Eddie Robinson

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Full Name: William Edward Robinson	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/210	First Game: September 9, 1942
Birthdate: December 15, 1920	Final Game: September 15, 1957
Birthplace: Paris, Texas	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Eddie Robinson (William Edward Robinson) was born on December 15, 1920 in Paris, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1942 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 14 home runs and 52 RBI. Robinson played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Eddie Robinson's best season was 1951, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .282 average and knocked in 117 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	CLE	A	8	8	1	1	0	2	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946	CLE	A	8	30	6	12	3	4	.400	.438	.733	1	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
1947	CLE	A	95	318	52	78	14	52	.245	.314	.415	10	1	30	18	2	5	1	0	10
1948	CLE	A	134	493	53	125	16	83	.254	.307	.408	18	5	36	42	2	9	1	0	13
1949	WAS	A	143	527	66	155	18	78	.294	.381	.459	27	3	67	30	7	2	3	0	17
1950	WAS	A	36	129	21	30	1	13	.233	.365	.318	4	2	25	4	2	0	0	0	3
1950	CHI	A	119	424	62	133	20	73	.314	.405	.491	11	2	60	28	5	2	0	0	7
1950	TOT	A	155	553	83	163	21	86	.295	.395	.450	15	4	85	32	7	2	0	0	10
1951	CHI	A	151	564	85	159	29	117	.282	.371	.495	23	5	77	54	3	5	2	0	11
1952	CHI	A	155	594	79	176	22	104	.296	.382	.466	33	1	70	49	12	5	2	0	8
1953	PHI	A	156	615	64	152	22	102	.247	.322	.413	28	4	63	56	5	2	1	0	13
1954	NY	A	85	142	11	37	3	27	.261	.344	.387	9	0	19	21	0	0	0	0	1
1955	NY	A	88	173	25	36	16	42	.208	.358	.491	1	0	36	26	5	0	0	7	7
1956	NY	A	26	54	7	12	5	11	.222	.323	.519	1	0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0
1956	KC	A	75	172	13	34	2	12	.198	.308	.273	5	1	26	20	2	1	0	1	7
1956	TOT	A	101	226	20	46	7	23	.204	.312	.332	6	1	31	23	5	1	0	2	7
1957	DET	A	13	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.308	.000	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
1957	CLE	A	19	27	1	6	1	3	.222	.241	.370	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
1957	BAL	A	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	TOT	A	36	39	1	6	1	3	.154	.261	.256	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	3
Total			1315	4282	546	1146	172	723	.268	.353	.440	172	24	521	359	50	33	10	10	100

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	CLE	A	1B	8	0	0	80	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1947	CLE	A	1B	87	0	0	800	55	5	79	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1948	CLE	A	1B	131	0	0	1213	79	7	123	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1949	WAS	A	1B	143	0	0	1299	100	18	133	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1950	WAS	A	1B	36	0	0	324	22	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	CHI	A	1B	119	0	0	976	60	14	105	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1950	TOT	A	1B	155	0	0	1300	82	14	141	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1951	CHI	A	1B	147	0	0	1296	91	17	143	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1952	CHI	A	1B	155	0	0	1329	89	14	145	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1953	PHI	A	1B	155	0	0	1366	71	17	135	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1954	NY	A	1B	29	0	0	227	19	5	21	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1955	NY	A	1B	46	0	0	390	20	2	35	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1956	NY	A	1B	14	0	0	121	6	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	KC	A	1B	47	0	0	360	19	9	43	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1956	TOT	A	1B	61	0	0	481	25	9	56	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1957	DET	A	1B	1	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CLE	A	1B	7	3	40	40	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	1B	8	3	44	44	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1126	3	44	9832	636	109	1018	0	0	0	0	0	.990

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Baltimore (International) to Cleveland Indians (1942).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ed Klieman and Joe Haynes to Washington Senators in exchange for Mickey Vernon and Early Wynn (December 14, 1948).
Traded by Washington Senators with Al Kozar and Ray Scarborough to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Kuzava, Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski (May 31, 1950).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Joe DeMaestri and Ed McGhee to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (January 27, 1953).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Harry Byrd, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Loren Babe to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Jim Robertson, Jim Finigan, Vic Power and Bill Renna (December 16, 1953).
Traded by New York Yankees with Lou Skizas to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna and cash (June 14, 1956).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian and Bill Harrington to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks, Wayne Belardi and $20000 (December 5, 1956).
Released by Detroit Tigers (May 17, 1957).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (May 20, 1957).
Released by Cleveland Indians (June 29, 1957).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (September 1, 1957).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 7, 1957).

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