Eddie Robinson
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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