Post by KotO on Sept 27, 2023 0:30:12 GMT
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Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles legend who made MLB history by winning 16 straight Gold Gloves at third base, has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 86 years old.
The Orioles family is deeply saddened.
Robinson leaves a legacy of defensive stardom that has gone nearly unmatched in baseball history. Before Nolan Arenado, Adrian Beltre, Scott Rolen and Mike Schmidt, there was Robinson earning the nickname "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" across 23 seasons at the hot corner.
An Arkansas native, Robinson signed with the Orioles for $4,000 in 1955 and was soon in uniform for the big-league club. After five seasons of sporadic playing time and struggles at the plate, he broke through in 1960 with an All-Star nod, a third-place finish in MVP voting and his first Gold Glove.
No other American League third baseman would win a Gold Glove until 1976.
Robinson become part of an Orioles core that won two World Series championships in 1966 and 1970, alongside fellow Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer, plus MVP first baseman Boog Powell. Robinson earned AL MVP honors in 1964 and World Series MVP honors in 1970. He earned the latter thanks to a postseason in which he went 16-for-33 at the plate against the Cincinnati Reds.
Robinson enjoyed the kind of prime you almost never see in modern baseball, with All-Star and Gold Glove nods every season between 1960 and 1974. He retired in 1977 with the most Gold Gloves in MLB history.
Since Robinson's retirement, only Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux has surpassed his total of 16 Gold Gloves, earning 18. Robinson's streak of 16 straight has been matched only by Jim Kaat.
Robinson was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot with 92% of the vote. In retirement, he became a businessman, an Orioles broadcaster and an active presence in the baseball community. He served as president of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association from 1989 to 2022, a tenure of 33 years.
Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles legend who made MLB history by winning 16 straight Gold Gloves at third base, has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 86 years old.
The Orioles family is deeply saddened.
Robinson leaves a legacy of defensive stardom that has gone nearly unmatched in baseball history. Before Nolan Arenado, Adrian Beltre, Scott Rolen and Mike Schmidt, there was Robinson earning the nickname "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" across 23 seasons at the hot corner.
An Arkansas native, Robinson signed with the Orioles for $4,000 in 1955 and was soon in uniform for the big-league club. After five seasons of sporadic playing time and struggles at the plate, he broke through in 1960 with an All-Star nod, a third-place finish in MVP voting and his first Gold Glove.
No other American League third baseman would win a Gold Glove until 1976.
Robinson become part of an Orioles core that won two World Series championships in 1966 and 1970, alongside fellow Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer, plus MVP first baseman Boog Powell. Robinson earned AL MVP honors in 1964 and World Series MVP honors in 1970. He earned the latter thanks to a postseason in which he went 16-for-33 at the plate against the Cincinnati Reds.
Robinson enjoyed the kind of prime you almost never see in modern baseball, with All-Star and Gold Glove nods every season between 1960 and 1974. He retired in 1977 with the most Gold Gloves in MLB history.
Since Robinson's retirement, only Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux has surpassed his total of 16 Gold Gloves, earning 18. Robinson's streak of 16 straight has been matched only by Jim Kaat.
Robinson was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot with 92% of the vote. In retirement, he became a businessman, an Orioles broadcaster and an active presence in the baseball community. He served as president of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association from 1989 to 2022, a tenure of 33 years.