Brooks Robinson Home and Office

Undeniably one of the greatest baseball players of all time and certainly the top third baseman who ever graced the field, Brooks Robinson first stepped into the game in 1955 for the Baltimore Orioles. Before that though, he had seen many a game played by his father, who had played semi-pro. Brooks proved to be a very effective player, winning the American League’s MVP Award by 1964. He came in first before player Mickey Mantle, and second to fellow Oriole player Frank Robinson in the 1966 MVP voting.

 

It wouldn’t stop there though, as Brooks Robinson continued to soar, leading several of the Orioles games and winning many of them against such teams as the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. Because of his power-packed performance during the 1970 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Lee May, the first baseman for the Reds, gave him the nickname “Hoover” after the vacuum cleaner, and from then on Brooks also became known as “the human vacuum cleaner”.

 

And such a name was well deserved. Brooks Robinson was able to gather several more accolades in the entirety of his career, including more American League Most Valuable Player Awards, a whopping 16 Gold Glove Awards, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Awards. He had been chosen for the All Star team eighteen times and was the first, along with teammate Frank Robinson, to be inducted in Orioles’ Hall of Fame. In 1999 he was also one of the esteemed players chosen for the All-Century Team, which honored the 25 greatest ballplayers of the 20th century. Truly, no other player can be considered as much a treasure to the game and to the Baltimore Orioles as Brooks Robinson.