Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. was born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Robinson played his first game in 1955.
Brooks played all of his 23 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.
In Robinson’s career, he collected 2,848 hits, 268 home runs, 1,232 runs, 1,357 RBIs, and a .267 batting average in 2,896 career games.
He played over 160 games five different times. He played 150 games 14 times.
Robinson collected a variety of MVPs in his career. He won the American League MVP in 1964, the All Star Game MVP in 1966, and the World Series MVP in 1970.
He was a good person on and off the field. He won the Roberto Clemente award in 1972.
The most impressive out of all his stats and awards is his Gold Gloves. He won a grand total of 16 Gold Gloves. From 1960 to 1975, Brooks took home one piece of hardware every year. In 2016, Robinson was given the Gold Glove Award For Life.
He played his final game in 1977.
Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. In 2016, he was given a statue of himself inside Camden Yards at Oriole Park.