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Sep 27, 2023 · Published September 27, 2023 at 7:17 AM EDT. Listen • 2:39. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Brooks Robinson is a name familiar to baseball fans. He spent his entire career, 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, playing for the Baltimore Orioles. When the team yesterday announced his death at the age of 86, they paid tribute to him with a simple nickname ...
When he retired after the 1963 season, Musial had an NL record 3,630 hits – 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road – and a .331 batting average. “Unless you give it all you’ve got, there isn’t any sense in playing,” Musial said. Musial was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1969. He passed away on Jan. 19, 2013.
Sep 26, 2023 · Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86. The Orioles ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Robinson was an 18-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion (1966 and 1970), a World Series MVP and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. Robinson had 1,357 RBIs, 2,848 base ...
Robinson finished his playing career in 1976 with 586 home runs, 1,812 RBI and 14 All-Star Game selections. He became the first African-American manager in big league history in 1975 with the Indians and managed in the majors for 16 seasons with the Indians, Giants, Orioles, Expos and Nationals. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982.
Oct 15, 2020 · Oct 15, 2020. 51. Fifty years ago — on Oct. 15, 1970 — Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson grabbed a routine, ninth-inning grounder off the bat of Cincinnati Reds pinch-hitter Pat Corrales ...
Sep 26, 2023 · Robinson ended his career with 268 homers, drove in 1,357 runs and hit .267 in 2,896 career games. He will be forever remembered for his work ethic and the skill he displayed at the hot corner, where he established himself as one of the finest fielding third basemen in baseball history, whether charging slow rollers or snaring liners down the third-base line.
