Wilbert Robinson

Wilbert Robinson ( born June 29, 1863 in Bolton, Massachusetts; † August 8, 1934 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. His nickname was Uncle Robbie.

Biography

Wilbert Robinson began his career in the American Association with the Philadelphia Athletics as a catcher. His first game he played on April 19, 1886. During the 1890s, he played with the Baltimore Orioles in the National League along with Willie Keeler, Hughie Jennings and John McGraw. From 1894 to 1896, the Orioles three consecutive championships secured. On June 10, 1892 Robinson had seven hits in a game, a record that was set only once by Rennie Stennett 1975.

Through his friendship with John McGraw Robinson was the pitcher for the New York Giants after his playing career coach. He held until 1913 this job. From 1914 he took over the managerial positions in the Brooklyn Dodgers. With this team he worked until 1931 and won two titles in the National League in 1916 and 1920. Both years they lost in the World Series, in 1916 against the Boston Red Sox and 1920 against the Cleveland Indians. In the period 1914-1931, the Dodgers were known as the Brooklyn Robins in honor of their manager.

On March 13, 1915 Robinson wanted to set a record and catch a thrown out of an airplane baseball. The aircraft pilot should throw the ball from 160m height. However, someone had ( say some sources, it would be Casey Stengel been ) replaced the ball against a grapefruit. The grapefruit was broken and the pulp and the juice dripped over the face of Wilbert Robinson. He first thought it would be blood, until he registered by the laughter of his players the real story.

Robinson died in 1934 at the age of 71 years from a stroke. In 1945 he was elected by the Veterans Committee in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

His positions as a player

His positions as Manager

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