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William Robinson

William Robinson

1882–1892 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'6", 170 lb · b. 1859 Philadelphia, PA

Career 981 G · 827 H · 16 HR · 400 RBI · .241 AVG · 3–4 · 3.34 ERA · 62 SO · 89.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

6

3 best in baseball 3 league only

25 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1884 Best season

Spanning 1884–1889, peaking at 3 titles in 1884.

Team records #1 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers career SB #1 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 1891 SB #2 Baltimore Monumentals career HR #2 Baltimore Monumentals career H #2 Baltimore Monumentals career R #2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 AVG #2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 HR #2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 H #2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 R #2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 OPS

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

956th League titles 6
897th Best in baseball 3
1,167th Top-5 finishes 25

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

171st Second Base Putouts 1,707
193rd Second Base Assists 2,002
203rd Stolen Bases 272
220th On-Base Percentage .376
297th Second Base Double Plays 276
430th Walks 667

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Walks	3	1st	2 yrs (1888–1889)	1888 116 1889 118 1884 UA 37 1887 #2 1890 #2
Third Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1884 UA 3.68
Third Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1884 UA .831
On-Base Percentage	1	1st	—	1888 .400
Third Base Double Plays	—	#3	—	1884 #3
Third Base Putouts	—	#3	—	1884 #3
Third Base Assists	—	#3	—	1884 #3
Second Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1886 #2 1887 #3
Saves	—	#2	—	1887 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1889	1	BB 118
1888	2	OBP .400 BB 116
1884	3	BB 37 3B FPCT .831 3B RF 3.68

Batting

led the league 10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1882	DTN	NL	11	39	1	7	1	0	0	2	1	13	0	.179	.200	.205	.405
1884	BLU	UA	102	415	101	111	24	4	3	0	37	0	0	.267	.327	.366	.694
1885	SL4	AA	78	287	63	75	8	8	0	35	29	0	0	.261	.344	.345	.689
1886	SL4	AA	133	481	89	132	26	9	3	71	64	0	51	.274	.377	.385	.761
1887	SL4	AA	125	430	102	131	32	4	1	74	92	49	75	.305	.445	.405	.850
1888	SL4	AA	134	455	111	105	17	6	3	53	116	78	56	.231	.400	.314	.714
1889	SL4	AA	132	452	97	94	17	3	5	70	118	55	39	.208	.378	.292	.671
1890	PTP	PL	101	314	62	72	10	3	0	39	104	34	17	.229	.436	.280	.716
1891	CN3 +1	AA	98	345	48	61	9	4	1	37	68	51	23	.177	.325	.235	.560
1892	WAS	NL	67	218	26	39	4	3	0	19	38	29	11	.179	.301	.225	.526
Career	—	—	981	3,436	700	827	148	44	16	400	667	309	272	.241	.376	.323	.699

Pitching

4 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1882	DTN	NL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.50
1884	BLU	UA	3	3	3.48	11	3	0	75.0	96	29	1	18	61	1.52
1886	SL4	AA	0	1	3.00	1	1	0	9.0	10	3	0	7	1	1.89
1887	SL4	AA	0	0	3.00	1	0	1	3.0	3	1	0	3	0	2.00
Career	—	—	3	4	3.34	14	4	1	89.0	109	33	1	29	62	1.55

Fielding

7 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1882	DTN	NL	SS	10	—	79.0	10	22	8	2	40	.800	3.20
			OF	1	—	6.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			P	1	—	2.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1884	BLU	UA	3B	71	—	655.0	98	163	53	10	314	.831	3.68
			SS	14	—	130.0	23	40	15	1	78	.808	4.50
			C	11	—	103.0	84	20	14	2	118	.881	9.45
			P	11	—	75.0	3	4	4	0	11	.636	0.64
			2B	3	—	32.0	11	11	4	1	26	.846	7.33
1885	SL4	AA	OF	52	—	428.0	65	10	12	1	87	.862	1.44
			2B	19	—	154.0	49	52	16	6	117	.863	5.32
			C	5	—	49.0	30	9	3	0	42	.929	7.80
			3B	2	—	16.0	1	5	0	0	6	1.000	3.00
			1B	1	—	9.0	10	0	1	0	11	.909	10.00
1886	SL4	AA	2B	125	—	1102.0	351	406	95	66	852	.888	6.06
			3B	6	—	54.0	9	8	7	1	24	.708	2.83
			OF	1	—	11.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
			P	1	—	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	—	8.0	0	3	1	0	4	.750	3.00
1887	SL4	AA	2B	117	—	1000.0	320	355	76	52	751	.899	5.77
			3B	6	—	32.0	3	5	3	0	11	.727	1.33
			OF	2	—	22.0	4	1	1	0	6	.833	2.50
			SS	2	—	19.0	3	6	2	0	11	.818	4.50
			C	1	—	6.0	2	1	1	0	4	.750	3.00
			P	1	—	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1888	SL4	AA	2B	102	—	878.0	197	256	53	18	506	.895	4.44
			SS	34	—	301.0	54	94	19	6	167	.886	4.35
1889	SL4	AA	2B	132	—	1170.0	305	333	81	53	719	.887	4.83
1890	PTP	PL	2B	101	—	880.0	239	295	69	46	603	.886	5.29
1891	CN3	AA	2B	98	—	843.0	225	287	79	33	591	.866	5.22
1892	WAS	NL	3B	58	—	490.0	70	125	34	11	229	.852	3.36
			SS	5	—	37.0	6	14	6	1	26	.769	4.00
			2B	4	—	26.0	10	7	2	1	19	.895	4.25
Career	—	—	2B	701	—	6085.0	1,707	2,002	475	276	4,184	.886	5.29
	—	—	3B	143	—	1247.0	181	306	97	22	584	.834	3.41
	—	—	SS	66	—	574.0	96	179	51	10	326	.844	4.17
	—	—	OF	56	—	467.0	72	11	13	1	96	.865	1.48
	—	—	C	17	—	158.0	116	30	18	2	164	.890	8.59
	—	—	P	14	—	89.0	3	6	4	1	13	.692	0.64
	—	—	1B	1	—	9.0	10	0	1	0	11	.909	10.00