Brooks Robinson

American baseball player (1937–2023)

Person human Q521270

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Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: May 18, 1937
Date of death: September 26, 2023
Place of birth: Little Rock
Place of death: Owings Mills
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: baseball player
Educated at: Little Rock Central High School^[7]
Award received: Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, World Series Most Valuable Player Award, Roberto Clemente Award^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Cause of death: coronary artery disease^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Birth name: Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.^[22]
Competition won: 1966 World Series, 1970 World Series^[28]^[29]
Country for sport: United States^[23]
End of work period: August 13, 1977^[26]
Family name: Robinson^[18]
Given name: Brooks^[19]
Height: +73^[27]
Manner of death: natural causes^[20]
Member of: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum^[12]
Member of sports team: Baltimore Orioles^[14]
Name in native language: Brooks Robinson^[24]
Position played on team / speciality: third baseman^[15]

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Sport: baseball^[17]
Start of work period: September 17, 1955^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr en Brooks Robinson ar بروكس روبنسون de Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr fa بروکس رابینسون it Mr. Hoover it Brooks Calbert Robinson it Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. it The Human Vacuum Cleaner ja ブルックス・ロビンソン ko 브룩스 로빈슨 ru Брукс Робинсон ru Робинсон, Брукс zh 布魯克斯·羅賓森

🔖 Identifiers · 22

ISNI: 0000000024635781
VIAF cluster ID: 30784662
Library of Congress authority ID: n50049164
Awards & Winners artist ID: 02f0mr
Baseball Almanac ID: robinbr01
Baseball Reference major league player ID: r/robinbr01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID: robins001bro
ESPN.com MLB player ID: 26850
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Brooks-Robinson
FAST ID: 16774
FanGraphs player ID: 1011055
Freebase ID: /m/02f0mr

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MLB.com player ID: 121301
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID: robinson-brooks
Notable Names Database ID: 120/000085862
Prabook ID: 1448773
Retrosheet person ID: robib104
SNAC ARK ID: w6475v6d
The Baseball Cube player ID: 17248
Trading Card Database name ID: 4989
WikiTree person ID: Robinson-51153
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbCTGFbjwkQXjdKFBP4v3

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🔗 Connections

Award received 4

Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, World Series Most Valuable Player Award, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Roberto Clemente Award

Competition won 2

1966 World Series, 1970 World Series

Cause of death 1

coronary artery disease

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Little Rock Central High School

Family name 1

Robinson

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Member of sports team 1

Baltimore Orioles

Occupation 1

baseball player

Place of birth 1

Little Rock

Place of death 1

Owings Mills

Position played on team / speciality 1

third baseman

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

baseball

← Winner 1

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

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Summary

Brooks Robinson was born on May 18, 1937^[1], in Little Rock^[2]. He died on September 26, 2023^[3], in Owings Mills^[4]. He worked as a baseball player^[5].

FAQs

Where was Brooks Robinson born?

Brooks Robinson was born in Little Rock^[2].

Where did Brooks Robinson die?

Brooks Robinson passed away in Owings Mills^[4].

What did Brooks Robinson do for work?

Brooks Robinson worked as a baseball player^[5].

Where did Brooks Robinson go to school?

Brooks Robinson was educated at Little Rock Central High School^[7].

What awards did Brooks Robinson receive?

Honors received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award^[8], Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award^[9], World Series Most Valuable Player Award^[10], and Roberto Clemente Award^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Brooks Robinson — place of birth (P19): Little Rock. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Brooks Robinson — place of death (P20): Owings Mills. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Brooks Robinson — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Brooks Robinson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Brooks Robinson — member of sports team (P54): Baltimore Orioles. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Brooks Robinson — educated at (P69): Little Rock Central High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Brooks Robinson — occupation (P106): baseball player. ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Brooks Robinson — award received (P166): Rawlings Gold Glove Award. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Brooks Robinson — award received (P166): Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award. MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13. m.mlb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Brooks Robinson — award received (P166): World Series Most Valuable Player Award. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Brooks Robinson — award received (P166): Roberto Clemente Award. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Brooks Robinson — position played on team / speciality (P413): third baseman. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Brooks Robinson — member of (P463): National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Brooks Robinson — cause of death (P509): coronary artery disease. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Brooks Robinson — date of birth (P569): May 18, 1937. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Brooks Robinson — date of death (P570): September 26, 2023. washingtonpost.com. washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Brooks Robinson — sport (P641): baseball. MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Brooks Robinson — family name (P734): Robinson. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Brooks Robinson — given name (P735): Brooks. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Brooks Robinson — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Brooks Robinson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Brooks Robinson — birth name (P1477): Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Brooks Robinson — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Brooks Robinson — name in native language (P1559): Brooks Robinson. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Brooks Robinson — start of work period (P2031): September 17, 1955. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Brooks Robinson — end of work period (P2032): August 13, 1977. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Brooks Robinson — height (P2048): 73 inches. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26. baseball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Brooks Robinson — competition won (P2522): 1966 World Series. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Brooks Robinson — competition won (P2522): 1970 World Series. wikidata.org.

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