Bill Robinson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 189 lb

BornJune 26, 1943 · McKeesport, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 20, 1966

Final gameMay 23, 1983

Seasons16 (1966–1983)

Atlanta Braves 1966; New York Yankees 1967–1969; Philadelphia Phillies 1972–1974; Pittsburgh Pirates 1975–1981; Philadelphia Phillies 1982; Pittsburgh Pirates 1982; Philadelphia Phillies 1983

Percentile snapshot

1978 season — qualified batters

136

15.8

552

499

27.3

43.2

123

12.2

92.1

16.5

51.8

RBI

73.4

18.7

105

9.4

15.1

.246

10.1

OBP

.296

6.5

SLG

.411

49.6

OPS

.707

29.5

wRC+

88.1

OPS+

93.8

wOBA

.317

22.3

sWAR

0.4

5.8

of 140 qualified 1978 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

100.8

43.2

OPS+

104.1

50.9

sWAR

10.3

87.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1966	6	11	11	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	95.1	96.5	.319	0.0
1967	116	380	342	31	67	6	1	7	29	28	56	2	2	.196	.259	.281	.539	57.7	62.5	.251	-1.0
1968	107	378	342	34	82	16	7	6	40	26	54	7	6	.240	.294	.380	.674	104.8	106.8	.310	1.3
1969	87	239	222	23	38	11	2	3	21	16	39	3	1	.171	.226	.279	.505	35.3	44.2	.232	-1.3
1972	82	195	188	19	45	9	1	8	21	5	30	2	3	.239	.258	.426	.683	84.8	89.0	.308	0.1
1973	124	487	452	62	130	32	1	25	65	27	91	5	4	.288	.326	.529	.855	131.6	130.8	.382	3.2
1974	100	304	280	32	66	14	1	5	29	17	61	5	3	.236	.280	.346	.626	65.4	72.0	.289	-0.5
1975	92	217	200	26	56	12	2	6	33	11	36	3	1	.280	.313	.450	.763	105.6	112.7	.341	0.6
1976	122	416	393	55	119	22	3	21	64	16	73	2	4	.303	.329	.534	.864	143.6	144.0	.390	3.4
1977	137	544	507	74	154	32	1	26	104	25	92	12	6	.304	.337	.525	.862	126.5	126.9	.378	2.7
1978	136	552	499	70	123	36	2	14	80	35	105	14	11	.246	.296	.411	.707	88.1	93.8	.317	0.4
1979	148	455	421	59	111	17	6	24	75	24	81	13	2	.264	.302	.504	.805	105.3	112.9	.347	0.9
1980	100	294	272	28	78	10	1	12	36	15	45	1	4	.287	.320	.463	.783	113.8	115.1	.351	0.8
1981	39	94	88	8	19	3	0	2	8	5	18	1	0	.216	.258	.318	.576	53.1	60.6	.266	-0.5
1982	66	155	140	14	35	9	0	7	31	12	34	1	2	.250	.303	.464	.768	102.4	111.0	.335	0.3
1983	10	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	18.3	12.7	.211	-0.1

Career totals

1,472

4,729

4,364

536

1,127

229

166

RBI

641

263

820

.2582

OBP

.2997

SLG

.4381

OPS

.7378

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1976-06-05	SD @ PIT Gameday	8	3	4	0	3	4	0	13
1973-08-04	PIT @ PHI Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	3	0	10
1978-09-19	PIT @ CHC Gameday	6	3	4	0	2	3	0	10
1979-05-09	PIT @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	2	1	10
1973-05-25	PHI @ SD Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	4	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1966-05-17	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966-05-18	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966-05-22	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966-05-22	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966-06-10	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.