Brooks Robinson

Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. ( born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is a former American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nickname is The Human Vacuum Cleaner or even " Hoover " (based on the popular in the U.S. vacuum cleaner).

Biography

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

From 1960 to 1974 Robinson attended all All-Star games and stood fifteen times on the losing side. From 1960 to 1975 he won the Gold Glove Award as the best defender at his position of third baseman. In 1964, he won the title of MVP of the American League. This was his only season with a batting average of over 30 %.

In 1966 he was able to win the championship with the Orioles in the American League. In the World Series they faced the favored Los Angeles Dodgers. Mainly because of the very strong defensive play of Robinson won the Baltimore four very close games in the series. 1970 met the Orioles then in the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. In this series, Robinson showed excellent performance in both the offensive and the defensive. He had in this series a stroke average of 42.9 % and hit two home runs. These performances earned him the title of MVP of the World Series. The manager of the Reds Sparky Anderson said: "I am beginning to see Brooks Robinson in his sleep. If I could fall here this sheet of paper, Brooks catches on it, throws it to first base and I was out of " Johnny Bench, the catcher the Reds said ." Had we known that Brooks wants to win this car absolutely, we would bought him one. "

His last game for the Orioles denied Robinson on August 13, 1977. He finished his career after 2870 games in which he scored 2848 base hits, 268 home runs and 1357 RBI, reaching a batting average of 26.7 %. At the end of the 1977 season the Orioles decided not to forgive his shirt number 5. He was the first player the Orioles, which was bestowed this honor. After his playing career, he began working as a television commentator for the games of his team.

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 team Baltimore Colts threw balls ceremonial opening of the game. Unitas threw a football. At the end of the game a number of former and active players in the Orioles participated in the jerseys of their time their field positions. Robinson was the first to set foot on the pitch, the last one was Cal Ripken Jr.

His positions as a player