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Brooks Robinson
Brooks Calbert (Jr.) Robinson (Vacuum Cleaner)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut September 17, 1955
Final Game August 13, 1977
Born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, AR
Died September 26, 2023 (age 86)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 19 BAA AL   21   47    4   10   2   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .213  .213  .319  .532    74    15   0   0   0   0   0  
 1957 20 BAA AL   39  130   16   25   3   2   1    6   2   1    5   13  .192  .222  .269  .491    71    35   1   0   0   0   5  
 1958 21 BAA AL  142  501   43  118  16   4   3   40   0   0   32   69  .236  .279  .301  .581    84   151   7   4   0   0   6  
 1959 22 BAA AL  108  365   29   96  20   3   4   35   2   3   12   38  .263  .283  .367  .651    92   134   2   4   0   0   8  
 1960 23 BAA AL  153  629   81  173  24  11  14   77   5   1   44   58  .275  .320  .415  .735   106   261   2   5   5   0  10  
 1961 24 BAA AL  154  594   55  159  28   8   4   54   1   4   39   44  .268  .315  .362  .677    89   215   3   2   1   3  21  
 1962 25 BAA AL  162  653  101  207  27   9  29   88   1   1   42   76  .317  .355  .519  .874   117   339   0   7  14   0  20  MVP-4
 1963 26 BAA AL  145  560   50  140  23   6   7   46   1   5   32   96  .250  .289  .350  .639    91   196   4   4   2   0  10  
 1964 27 BAA AL  162  633   66  182  31   2  20   74   6   3   40   69  .288  .333  .438  .771   108   277   3   3   9   5  17  MVP-15
 1965 28 BAA AL  150  555   58  145  21   1  14   77   2   1   44   60  .261  .316  .378  .694    99   210   2   4   2   2  24  
 1966 29 BAA AL  162  640   90  161  32   0  30   94   3   1   41   42  .252  .300  .442  .742   107   283   0   7   2   6  21  MVP-8
 1967 30 BAA AL  162  626   71  164  27   8  25  103   2   3   50   64  .262  .315  .450  .765   113   282   2   6   3   1  18  MVP-6
 1968 31 BAA AL  162  624   55  140  36   3  17   67   2   3   38   47  .224  .269  .373  .643   100   233   1   4   3   2  12  
 1969 32 BAA AL  140  514   63  120  11   1  21   76   0   1   30   62  .233  .277  .381  .658    94   196   2   5   1   3  16  
 1970 33 BAA AL  161  646  103  180  25   5  31  118   1   0   61   63  .279  .340  .477  .817   111   308   2   3   2   1  22  MVP-13
 1971 34 BAA AL  160  640   85  184  27   4  28  115   0   0   52   66  .288  .339  .473  .812   117   303   0   5   2   0  15  MVP-8
 1972 35 BAA AL  162  629   64  158  30   3  11   63   6   1   47   70  .251  .304  .361  .664    93   227   0   4   2   2  13  
 1973 36 BAA AL  158  591   54  157  20   1  12   83   4   5   48   67  .266  .324  .364  .687    93   215  12   5   0   5  16  
 1974 37 BAA AL  153  559   36  165  22   1   7   63   4   1   44   68  .295  .346  .376  .722    99   210  11   5   2   2  10  
 1975 38 BAA AL  141  489   38   89  17   0   6   54   1   1   30   36  .182  .228  .254  .482    68   124   7   3   1   0  10  
 1976 39 BAA AL   71  220   16   48   6   2   1   20   0   0    8   34  .218  .245  .277  .522    73    61   1   1   0   0   9  
 1977 40 BAA AL   14   49    6   10   4   0   0    4   0   0    6    5  .204  .276  .286  .562    75    14   0   3   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons    2882 10894 1184 2831 452  74 286 1361  43  35  745 1147  .260  .307  .394  .701        4289  62  84  51  32 286
 Per 600 PA           553   60  144  23   4  15   69   2   2   38   58                                 218   3   4   3   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA    2882 10894 1184 2831 452  74 286 1361  43  35  745 1147  .260  .307  .394  .701        4289  62  84  51  32 286
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals    2896 10654 1232 2848 482  68 268 1357  28  22  860  990  .267  .322  .401  .723        4270 101 114 120  53 297
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1956 19 BAA AL  21    3   2.3   3   0   0  .000   1    6    5  .833    0    0  .000  3B   3e25      -99   
 1957 20 BAA AL  25    6   1.6   4   1   0  .250   6   17   11  .647    0    0  .000  3B   2e25     -153   
 1958 21 BAA AL  21   43   2.9   2   0   0  .000  13   66   51  .773    0    0  .000  3B   1e23      -16   
 1959 22 BAA AL  29   35   3.4  18   1   0  .056  11   39   27  .692    0    0  .000  3B   1e24      -58   
 1960 23 BAA AL  22   84   4.8   0   0   0  .000  16   91   73  .802    0    0  .000  3B   1e13      -34   
 1961 24 BAA AL  27   62   3.6   0   0   0  .000   9   80   70  .875    0    0  .000  3B   1e14      -53   
 1962 25 BAA AL  23  113   6.5   0   0   0  .000  10   79   66  .835    0    0  .000  3B   1e11       46   
 1963 26 BAA AL  31   54   3.3   0   0   0  .000  10   75   63  .840    0    0  .000  3B   1e13      -31   
 1964 27 BAA AL  30   88   5.0   0   0   0  .000   8   76   67  .882    0    0  .000  3B   1e14     -118   
 1965 28 BAA AL  33   61   3.8   3   2   0  .667  19   70   51  .729    0    0  .000  3B   1e18     -103   
 1966 29 BAA AL  32   80   4.3   0   0   0  .000   9   89   79  .888    0    0  .000  3B   1e13      -34   
 1967 30 BAA AL  33   84   4.7   0   0   0  .000   9   64   53  .828    0    0  .000  3B   1e11        2   
 1968 31 BAA AL  24   60   3.3   0   0   0  .000  20   81   60  .741    0    0  .000  3B   1e16      -77   
 1969 32 BAA AL  14   51   3.3   7   2   1  .286   9   56   45  .804    0    0  .000  3B   1e14      -35   
 1970 33 BAA AL  30  100   5.5   0   0   0  .000  22   89   64  .719    0    0  .000  3B   1e18       53   
 1971 34 BAA AL  25  101   5.7   0   0   0  .000  19   66   46  .697    0    0  .000  3B   1e17       58   
 1972 35 BAA AL  29   69   3.8   0   0   0  .000   7   81   72  .889    0    0  .000  3B   1e12       20   
 1973 36 BAA AL  32   68   3.9   0   0   0  .000  15   80   62  .775    0    0  .000  3B   1e16       17   
 1974 37 BAA AL  33   74   4.8   1   0   0  .000  14   79   63  .797    0    0  .000  3B   1e19       -6   
 1975 38 BAA AL  28   28   1.8   2   1   0  .500  12   75   58  .773    0    0  .000  3B   1e10      -60   
 1976 39 BAA AL  30   13   1.9   0   0   0  .000   9   32   21  .656    0    0  .000  3B   2e15      -26   
 1977 40 BAA AL  31    3   2.3   0   0   0  .000   2    8    5  .625    0    0  .000  3B   2e8        95   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 22 Seasons         1291   4.1  40   7   1  .175 250 1399 1112  .795    0    0  .000                 -22   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 42.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 104.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1956 19 BAA AL  3B    15     8    26    1    2   .971    12   104.0   2.94
                 2B     3     7     1    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   8.00
 1957 20 BAA AL  3B    36    33   100    6    7   .957    34   302.1   3.96
 1958 21 BAA AL  3B   137   129   324   13   35   .972   125  1121.1   3.64
                 2B     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1959 22 BAA AL  3B    88    89   191   11   26   .962    81   720.2   3.50
                 2B     4     8     8    0    2  1.000     3    26.0   5.54
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1960 23 BAA AL  3B   153   107   403   15   42   .971   153  1375.2   3.34  GG
                 2B     1     1     0    1    0   .500     0     5.1   1.69
 1961 24 BAA AL  3B   154   162   321    9   33   .982   154  1379.1   3.15  GG
 1962 25 BAA AL  3B   157   134   311    9   39   .980   157  1402.0   2.86  GG
                 SS     3     4    13    0    2  1.000     3    25.0   6.12
                 2B     2     7     9    1    3   .941     2    18.0   8.00
 1963 26 BAA AL  3B   145   108   350   10   24   .979   145  1293.0   3.19  GG
 1964 27 BAA AL  3B   162   117   402    8   27   .985   162  1454.0   3.21  GG
 1965 28 BAA AL  3B   148    91   351   19   19   .959   144  1300.0   3.06
 1966 29 BAA AL  3B   162   115   382    9   24   .982   162  1461.2   3.06  GG
 1967 30 BAA AL  3B   162   111   358    9   24   .981   162  1465.2   2.88  GG
 1968 31 BAA AL  3B   162   155   286   20   27   .957   161  1442.0   2.75
 1969 32 BAA AL  3B   133   103   209    9   20   .972   129  1180.1   2.38  GG
 1970 33 BAA AL  3B   161   140   285   22   34   .951   161  1451.2   2.63  GG
 1971 34 BAA AL  3B   160   130   304   19   35   .958   160  1452.0   2.69
 1972 35 BAA AL  3B   162   126   317    7   32   .984   162  1452.0   2.75  GG
 1973 36 BAA AL  3B   158   155   304   15   35   .968   158  1415.0   2.92  GG
 1974 37 BAA AL  3B   152   151   280   14   44   .969   152  1354.2   2.86
 1975 38 BAA AL  3B   139   139   309   12   41   .974   132  1195.2   3.37
 1976 39 BAA AL  3B    70    44    96    9   12   .940    54   497.1   2.53
                 1B     1     9     0    0    3  1.000     1    10.1   7.84
 1977 40 BAA AL  3B    14    12    22    2    1   .944    14   121.2   2.52
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  2830  2359  5931  248  583   .971  2774 24942.0   2.99
                 2B    13    23    18    2    5   .953     5    61.1   6.02
                 SS     3     4    13    0    2  1.000     3    25.0   6.12
                 1B     2     9     0    0    3  1.000     1    11.1   7.15
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    5  19  3  6  1  0  3   4  0  1  .316  .316  .842  0
      WS    BAA NYN   W    6  15  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .067  .176  .067  0
 1971 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    4  16  0  3  0  0  0   1  1  4  .188  .222  .188  0
 1973 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    3  12  3  5  1  0  1   3  1  1  .417  .462  .750  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1956  BAA   63-91   Pat Carr
 1957  BAA   67-87   Pat Carr
 1958  BAA   75-79   Brian Curran, Pat Carr
 1959  BAA   52-102  Rob Tomlinson
 1960  BAA   63-91   Rob Tomlinson
 1961  BAA   76-78   Rob Tomlinson
 1962  BAA   78-84   Rob Tomlinson
 1963  BAA   83-79   Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson
 1964  BAA   70-92   Gary Dewing
 1965  BAA   72-90   Gary Dewing
 1966  BAA   89-73   Gary Dewing
 1967  BAA   93-69   Gary Dewing
 1968  BAA   82-80   Mike Skiffington
 1969  BAA   94-68   Mike Skiffington
 1970  BAA   93-69   Mike Skiffington
 1971  BAA   96-66   Mike Skiffington
 1972  BAA   78-84   Mike Skiffington, Mike Rescigno
 1973  BAA   92-70   Mike Rescigno
 1974  BAA   69-93   Mike Rescigno
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  BAA   81-81   Mike Rescigno

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