Frank Robinson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 183 lb

BornAugust 31, 1935 · Beaumont, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1956

Final gameSeptember 18, 1976

Seasons21 (1956–1976)

Cincinnati Redlegs 1956–1959; Cincinnati Reds 1960–1965; Baltimore Orioles 1966–1971; Los Angeles Dodgers 1972; California Angels 1973–1974; Cleveland Indians 1974–1976

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified batters

144

37.4

579

38.2

477

19.1

73.3

117

8.4

71.8

39.7

84.7

RBI

58.8

87.8

36.6

74.8

.245

13.7

OBP

.367

76.3

SLG

.453

83.2

OPS

.820

84.7

wRC+

138.7

OPS+

140.5

89.3

wOBA

.372

77.1

sWAR

2.9

54.2

of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

155.8

98.8

OPS+

154.9

98.4

sWAR

101.1

99.9

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
1956	152	668	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	95	8	4	.290	.379	.558	.936	146.2	142.1	.405	5.3
1957	150	677	611	97	197	29	5	29	75	44	92	10	2	.322	.376	.529	.905	138.0	134.4	.395	4.7
1958	148	623	554	90	149	25	6	31	83	62	80	10	1	.269	.350	.504	.854	120.1	117.7	.374	3.3
1959	146	626	540	106	168	31	4	36	125	69	93	18	8	.311	.391	.583	.975	153.3	152.7	.419	5.0
1960	139	562	464	86	138	33	6	31	83	82	67	13	6	.297	.407	.595	1.002	171.6	169.0	.435	5.9
1961	153	636	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	71	64	22	3	.323	.404	.611	1.015	158.8	164.6	.427	5.9
1962	162	701	609	134	208	51	2	39	136	76	62	18	9	.342	.421	.624	1.045	173.3	174.9	.451	7.9
1963	140	580	482	79	125	19	3	21	91	81	69	26	10	.259	.379	.442	.821	135.1	134.9	.366	3.5
1964	156	662	568	103	174	38	6	29	96	79	67	23	5	.306	.396	.548	.943	159.4	160.0	.410	6.0
1965	156	674	582	109	172	33	5	33	113	70	100	13	9	.296	.386	.540	.925	152.1	151.3	.404	5.6
1966	155	680	576	122	182	34	2	49	122	87	90	8	5	.316	.410	.637	1.047	200.6	199.5	.451	9.7
1967	129	563	479	83	149	23	7	30	94	71	84	2	3	.311	.403	.576	.979	189.2	189.1	.431	7.1
1968	130	508	421	69	113	27	1	15	52	73	84	11	2	.268	.390	.444	.834	165.1	154.4	.389	4.8
1969	148	643	539	111	166	19	5	32	100	88	62	9	3	.308	.415	.540	.955	170.3	167.9	.430	6.7
1970	132	553	471	88	144	24	1	25	78	69	70	2	1	.306	.398	.520	.918	154.5	153.3	.409	4.8
1971	133	545	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	72	62	3	0	.281	.384	.510	.894	156.2	156.3	.401	4.6
1972	103	405	342	41	86	6	1	19	59	55	76	2	3	.251	.353	.442	.795	133.9	128.8	.368	2.5
1973	147	630	534	85	142	29	0	30	97	82	93	1	1	.266	.372	.489	.861	147.2	149.5	.387	4.0
1974	144	579	477	81	117	27	3	22	68	85	95	5	2	.245	.367	.453	.820	138.7	140.5	.372	2.9
1975	49	149	118	19	28	5	0	9	24	29	15	0	0	.237	.385	.508	.894	150.8	151.5	.402	0.9
1976	36	79	67	5	15	0	0	3	10	11	12	0	0	.224	.329	.358	.687	107.8	102.9	.330	0.1

Career totals

2,808

24th-most career G

11,743

26th-most career PA

10,006

30th-most career AB

1,829

17th-most career R

2,943

36th-most career H

528

45th-most career 2B

362nd-most career 3B

586

10th-most career HR

RBI

1,812

22nd-most career RBI

1,420

25th-most career BB

1,532

75th-most career SO

204

356th-most career SB

.2941

327th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3890

122nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5370

42nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9260

52nd-highest career OPS

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
1963-05-09	HOU @ CIN Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	2	7	0	12
1959-08-22	STL @ CIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	3	6	0	12
1961-07-09	CIN @ LAD Gameday	4	3	4	1	0	2	7	1	11
1959-07-13	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	4	4	1	0	2	3	0	11
1974-08-30	LAA @ MIL Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	2	4	0	11

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, 1982 (BBWAA)

2× Most Valuable Player1× Rookie of the Year1× Gold Glove1× Triple Crown1× World Series MVP1× All-Star Game MVP12× 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.