What years did Jeff Robinson play?

Jeff Robinson played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 1992.

Was Jeff Robinson a pitcher?

Yes. Jeff Robinson pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 425 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jeff Robinson hit?

Jeff Robinson hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Jeff Robinson play for?

Jeff Robinson played for 4 teams: the Detroit Tigers (1987–1990), the Baltimore Orioles (1991), the Texas Rangers (1992), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992).

What were Jeff Robinson's career stats?

In 141 games, Jeff Robinson went 47-40 with a 4.79 ERA, 425 strikeouts, and 708.2 innings pitched.

What was Jeff Robinson's salary?

Jeff Robinson's last recorded salary was $200,000, in 1992. His highest recorded salary was $575,000, in 1991, and his lowest was $62,500, in 1987. The Salary History table lists each season from 1987 to 1992.

What position did Jeff Robinson play?

Jeff Robinson played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jeff Robinson and how much did he weigh?

Jeff Robinson was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 210 pounds.

What was Jeff Robinson's career ERA?

Jeff Robinson finished with a 4.79 career ERA, going 47-40 with 425 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jeff Robinson have?

Jeff Robinson recorded 425 career strikeouts.

Is Jeff Robinson in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jeff Robinson has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeff Robinson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1987-1992)

Jeff Robinson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 1992 for 4 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 6 seasons. Across 141 career appearances, he went 47-40 with a 4.79 ERA and 425 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 47–40

ERA 4.79

WHIP 1.44

SO 425

Pitcher PIV -16108.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 210 lb
Born: 12/14/1961 in Ventura, CA, USA
Died: 10/26/2014 in Overland Park, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 1987-04-12
Last Game: 1992-07-20

Full name: Jeffrey Mark Robinson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jeff Robinson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
47	40	141	117	10	5	0	708.2	672	377	88	347	425	4.79	-16108.3

Career ERA 4.79 vs. league average 3.88 across their career seasons — 23.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jeff Robinson (b. 1961) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1987	DET	AL	9	6	29	21	2	1	127.1	132	76	54	98	5.37	4.29 (-25%)	-346.8
1988	DET	AL	13	6	24	23	6	2	172.0	121	57	72	114	2.98	3.73 (+20%)	-1952.0
1989	DET	AL	4	5	16	16	1	1	78.0	76	41	46	40	4.73	3.71 (-27%)	-2927.4
1990	DET	AL	10	9	27	27	1	1	145.0	141	96	88	76	5.96	3.86 (-54%)	-6907.9
1991	BAL	AL	4	9	21	19	0	0	104.1	119	60	51	65	5.18	3.91 (-32%)	-2171.9
1992	TEX	AL	4	4	16	4	0	0	45.2	50	29	21	18	5.72	3.75 (-53%)	-1526.4
1992	PIT	NL	3	1	8	7	0	0	36.1	33	18	15	14	4.46	3.75 (-19%)	-275.9
Career · 7 seasons			47	40	141	117	10	5	708.2	672	377	347	425	4.79	—	-16,108

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jeff Robinson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
141	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	0

Career AVG .091 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 64.6% below league average.

Career OBP .091 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 71.9% below league average.

Career SLG .091 vs. league average .386 across their career seasons — 76.4% below league average.

Career OPS .182 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — 74.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jeff Robinson — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1987	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	DET	AL	24	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	DET	AL	16	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	DET	AL	27	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	BAL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	TEX	AL	16	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	PIT	NL	8	11	1	1	8	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			141	11	1	1	8	.091	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jeff Robinson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jeff Robinson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1987	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jeff Robinson — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jeff Robinson — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1987	ALCS	DET	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jeff Robinson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	75	7	0	1	0	1	.143
Away	66	4	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Jeff Robinson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	75	407.0	344	183	194	250	4.05
Away	66	301.2	328	194	153	175	5.79

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jeff Robinson — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
1992-07-20	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	1
1992-07-12	PIT	CIN	W	1	0	0	1
1992-07-07	PIT	HOU	W	2	0	0	0
1992-07-02	PIT	CIN	L	1	0	0	1
1992-06-27	PIT	WSN	W	2	0	0	2
1992-06-21	PIT	WSN	W	2	1	1	1
1992-06-16	PIT	PHI	W	2	0	0	2
1992-06-13	PIT	NYN	W	0	0	0	0
1992-06-04	TEX	MIN	L	0	0	0	0
1992-06-01	TEX	NYY	L	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jeff Robinson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1992-07-20	PIT	HOU	—	4.1	7	6	6	0	1	1
1992-07-12	PIT	CIN	—	3.2	5	5	5	3	3	1
1992-07-07	PIT	HOU	—	6.0	4	2	2	3	2	0
1992-07-02	PIT	CIN	L	4.2	5	2	2	4	2	0
1992-06-27	PIT	WSN	W	5.0	4	3	3	2	4	0
1992-06-21	PIT	WSN	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	1	0
1992-06-16	PIT	PHI	—	5.0	3	0	0	2	0	0
1992-06-13	PIT	NYN	W	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1992-06-04	TEX	MIN	—	2.2	5	5	4	5	0	0
1992-06-01	TEX	NYY	L	4.1	4	3	3	2	3	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jeff Robinson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	141	117	60	68	8	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jeff Robinson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1987	DET	P	29	21	14	9	2	2
1988	DET	P	24	23	16	19	1	1
1989	DET	P	16	16	3	6	0	1
1990	DET	P	27	27	14	15	3	1
1991	BAL	P	21	19	5	10	2	0
1992	TEX	P	16	4	6	2	0	2
1992	PIT	P	8	7	2	7	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jeff Robinson — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	141

Salary History

Jeff Robinson's recorded salaries total $1,443,500 over 6 seasons, 1987 to 1992. Robinson's career, 1987 to 1992, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Jeff Robinson — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1992	TEX	AL	$200,000
1991	BAL	AL	$575,000
1990	DET	AL	$336,000
1989	DET	AL	$175,000
1988	DET	AL	$95,000
1987	DET	AL	$62,500
Total recorded salary			$1,443,500

College History

Jeff Robinson — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Azusa Pacific University	Azusa	CA	1981, 1982, 1983

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Career Spans

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Jeff Robinson: the record in brief

The profile opens with Jeff Robinson's first major league game on April 12, 1987; the last one listed came on July 20, 1992. The season rows list, in order, the Detroit Tigers (1987 to 1990), the Baltimore Orioles (1991), the Texas Rangers (1992), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992). Born on December 14, 1961, in Ventura, CA, USA, Robinson is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Robinson's listed size is 6'6" and 210 pounds. The bio records the death on October 26, 2014, in Overland Park, MO, USA. Robinson's full given name, per the bio, is Jeffrey Mark Robinson.

Robinson went 47-40 with a 4.79 ERA in 141 games, 117 of them starts. Also on Robinson's record: 425 strikeouts, 10 complete games, and 5 shutouts. Against a 3.88 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.79 mark was 23.5% worse. The best win total was 13, in 1988. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.98 in 1988, when the league's was 3.73.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Robinson

What years did Jeff Robinson play?: Jeff Robinson played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 1992.
Was Jeff Robinson a pitcher?: Yes. Jeff Robinson pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 425 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jeff Robinson hit?: Jeff Robinson hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Jeff Robinson play for?: Jeff Robinson played for 4 teams: the Detroit Tigers (1987–1990), the Baltimore Orioles (1991), the Texas Rangers (1992), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992).
What were Jeff Robinson's career stats?: In 141 games, Jeff Robinson went 47-40 with a 4.79 ERA, 425 strikeouts, and 708.2 innings pitched.
How much did Jeff Robinson earn in his career?: Jeff Robinson's recorded salaries total $1,443,500 over 6 seasons, 1987 to 1992. Robinson's career, 1987 to 1992, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Jeff Robinson's salary?: Jeff Robinson's last recorded salary was $200,000, in 1992. His highest recorded salary was $575,000, in 1991, and his lowest was $62,500, in 1987. The Salary History table lists each season from 1987 to 1992.
What position did Jeff Robinson play?: Jeff Robinson played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jeff Robinson and how much did he weigh?: Jeff Robinson was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 210 pounds.
What was Jeff Robinson's career ERA?: Jeff Robinson finished with a 4.79 career ERA, going 47-40 with 425 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jeff Robinson have?: Jeff Robinson recorded 425 career strikeouts.
Is Jeff Robinson in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jeff Robinson has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.