- Yank Robinson
Infobox MLB retired
name=Yank Robinson
position=Second Baseman
bgcolor1=#e1b81e
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=black
textcolor2=white
birthdate=September 19 ,1859
deathdate=August 25 ,1894 (Aged 34)
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=August 24
debutyear=1882
debutteam=Detroit Wolverines
finaldate=August 10
finalyear=1892
finalteam=Washington Senators
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Hits
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat1value=.241
stat2value=825
stat3value=399
teams=
*Detroit Wolverines (1882)
*Baltimore Monumentals (1884)
*St. Louis Browns (1885-1889)
*Pittsburgh Burghers (1890)
*Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891)
*Washington Senators (1892)
highlights=
* World Series Champion: 1886 (St. Louis Browns)
* American Association Pennant: 1885 - 1888 (St. Louis Browns)
* Led theUnion Association inBase on balls - (1884)
* Led the American Association in Base on balls - 1888-1889
* Led the American Association inOn base percentage - 1889William H. "Yank" Robinson (
September 19 ,1859 -August 25 ,1894 ) was aMajor League Baseball player who played ten years in the Major Leagues from by|1882 - by|1892.Career
Born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Yank played for six Major League teams:Detroit Wolverines (1882),Baltimore Monumentals (by|1884), St. Louis Browns (by|1885-by|1889, by|1891),Pittsburgh Burghers (by|1890),Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891), and Washington Senators (1892).Yank had a career
batting average of .241, but a much higher careeron base percentage of .375. He led his league in bases on balls three times: in 1884 (37), 1888 (116), and 1889 (118). He finished 2nd in his league 2 other times in 1887 (92) and 1890 (101). Aside from drawing walks, Yank was also willing to allow himself to be hit by a pitch to get on base. He was among the league leaders in timeshit by pitch in 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1890. Yank played 698 games as asecond baseman but was a versatile player who played games at every position, including 143 games atthird base , 66 games atshortstop ] (66), 56 games in the outfield, and 14 games as apitcher . He even led his league ingames finished by a pitcher in 1884 with 8. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/robinya01.shtml Baseball-reference career statistics] ]On
May 26 ,1891 , Yank reportedly set a record he would have preferred to avoid. On that day, he reportedly had 7 fielding chances at 2nd base for Cincinnati and made 7 errors. [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1891 The Baseball-library] ]He died in 1894 at age of 34 in
St. Louis, Missouri of Phthisis Pulmonalis (better known asTuberculosis ) [ [http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html The Dead Ball Era: Too Young To Die] ] [ [http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/EnglishP.htm Archaic Medical Terms] ] , and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. [ [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Probiy101.htm Retrosheet] ]References
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