Brooks Robinson

Brooks Robinson
Brooks Robinson (1955)
Third baseman
Born: May 18, 1937 Little Rock ,  United States
Strikes: Right	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 17,  1955  with the  Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB assignment
August 13,  1977  with the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	.267
Hits	2,848
Home runs	268
Runs Batted In	1,357
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1955-1977)
Awards
18 × All-Star ( 1960 - 1974 ) 2 × World Series winner ( 1966 , 1970 ) AL MVP (1964) 16 × Gold Glove Award (1960–1975) MLB All-Star Game MVP (1966) World Series MVP Award (1970) Roberto Clemente Award (1972) In his honor, the # 5 at the Baltimore Orioles is no longer awarded Major League Baseball All-Century Team
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1983
Quota	91.98%

Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) is a retired American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of third baseman . He played exclusively with the Baltimore Orioles during his 22-year career . His nickname is The Human Vacuum Cleaner or Hoover (based on the vacuum cleaner popular in the United States).

biography

Brooks Robinson was an outstanding third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles in the American League (AL). He was discovered by the Orioles on a team in a church league , where he played as a second baseman . He was to replace George Kell with the Orioles . He made his debut on September 17, 1955.

From 1960 to 1974, Robinson took part in all of the All-Star Games and was on the losing side fifteen times. From 1960 to 1975, he won the Gold Glove Award for best defender in his third baseman position. In 1964 he won the title of MVP of the American League. This was his only season with a batting average of more than 30%.

Brooks Robinson (2010)

In 1966 he was able to win the championship in the American League with the Orioles. In the World Series they met the favorite Los Angeles Dodgers . Baltimore won the four very close games of the series mainly through Robinson's very strong defense game.

In 1970 the Orioles met the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series . In this series Robinson showed excellent performances both on the offensive and on the defensive. He had a batting average of 42.9% in that series and hit two home runs . These achievements earned him the title of MVP of the World Series. Reds manager Sparky Anderson said, “I'm starting to see Brooks Robinson in his sleep. If I dropped this piece of paper, Brooks would catch it and throw it to first base and I'd be out. ” Johnny Bench , the Reds catcher said,“ If we had known Brooks was dying to win this car, we would bought him one. "

Robinson played his last game for the Orioles on August 13, 1977. He ended his career after 2870 games, in which he scored 2848 basehits, 268 home runs and 1357 RBI and achieved a batting average of 26.7%. At the end of the 1977 season, the Orioles decided not to give his number 5 back. He was the first Orioles player to receive this honor. After his playing career, he began working as a television commentator on his team's games.

In 1983 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . On 6 October 1991, the Orioles played their last game at Memorial Stadium and Brooks Robinson as one of the best players of his team and Johnny Unitas as the best player of the Football -Mannschaft Baltimore Colts threw ceremonial balls to open the game. Unitas threw a football. At the end of the game, some former and active Orioles players took their field positions in the jerseys of their respective time. Robinson was the first to set foot on the field of play, the last one was Cal Ripken Jr .

Web links

Commons : Brooks Robinson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  Baseball Reference  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography of Brooks Robinson (English)
• Brooks Robinson in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)