Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 1976
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
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| 1956 | CIN | 152 | 572 | 122 | 166 | 38 | 83 | 8 | .290 |
| 1957 | CIN | 150 | 611 | 97 | 197 | 29 | 75 | 10 | .322 |
| 1958 | CIN | 148 | 554 | 90 | 149 | 31 | 83 | 10 | .269 |
| 1959 | CIN | 146 | 540 | 106 | 168 | 36 | 125 | 18 | .311 |
| 1960 | CIN | 139 | 464 | 86 | 138 | 31 | 83 | 13 | .297 |
| 1961 | CIN | 153 | 545 | 117 | 176 | 37 | 124 | 22 | .323 |
| 1962 | CIN | 162 | 609 | 134 | 208 | 39 | 136 | 18 | .342 |
| 1963 | CIN | 140 | 482 | 79 | 125 | 21 | 91 | 26 | .259 |
| 1964 | CIN | 156 | 568 | 103 | 174 | 29 | 96 | 23 | .306 |
| 1965 | CIN | 156 | 582 | 109 | 172 | 33 | 113 | 13 | .296 |
| 1966 | BAL | 155 | 576 | 122 | 182 | 49 | 122 | 8 | .316 |
| 1967 | BAL | 129 | 479 | 83 | 149 | 30 | 94 | 2 | .311 |
| 1968 | BAL | 130 | 421 | 69 | 113 | 15 | 52 | 11 | .268 |
| 1969 | BAL | 148 | 539 | 111 | 166 | 32 | 100 | 9 | .308 |
| 1970 | BAL | 132 | 471 | 88 | 144 | 25 | 78 | 2 | .306 |
| 1971 | BAL | 133 | 455 | 82 | 128 | 28 | 99 | 3 | .281 |
| 1972 | LAD | 103 | 342 | 41 | 86 | 19 | 59 | 2 | .251 |
| 1973 | LAA | 147 | 534 | 85 | 142 | 30 | 97 | 1 | .266 |
| 1974 |  LAA/CLE | 144 | 477 | 81 | 117 | 22 | 68 | 5 | .245 |
| 1975 | CLE | 49 | 118 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 0 | .237 |
| 1976 | CLE | 36 | 67 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .224 |
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
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| 1956 | CIN | 668 | 319 | 71 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 677 | 323 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN | 623 | 279 | 62 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 626 | 315 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN | 562 | 276 | 70 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CIN | 636 | 333 | 76 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CIN | 701 | 380 | 92 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 580 | 213 | 43 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 662 | 311 | 73 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN | 674 | 314 | 71 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | 680 | 367 | 85 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL | 563 | 276 | 60 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | BAL | 508 | 187 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | BAL | 643 | 291 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | BAL | 553 | 245 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | BAL | 545 | 232 | 46 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | LAD | 405 | 151 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAA | 630 | 261 | 59 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | LAA/CLE | 579 | 216 | 52 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CLE | 149 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CLE | 79 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
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| 1956 | CIN | 6.2 | 122.7 | 7.8 | .267 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 6.6 | 122.6 | 7.8 | .206 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 21.1 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN | 4.0 | 101.9 | 6.8 | .235 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 17.9 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 5.5 | 124 | 8.6 | .272 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN | 5.9 | 114.4 | 9.1 | .297 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 15 | 0 |
| 1961 | CIN | 7.3 | 136.6 | 9.7 | .288 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 14.7 | 0 |
| 1962 | CIN | 8.4 | 154.7 | 10.1 | .282 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 4.4 | 89.9 | 6.6 | .183 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 7.5 | 127.8 | 8.5 | .241 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 19.6 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN | 4.7 | 122.3 | 7.8 | .244 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 17.6 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | 7.3 | 147.4 | 9.8 | .321 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL | 5.1 | 111.1 | 8.8 | .265 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1968 | BAL | 3.3 | 81 | 7 | .176 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 28.1 | 0 |
| 1969 | BAL | 7.1 | 124.5 | 8.9 | .232 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 16.8 | 0 |
| 1970 | BAL | 4.5 | 100.7 | 8.1 | .214 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 18.8 | 0 |
| 1971 | BAL | 3.1 | 94.9 | 7.6 | .229 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 0 |
| 1972 | LAD | 1.8 | 57.4 | 5.9 | .190 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 18 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAA | 4.4 | 102.3 | 7 | .223 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 1974 | LAA/CLE | 2.9 | 87.2 | 6.4 | .208 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 21.7 | 0 |
| 1975 | CLE | 0.8 | 25.2 | 7.4 | .271 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 13.1 | 0 |
| 1976 | CLE | 0.1 | 9 | 4.6 | .134 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 22.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Frank Robinson played 21 seasons for the Reds, the Orioles, the Dodgers, the Angels and the Guardians. He was a career .294 hitter with 2,943 hits, 586 home runs and 1,812 RBI. His best season was 1962: a .342 batting average, 39 home runs and 136 RBI.
21 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1956 to 1976
Frank Robinson led MLB in home runs (1966) and OPS (1966); finished top 10 in a stat 15 times; sits top 10 all time in home runs.
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.