Jackie Robinson | Baseball Prospectus

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Jackie Robinson 3B

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
10	5802	.311	.409	.474	.204	41.2

Birth Date	1-31-1919
Height	5' 11"
Weight	204 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1947	BRO	28	151	701	590	125	175	31	5	12	252	74	36	9		28	48	29		.297	.383	.427	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	BRO	29	147	646	574	108	170	38	8	12	260	57	37	7		8	85	22		.296	.367	.453	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	BRO	30	156	704	593	122	203	38	12	16	313	86	27	8		17	124	37		.342	.432	.528	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	BRO	31	144	613	518	99	170	39	4	14	259	80	24	5		10	81	12		.328	.423	.500	.309	55.6	-3.1	5.1
1951	BRO	32	153	642	548	106	185	33	7	19	289	79	27	9		6	88	25	8	.338	.429	.527	.341	75.7	7.7	8.5
1952	BRO	33	149	636	510	104	157	17	3	19	237	106	40	14		6	75	24	7	.308	.440	.465	.340	79.8	3.9	9.1
1953	BRO	34	136	574	484	109	159	34	7	12	243	74	30	7		9	95	17	4	.329	.425	.502	.325	62.5	7.9	7.1
1954	BRO	35	124	465	386	62	120	22	4	15	195	63	20	7	4	5	59	7	3	.311	.413	.505	.314	38.7	0.9	4.1
1955	BRO	36	105	390	317	51	81	6	2	8	115	61	18	3	3	6	36	12	3	.256	.378	.363	.265	15.9	7.0	2.4
1956	BRO	37	117	431	357	61	98	15	2	10	147	60	32	3	2	9	43	12	5	.275	.382	.412	.286	30.8	16.5	4.9
Career			1382	5802	4877	947	1518	273	54	137	2310	740	291	72	9	104	734	197	30	.311	.409	.474	.204	359.0	40.8	41.2

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1947	BRO	MLB	151	701	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	BRO	MLB	147	646	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	BRO	MLB	156	704	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	BRO	MLB	144	613	.309	.257	.322	.395	.000	.000	106	35.1	18.5	-0.9	-3.1	2.7	55.6	5.1	55.6	5.1
1951	BRO	MLB	153	642	.341	.256	.318	.383	.000	.000	105	56	18.0	-0.8	7.7	4.6	75.7	8.5	75.7	8.5
1952	BRO	MLB	149	636	.340	.251	.313	.368	.000	.000	101	50.1	16.6	-0.8	3.9	10.5	79.8	9.1	79.8	9.1
1953	BRO	MLB	136	574	.325	.264	.328	.410	.000	.000	107	40.9	16.5	-1.9	7.9	2.6	62.5	7.1	62.5	7.1
1954	BRO	MLB	124	465	.314	.261	.321	.402	.000	.296	105	25.9	12.7	-1	0.9	1.5	38.7	4.1	38.7	4.1
1955	BRO	MLB	105	390	.265	.255	.321	.401	.000	.248	107	2	10.8	1	7.0	3.2	15.9	2.4	15.9	2.4
1956	BRO	MLB	117	431	.286	.256	.313	.396	.000	.278	103	11.8	12.0	0.4	16.5	4.2	30.8	4.9	30.8	4.9
Career		MLB		5802	.204	.164	.206	.251	.169	.310	68	221.8	105.1	-4	40.8	29.4	359.0	41.2	359.0	41.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1947	BRO	MLB	701	125	175	31	5	12	48	74	36	29		.297	.383	.427	.131	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	BRO	MLB	646	108	170	38	8	12	85	57	37	22		.296	.367	.453	.157	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	BRO	MLB	704	122	203	38	12	16	124	86	27	37		.342	.432	.528	.185	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	BRO	MLB	613	99	170	39	4	14	81	80	24	12		.328	.423	.500	.172	.309	55.6	-3.1	5.1
1951	BRO	MLB	642	106	185	33	7	19	88	79	27	25	8	.338	.429	.527	.190	.341	75.7	7.7	8.5
1952	BRO	MLB	636	104	157	17	3	19	75	106	40	24	7	.308	.440	.465	.157	.340	79.8	3.9	9.1
1953	BRO	MLB	574	109	159	34	7	12	95	74	30	17	4	.329	.425	.502	.174	.325	62.5	7.9	7.1
1954	BRO	MLB	465	62	120	22	4	15	59	63	20	7	3	.311	.413	.505	.194	.314	38.7	0.9	4.1
1955	BRO	MLB	390	51	81	6	2	8	36	61	18	12	3	.256	.378	.363	.107	.265	15.9	7.0	2.4
1956	BRO	MLB	431	61	98	15	2	10	43	60	32	12	5	.275	.382	.412	.137	.286	30.8	16.5	4.9

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
The BP Wayback Machine: Remembering Jackie Robinson, and the Man Who Taught Me About Him	Jay Jaffe	2013-04-19
Skewed Left: The Historical Quirks of "42"	Zachary Levine	2013-04-16
Wezen-Ball: Jackie Robinson Talks Sacrifices in "Boys' Life"	Larry Granillo	2013-04-15
The Week In Quotes: April 8-14	Andrew Koo	2013-04-15
The Week In Quotes: April 8-14	Pete Barrett	2013-04-15
The Week In Quotes: April 8-14	Jonah Birenbaum	2013-04-15
Top Tools: Top Tools: Best Speed, Baserunning, and Makeup	BP Prospect Staff	2013-04-05
Perfect Game Presents: 2013 Rookie of the Year Candidates	David Rawnsley	2013-03-29
Wezen-Ball: Century City	Larry Granillo	2013-02-19
Wezen-Ball: The 1948 World Series, Game1: A Radio Diary	Larry Granillo	2013-01-30
The Lineup Card: 11 Comeback Player of the Year Candidates for 2013	Baseball Prospectus	2013-01-16
Pebble Hunting: A Hall of Fame Brochure for Ryan Klesko	Sam Miller	2012-12-03
The BP Wayback Machine: Take Me Out of the Hall Game	Jay Jaffe	2012-11-30
Sobsequy: Why We Need Sabermetrics	Adam Sobsey	2012-11-21
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Value of Good Coaching	C.J. Nitkowski	2012-11-20
Pebble Hunting: The 10 Best Slides: A Slide Show	Sam Miller	2012-11-14
Wezen-Ball: Athletic Supporters	Larry Granillo	2012-11-06
Western Front: The Year Baseball Went Missing in San Diego	Geoff Young	2012-10-16
The Platoon Advantage: Is 12 Enough for Ichiro?	Michael Bates	2012-09-26
Wezen-Ball: "42", the New Jackie Robinson Movie	Larry Granillo	2012-09-21
The Lineup Card: 12 Stats We Wish Were Readily Available	Baseball Prospectus	2012-09-05
Prospectus Hit and Run: Fat Elvis' Swan Song	Jay Jaffe	2012-08-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Hate List, Part III	Jay Jaffe	2012-06-22
The Lineup Card: 10 Favorite Baseball Books	Baseball Prospectus	2012-06-06
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Inside The Park: About Big Threes in Baseball	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Bizball: The Frank McCourt Era Is Over	Maury Brown	2012-05-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Hate List, Part II	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-30
Prospectus Hit and Run: Sizzling Starts	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Hate List, Part I	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-13
The BP Broadside: The Latino	Steven Goldman	2012-02-10
The Lineup Card: 10 Undeservedly Obscure Baseball Films	Baseball Prospectus	2012-02-01
Inside The Park: Why We Want Players to Remember the Past	Bradford Doolittle	2012-01-26
The Lineup Card: 12 Baseball Players We'd Like to See As President	Baseball Prospectus	2012-01-25
The BP Broadside: 1987: The Silver Jubilee, Part I	Steven Goldman	2012-01-17
Inside The Park: Remembering Minnie	Bradford Doolittle	2012-01-12
Pebble Hunting: Can I Interest You in a Juan Gonzalez Hall of Fame Brochure?	Sam Miller	2011-11-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Golden Era Ballot for the Hall of Fame	Jay Jaffe	2011-11-22
BP Feature: Reviewing "Behind the Seams: The Stat Story"	Derek Carty	2011-09-19
The Lineup Card: 9 Forgotten Players from Defunct Franchises	Baseball Prospectus	2011-09-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: Stuck in the Middle with You	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-25
BP Unfiltered: The Hallworthy Alomar and Blyleven	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Cooperstown's Backhanded Compliment	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-22
The Lineup Card: The Top 13 Veterans Committee Selections That Weren't THAT Bad	Baseball Prospectus	2011-07-20
The BP Broadside: The Hubris of Riggleman	Steven Goldman	2011-06-24
Wezen-Ball: Baseball and The Doctor	Larry Granillo	2011-06-21
Wezen-Ball: Arguing Baseball's Best Players	Larry Granillo	2011-06-14
The BP Broadside: The Annotated WARP Leaders II: Did Ernie Banks Write the Book of Love?	Steven Goldman	2011-05-25
Wezen-Ball: The Passing of a Great	Larry Granillo	2011-05-18
Wezen-Ball: The Back of Your Baseball Cards	Larry Granillo	2011-05-12
Divide and Conquer, NL Central: Breaking Barriers	Larry Granillo	2011-04-18
Wezen-Ball: The #42 Question	Larry Granillo	2011-04-17
One-Hoppers: Remembering Jackie Robinson, and the Man Who Taught Me About Him	Jay Jaffe	2011-04-15
The Asian Equation: The Roots of the Posting System	Michael Street	2011-04-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Duke Snider, 1926-2011	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-28
Purpose Pitches: Oscar Gambles	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-28
You Can Blog It Up: Only Willie Remains: Rest Well, Duke Snider	Steven Goldman	2011-02-27
Fantasy Beat: Value Picks in the Rotation	Bill Baer	2011-02-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Alomar's Second Chance	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-28
Winter Meetings: Morning Activity	Christina Kahrl	2010-12-07
One-Hoppers: Gillick Gains Election, Miller Bloc'd Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-06
Prospectus Q&A: Tony Sipp	David Laurila	2010-11-30
Prospectus Q&A: Jane Leavy, Part II	David Laurila	2010-11-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Marvin Miller and Pat Gillick	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-16
BP Unfiltered: Five Minutes with Larry Parrish	David Laurila	2010-10-30
Prospectus Q&A: Ken Burns	David Laurila	2010-09-27
Expanded Horizons: Flooded with Choices	Tommy Bennett	2010-09-07
Another Look: Unbreakable Records	Bob Hertzel	2010-09-07
Contractual Matters: Diminished Skills and Fragile Egos	Jeff Euston	2010-09-06
On the Beat: Building Something Special	John Perrotto	2010-08-27
Another Look: Willie, Mickey, and the Duke	Bob Hertzel	2010-08-10
Under The Knife: No Two Injuries are Alike	Will Carroll	2010-08-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: Don't Call it the Veterans' Committee	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-28
Another Look: The 1952 Pirates	Bob Hertzel	2010-07-13
Prospectus Q&A: Don Zimmer	David Laurila	2010-07-09
Prospectus Q&A: Manny Mota	David Laurila	2010-07-06
One-Hoppers: Squandering a Golden Interleague Opportunity	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-25
Another Look: Pitchers Who Fizzled	Bob Hertzel	2010-06-15
Prospectus Q&A: Brian Fuentes	David Laurila	2010-06-15
Overthinking It: Neither a Berroa Nor a [Ver]lander Be	Ben Lindbergh	2010-06-10
You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD: Pinky Higgins, Sick Bastard	Steven Goldman	2010-05-27
Expanded Horizons: Running Down The Standings	Tommy Bennett	2010-05-25
One-Hoppers: MLB Should Step Up to the Plate for Jackie Robinson Day	Jay Jaffe	2010-04-15
Ahead in the Count: Labor Market Discrimination	Matt Swartz	2010-04-15
Prospectus Q&A: Jacoby Ellsbury and Ben Revere	David Laurila	2010-03-21
Prospectus Q&A: Tom Goodwin	David Laurila	2010-03-17
Prospectus Hit and Run: Alomar, the Crime Dog, the Big Cat and Big Mac	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-21
Prospectus Q&A: Justine Siegal	David Laurila	2009-11-30
The Week In Quotes: November 9-15	Alex Carnevale	2009-11-16
Changing Speeds: Twin City Triplets	Ken Funck	2009-08-10
On the Beat: Who's Still Shopping?	John Perrotto	2009-07-29
You Could Look It Up: A Nationals Disgrace?	Steven Goldman	2009-07-21
Prospectus Today: The Imbalance of Power	Joe Sheehan	2009-06-26
Inside Tommy John Surgery: Thirty Years of Fixing Pitchers	Will Carroll	2009-06-15
Inside Tommy John Surgery: Thirty Years of Fixing Pitchers	Thomas Gorman	2009-06-15
Prospectus Idol: Round Four - Player Profile	Dave Pease	2009-06-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: Tales in a Minor Key	Jay Jaffe	2009-04-22
Prospectus Q&A: George Thorogood	David Laurila	2009-02-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Curious Case of Jeff Kent	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-27
Every Given Sunday: Not Actually Getting Ink Done.	John Perrotto	2009-01-11
You Could Look It Up: Spit and Polish	Steven Goldman	2008-11-14
Prospectus Audio Q&A: Bob Costas	Will Carroll	2008-11-06
You Could Look It Up: Drowning in Drama	Steven Goldman	2008-10-15
You Could Look It Up: Livan Hernandez Makes the List	Steven Goldman	2008-08-12
Prospectus Matchups: Exiting Stage Left	Jim Baker	2008-07-11
Prospectus Q&A: Orlando Hudson	David Laurila	2008-06-29
Can Of Corn: Diversity	Dayn Perry	2008-06-28
Prospectus Hit and Run: Take Me Out of the Hall Game	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-29
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part One	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-07
You Could Look It Up: The Anniversary of America	Steven Goldman	2008-04-01
Prospectus Q&A: Mudcat Grant	David Laurila	2008-03-30
Prospectus Q&A: Willie Horton	David Laurila	2007-12-23
Prospectus Matchups: Offseason's Bidding	Jim Baker	2007-11-02
Prospectus Q&A: Torii Hunter	David Laurila	2007-10-07
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over Redux: Another Peek Inside	Baseball Prospectus	2007-09-25
Lies, Damned Lies: The Best Player in Baseball, Part One	Nate Silver	2007-09-20
The Week In Quotes: August 5-12	Alex Carnevale	2007-08-13
JAWS Returns: Cooperstown Musings	Jay Jaffe	2007-05-21
Player Profile: Khalil Greene	Marc Normandin	2007-04-25
Prospectus Today: A Game Story and a Great Story	Joe Sheehan	2007-04-23
Under The Knife: Sikh and Ye Shall Find	Will Carroll	2007-04-16
The Week In Quotes: April 9-16	Alex Carnevale	2007-04-16
The Big Picture: Fans in the Seats	David Pinto	2007-04-11
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
The Ledger Domain: Q&A with Branch Rickey III	Maury Brown	2007-01-29
Prospectus Matchups: The .400 Club	Jim Baker	2006-12-15
Remembering Buck O'Neil: A Full Life	Alex Belth	2006-10-11
Prospectus Matchups: October Musings	Jim Baker	2006-10-06
You Could Look It Up: The Definition of Insanity	Steven Goldman	2006-09-29
Schrodinger's Bat: A Kid (finally) Bids Fenway Hello	Dan Fox	2006-06-14
The Ledger Domain: Walter O'Malley and Marvin Miller For the Hall of Fame	Maury Brown	2006-06-05
Prospectus Matchups: The All-Cheated-on-Their-Birthday Gifts Team	Jim Baker	2005-12-23
The Class of 2006: The Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-12
Transaction of the Day: Barry Bonds' Return	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-13
You Could Look It Up: John Quinn's Reign	Steven Goldman	2005-08-24
An Objective Hall of Fame: Part One	Clay Davenport	2005-08-08
Prospectus Matchups: Claiming the Flag	Jim Baker	2005-06-10
Prospectus Matchups: Potpourri for $100	Jim Baker	2005-03-22
Prospectus Matchups: Seeking the Perfect Candidate	Jim Baker	2005-01-06
The Class of 2005: The Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2004-12-16
Murderer's Row: How Good Are the Cardinals Now?	Keith Woolner	2004-08-10
Murderer's Row: How Good Are the Cardinals Now?	Chaim Bloom	2004-08-10
Prospectus Today: Status Qua	Joe Sheehan	2004-04-16
You Could Look It Up: Reverse Lepidoptery	Steven Goldman	2004-03-26
You Could Look It Up: Welcome	Steven Goldman	2004-02-13
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-06
"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, Part IV	Steven Goldman	2003-09-02
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-06-27
Breaking Balls: Digging Into the Fake Mailbag	Derek Zumsteg	2003-06-26
Prospectus Today: Speaking Out	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-12
Breaking Balls: My MasterCard Memorable Moment	Derek Zumsteg	2002-10-23

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-10-17 13:00:00	If you could go back and scout any 3 players in history, who would they be? (Greg from Boston)	Jackie Robinson, Steve Dalkowski, Daryl Strawberry. (Kevin Goldstein)
2011-05-05 13:00:00	Do you have a favorite marriage between baseball and the thriller genre? For me it would have to be the novel Lights Out by Jason Starr who is an all around good New York writer. (Aceball from Reno)	I know it's not that movie with DeNiro and Wesley Snipes as Barry Bonds... I haven't read Jason Starr, I never got around to finishing Parker's book about Jackie Robinson, and it's been too many years since I read former BP collaborator R.D. Rosen's books to report accurately. I've been meaning to read something in Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series (which are sports oriented but may or may not have baseball in 'em) as I've enjoyed several of his stand-alone books. Seems to me that the relationship between a story and its setting has to be organic, as quite often the attempt to graft a mystery plot onto baseball seems forced. You wind up with something that doesn't quite work. (Steven Goldman)
2011-01-05 13:00:00	Can't we all feel more comfortable with an opening class of 10 of Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Walter Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Honus Wanger? (Bernard from Jersey City)	That's a great place to start. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-08-13 13:00:00	Apropros of the Robyn Hitchcock comments, it's only a hop, skip, and jump via the Venus 3 to Scott McCaughey to "The Baseball Project". It's a fun listen. You must be aware of that, no? (Rob from Princeton)	Yup. I've seen McCaughey back up Hitchcock in concert on a couple of occasions. In fact, there's a concert documentary of a Hitchcock concert in Hoboken, NJ that floats about on cable, and if you watch carefully, you can spot me on the sidelines, along with a couple of pals of mine. I really enjoyed "The Baseball Project." The songs are songs first, not novelty tunes as so many baseball songs are. And many of them, such as the songs about Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, and Ted Williams are good works of biography, too. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-24 14:00:00	Jay, what's on your winter Baseball Reading List? (Alex Belth from Bronx, New York)	It's my man Alex, Bronx Banterer and baseball bookworm extraordinaire! Let's see, what's in my pile... right now I've got the W.C. Heinz anthology, What a Time It Was, which is a fantastic introduction to one of the all-time great sportswriters. I've also got a bookmark in Eliot Asinof's Man on Spikes, which I started back in September before switching over to some non-baseball fiction (Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union); I was coming off having read Eight Men Out for the first time, and that was a thrill ride even given my knowledge of the story, and MoS didn't grab me in the same way, but it deserves another shot. One I'm waiting to crack is Red Barber's 1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball, about the Dodgers and Jackie Robinson. Barber's work in the booth is legendary, and his candor about having to overcome his own prejudices upon Robinson's arrival makes for an interesting angle. "It was the hottest microphone any announcer had to face," wrote Barber, and that seems like enough to recommend it. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-09-16 13:00:00	just because you mentioned mantle, i have to ask the question: if you could take one guy from any time period to build your franchise around, who do you pick? A-Rod? Ruth? Mantle? (notice they're all yankees...) (DanLong from wfc)	Here's someone else I mentioned, and probably not the most intuitive suggestion out there, but how about Jackie Robinson? He's a great, versatile hitter, can bat anywhere from 1 to 3, can play maybe four positions well depending on your needs, and you know he's got determination and grit. Oh, and I get him from 20-27, not just the 28 and up the majors saw, so I'm assuming I get some seasons that are a bit better than the approx 150 OPS+ peak he had in the show. (Steven Goldman)
2008-06-24 13:00:00	Speaking of the Babe: Do you think his number should be retired (throughout baseball)? (MA from Athens, GA)	Part of me does, but I think maybe the Jackie Robinson moment is so special that it needs to be left alone. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-10 13:00:00	The 5 most influential figures in the history of baseball are...? (Jessica from Utica, NY)	Babe Ruth Branch Rickey Walter O'Malley Jackie Robinson I can't settle on a fifth. Either a prehistory pioneer or a TV exec. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-08 14:00:00	Of all the hitters elected by the writers, who scored the lowest on JAWS? (Mike from Chicago)	The five lowest JAWS scores among those elected by the writers: HARMON KILLEBREW (73.9) BILL TERRY (73.6) LOU BROCK (68.8) RALPH KINER (68.5) ROY CAMPANELLA (59.1) You can't take Campanella's score at face value given that he didn't appear until 1948, the year after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier; Campy was in his Age 26 season, and while he wasn't an instant superstar (4.5 WARP his first year), he received down-ballot MVP support that year and began making the All-Star team the second year. Of the other four, Killebrew and Brock have magic numbers that guaranteed their entry, Kiner had that string of leading the NL in homers, and Terry had his career as a manager to boost his credentials. They're not great selections but I can see the logic behind them. (Jay Jaffe)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-21 17:00:00	NLCS Game 5	Good evening, campers. Stevie G here. Other BPers will be along in a spell, a jiff, or faster than you can say, "Jackie Robinson." Take your pick. (Steven Goldman)