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Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780910137768
- ISBN-10: 0910137765
- Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
- Publish Date: March 2000
- Dimensions: 8.49 x 6.02 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.72 pounds
- Page Count: 208
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