Hall of Fame member Wilbert Robinson began his career as a catcher. As a Baltimore Oriole in the 1890s the hard-nosed but congenial receiver joined John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and other greats on the roughest team of the game's toughest era. He went on to make a reputation with McGraw's New York Giants as a great developer of pitchers. Subsequently he took over the Brooklyn Dodgers, quickly turning them into pennant winners and gradually becoming the borough's beloved Uncle Robbie.
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Hall of Fame member Wilbert Robinson began his career as a catcher. As a Baltimore Oriole in the 1890s the hard-nosed but congenial receiver joined John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and other greats on the roughest team of the game's toughest era. He went on to make a reputation with McGraw's New York Giants as a great developer of pitchers. Subsequently he took over the Brooklyn Dodgers, quickly turning them into pennant winners and gradually becoming the borough's beloved Uncle Robbie.
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Add this copy of Uncle Robbie to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Top Notch Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tolar, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by SABR.
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Fair. Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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As New. Fine. Color illustrated glossy softcovers. 200 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Biography of one of early baseball's most colorful and beloved figures, Wilbert "Uncle Robbie" Robinson (1863-1934). Robinson was the catcher on the famous 19th century Baltimore Oriole championship teams that also prominently featured his close friend John McGraw. He remained with Baltimore during the transitional period of 1902-3 when they were moved to New York to become the Highlanders (later the Yankees) when the American League was founded. After his playing days, he coached for McGraw with the Giants. In 1914, he took the managerial reins of the Brooklyn Dodgers which he retained until 1931. This the period that the team became known as the "Daffiness Boys" due to their sloppy play but "Uncle Robbie", as he was by then known, was beloved by the Brooklyn faithful. in fact, for a few years during his managerial tenure, the team was known as the "Robins". Wilbert Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
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Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 200pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine. Biography of Hall-of-Famer Wilbert Robinson, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles in the late 1800s.
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Arthur K. Miller (Cover art) Very good. [10], 200, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Jack Kavanagh was born in Brooklyn in 1920, a National League pennant year for the Dodgers, who played to a 26-inning tie game against the Braves on May 1, but lost to Cleveland in a World Series highlighted by Bill Wambsganss' unassisted triple play. Those records still stand-all three of them. Jack joined SABR on July 9, 1973. Jack Kavanagh's byline appeared mostly for sports articles, but also in such publications as: Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Yankee Magazine, New England Coastal Journal, Current Biography, and Hobbies and Collectives. He wrote frequently for Sports Heritage and Sports History. A number of articles also appeared in Baseball Research Journal, The National Pastime and SABR Review of Books. Jack contributed more than 600 of the short biographies in The Ballplayers; compiled the 1930s section of Macmillan's The Baseball Chronology; and prepared the section "Streaks and Feats" for Total Baseball. Hall of Fame member Wilbert Robinson began his career as a catcher. As a Baltimore Oriole in the 1890s the hard-nosed but congenial receiver joined John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and other greats on the roughest team of the game s toughest era. He went on to make a reputation with McGraw s New York Giants as a great developer of pitchers. Subsequently he took over the Brooklyn Dodgers, quickly turning them into pennant winners and gradually becoming the borough s beloved Uncle Robbie."
