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Sold Date: 04/28/2008
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Category: Natural History

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Brooks Robinson Brooks Robinson 3rd Baseman Born: May 18 , 1937 ( 1937-05-18 ) (age 70) Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 17 , 1955
for the Baltimore Orioles Final game

August 13 , 1977

for the Baltimore Orioles

Career statistics Hits 2848 HR 268 AVG .267 Teams Baltimore Orioles ( 1955 -1977 ) Career highlights and awards AL MVP : 1964 All-Star (AL): 1960-1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award : 1966 World Series champion: 1966, 1970 World Series MVP : 1970 Gold Glove Award : 1960-1975 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award : 1966 Roberto Clemente Award : 1972 Babe Ruth Award : 1970 Led League in RBIs: 1964 (118) Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Elected 1983 Vote 91.98%

Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. (born May 18 , 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball . He played his entire 23-year career with the Baltimore Orioles ( 1955 -77 ). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 .

Robinson grew up to play third base for the Orioles, and gained great renown for his fielding ability. Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" [1] , he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-baseman of all time. He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career, tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second most all-time for any player at any position. He was also a productive hitter who in his best season offensively (1964) hit 28 home runs and led the league with 118 runs batted in.

Career

In 1964 , Robinson won both the American League MVP and All-Star Game MVP awards. In the AL MVP voting, he received 18 of the 20 first-place votes, with Mickey Mantle finishing second. Robinson was selected for the All-Star team in 15 consecutive years ( 1960 -74 ). He also played in four World Series . In 1970 , he received the World Series MVP Award presented by SPORT magazine , as well as the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year. After the 1970 World Series , Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson quipped, "I'm beginning to see Brooks in my sleep. If I dropped this paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first." [2]

In his playing career, Robinson compiled a .267 batting average with 2,848 hits, 268 home runs and 1357 RBI . His Number 5 was retired by the Orioles at the conclusion of the 1977 season, his last. His 23 seasons with one team set a new major league record, since tied by Carl Yastrzemski .

Retirement

When the Orioles started their team Hall of Fame, Brooks and Frank Robinson were the first two men inducted. Following his retirement as a player, Robinson began a successful career as a color commentator for the Orioles' television broadcasts. In 1982, local television WMAR's on air newsteam in Baltimore, Maryland went on strike and picketed the WMAR headquarters for the two months approaching the baseball season. When Robinson refused to cross the picket line, WMAR management re-opened the negotiations and the strike ended the next day.

Honors

Considered among the greatest all-time Orioles, Robinson and the man usually considered the greatest Baltimore Colt football player, Johnny Unitas , had plaques in their honor in the lobby of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium . When the Orioles played their last game t on October 6 , 1991 , Brooks and Unitas were invited to throw out the ceremonial first balls. (Unitas threw a football.) After the conclusion of the game, several Oriole players took the field in the uniforms of their time and stood at their old positions on the field, Brooks was chosen to be the first player to come out (Cal Ripken, Jr. was chosen to be the last). Throughout his Major League career he won 16 Gold Glove awards.

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