Baltimore Orioles Corridor of Famer Brooks Robinson died on Tuesday on the age of 86, inspiring numerous tributes to the most effective third basemen within the historical past of baseball.
Robinson was not solely arguably the best defensive third baseman baseball has ever seen, there may be an argument to be made he is without doubt one of the best defensive gamers ever no matter place, taking residence 16 consecutive Gold Glove awards between the 1960 and 1975 seasons.Â
He was additionally a stellar hitter and put all of these abilities collectively throughout the 1970 World Collection the place he had some of the dominant World Collection showings of any participant within the fall basic.Â
Throughout that sequence, which the Orioles received in 5 video games, Robinson went 9-for-21 on the plate (.429) with two doubles, two residence runs, six RBI and 5 runs scored.
When he was not dominating on the plate, he was additionally exhibiting off his defensive brilliance by shutting down a number of Reds rallies together with his glove.
His greatest play was this unimaginable play down the road to rob Lee Might of what ought to have been additional bases.Â
