	133	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	72	62	3	0	11	9	1	8	.281	.384	SLG
1972	LAD (NL)	103	342	41	86	6	1	19	59	55	76	2	3	0	2	0	6	.251	.353	SLG
1973	CAL (AL)	147	534	85	142	29	0	30	97	82	93	1	1	12	10	1	3	.266	.372	SLG
1974	CLE (AL)	15	50	6	10	1	1	2	5	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.328	SLG
1974	CAL (AL)	129	427	75	107	26	2	20	63	75	85	5	1	14	10	1	5	.251	.371	SLG
1975	CLE (AL)	49	118	19	28	5	0	9	24	29	15	0	0	3	0	1	1	.237	.385	SLG
1976	CLE (AL)	36	67	5	15	0	0	3	10	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.329	SLG
22 years		2808	10006	1829	2943	528	72	586	1812	1420	1532	204	77	218	198	17	102	.294	.389	.SLG

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