Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. ( Eng. Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. , born May 18, 1937) is an American professional baseball player . He spent his entire 23-year career at the Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball Club. He fought off and threw with his right hand despite the fact that by nature he was left-handed. It is considered one of the best players in third base in the history of Major League Baseball. During his career, he received the Golden Glove award 16 times in a row and divides second place by the number of this award. In 1983, Robinson was included in the Baseball Hall of Fame .
| Brooks Robinson | |
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| Third base player | |
| Born: May 18, 1937 (82 years old) Little Rock , Arkansas , USA | |
| Smashes: right | Rolls: right |
| Professional debut | |
| September 17, 1955 for Baltimore Orioles | |
| Custom statistics | |
| Beat percent | 26.7 |
| Hit | 2848 |
| Home run | 268 |
| Runs batted in | 1357 |
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| Awards and achievements | |
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| Member of the National | |
 baseball hall of fame | |
| Included | 1983 |
| Voting | 91.98% |
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Early life
Brooks Robinson was born on May 18, 1937 in Little Rock , Arkansas, to Brooks Culbert and Ethel May Robinson [1] . His father worked in a bakery, and later became a captain in the fire department of the city [2] . In his spare time, his father played in a semi-professional baseball team in second-base player positions [3] . Her mother worked at the Sears Roebuck & Company, and then at the superintendent’s office in the State Capitol [4] . As a child, Brooks Robinson, Jr., worked part time by carrying newspapers on his bike, and also sold drinks and ran a board on Lamar Porter Field [5] .
Robinson attended Little Rock High School, where the baseball team of the University of Arkansas attracted the attention of scouts [6] [7] . After graduation, he played in South America in 1955 and in Cuba in 1957. In the off-season of 1956-1957, and in 1958, he attended the University of Little Rock, where business was his main discipline. In 1959 he joined the Arkansas National Guard [8] , and was soon transferred to the US Armed Forces [7] .
Professional career
In 1955, Robinson signed a contract with Orioles as a free agent [9] . He made his debut in Major League Baseball on September 17, 1955 in a game against the Washington Senators . In it, he made two hits and helped his team to win with a score of 3: 1 [10] . In 1964, Rrobinson spent his best season in Major League Baseball - his hit rate was 31.8%, he knocked out 28 home runs and became the leader of the league in the number of runs batted in (118). Thanks to his successful game, he received the award of the most valuable player in the American League [11] . In 1966, he became the most valuable player of the match of all stars and won second place in the voting for the title of the most valuable player of AL. His team also performed successfully this season, winning the World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers [12] [13] [14] [15] .
Notes
- ↑ Moritz, Charles. Current Biography Yearbook: 1973. - HW Wilson Company , 1974. - P. 363.
- ↑ Hunt, Jim . Brooks Robinson: The Guy Who Finishes First (May 1, 1965), pp. 21–22.
- ↑ Staples & Herschlag. - p.396.
- ↑ Staples, Billy; and Rich Herschlag. Brooks Robinson: Big Talent from the Little Rock: Before the Glory: 20 - HCI, 2007. - P. 395. - ISBN 978-0-7573-0626-6 .
- ↑ Staples & Herschlag. - p.400.
- ↑ Wolf, Rick. Brooks Robinson. - Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. - P. 21. - ISBN 978-0-7910-1186-7 .
- ↑ 1 2 Staples & Herschlag. - p.402.
- ↑ Peary, Danny. We played the game: 65 players remember baseball's greatest era, 1947-1964. - Hyperion, 1994. - P. 484. - ISBN 0-7868-6008-1 .
- ↑ Brooks Robinson: Trades and Transactions . - Baseball Almanac.
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL195509170.shtml
- 64 1964 American League Most Valuable Player Award voting results . - Baseball-Reference.com .
- ↑ Post-season Awards . - Baseball-Reference.com .
- ↑ 1966 All Star Game . - Baseball Almanac.
- 66 1966 American League Most Valuable Player Award voting results . - Baseball-Reference.com .
- ↑ 1966 World Series . - Baseball-Reference.com .
Links
- Brooks Robinson official web site
- Gallery and Archive - Brooks Robinson . - The Baltimore Sun
- Performance statistics on Baseball-Reference , The Baseball Cube