MLB / Players

Brooks Robinson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb

BornMay 18, 1937 · Little Rock, AR, USA

MLB debutSeptember 17, 1955

Final gameAugust 13, 1977

Seasons23 (1955–1977)

Baltimore Orioles 1955–1977

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

144

40.2

539

20.5

482

22.8

7.9

1.6

7.1

23.6

RBI

29.1

34.6

96.9

.201

0.8

OBP

.267

SLG

.274

0.8

OPS

.541

0.8

wRC+

53.4

0.8

OPS+

58.9

1.6

wOBA

.251

sWAR

-0.9

0.8

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 492 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

103.7

49.3

OPS+

105.9

54.3

sWAR

50.7

98.9

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
1955	6	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-67.4	-49.4	.085	-0.4
1956	15	45	44	5	10	4	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	.227	.244	.386	.631	63.1	70.5	.283	0.0
1957	50	126	117	13	28	6	1	2	14	7	10	1	0	.239	.286	.359	.645	79.0	81.3	.296	0.2
1958	145	507	463	31	110	16	3	3	32	31	51	1	2	.238	.292	.305	.597	69.2	70.0	.278	0.1
1959	88	333	313	29	89	15	2	4	24	17	37	2	2	.284	.325	.383	.709	93.9	97.8	.318	1.0
1960	152	651	595	74	175	27	9	14	88	35	49	2	2	.294	.329	.440	.769	108.1	109.6	.345	3.1
1961	163	736	668	89	192	38	7	7	61	47	57	1	3	.287	.334	.397	.730	98.5	99.8	.330	2.6
1962	162	697	634	77	192	29	9	23	86	42	70	3	1	.303	.342	.486	.828	125.3	128.0	.363	4.8
1963	161	648	589	67	148	26	4	11	67	46	84	2	3	.251	.305	.365	.670	90.2	91.6	.302	1.7
1964	163	685	612	82	194	35	3	28	118	51	64	1	0	.317	.368	.521	.889	146.3	146.8	.386	6.4
1965	144	616	559	81	166	25	2	18	80	47	47	3	0	.297	.351	.445	.797	124.8	125.0	.356	4.2
1966	157	686	620	91	167	35	2	23	100	56	36	2	3	.269	.333	.444	.776	122.4	123.6	.343	4.5
1967	158	681	610	88	164	25	5	22	77	54	54	1	3	.269	.328	.434	.763	124.1	125.8	.343	4.6
1968	162	667	608	65	154	36	6	17	75	44	55	1	1	.253	.304	.416	.720	114.5	118.3	.324	3.7
1969	156	670	598	73	140	21	3	23	84	56	55	2	1	.234	.298	.395	.693	88.4	94.3	.313	1.6
1970	158	673	608	84	168	31	4	18	94	53	53	1	1	.276	.335	.429	.764	110.3	111.0	.345	3.4
1971	156	663	589	67	160	21	1	20	92	63	50	0	0	.272	.341	.413	.754	116.5	116.8	.346	3.9
1972	153	612	556	48	139	23	2	8	64	43	45	1	0	.250	.303	.342	.644	89.6	91.4	.303	1.7
1973	155	619	549	53	141	17	2	9	72	55	50	2	0	.257	.326	.344	.670	91.6	91.6	.313	1.8
1974	153	622	553	46	159	27	0	7	59	56	47	2	0	.288	.353	.374	.728	112.6	114.8	.335	3.3
1975	144	539	482	50	97	15	1	6	53	44	33	0	0	.201	.267	.274	.541	53.4	58.9	.251	-0.9
1976	71	232	218	16	46	8	2	3	11	8	24	0	0	.211	.240	.307	.548	60.3	65.4	.256	-0.1
1977	24	52	47	3	7	2	0	1	4	4	4	0	0	.149	.212	.255	.467	28.6	31.0	.216	-0.2

Career totals

2,896

16th-most career G

11,782

24th-most career PA

10,654

17th-most career AB

1,232

168th-most career R

2,848

49th-most career H

482

85th-most career 2B

419th-most career 3B

268

221st-most career HR

RBI

1,357

91st-most career RBI

860

209th-most career BB

990

400th-most career SO

.2673

OBP

.3220

SLG

.4008

OPS

.7228

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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1970-09-04	BAL @ BOS Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	2	4	0	12
1960-07-15	BAL @ CWS Gameday	5	1	5	1	1	1	3	0	11
1964-06-14	BAL @ BOS Gameday	4	3	4	0	1	1	1	1	9
1965-08-26	BAL @ CWS Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9
1965-06-05	BAL @ LAA Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	8

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1983 (BBWAA)

16× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player1× All-Star Game MVP1× World Series MVP15× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.