Earl Robinson (baseball)
| Earl Robinson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: November 3, 1936 New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
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Died: July 4, 2014 (aged 77) Fountain Valley, California | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1958, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 15, 1964, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| AVG | .268 | ||
| HR | 12 | ||
| RBI | 44 | ||
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Earl John Robinson (November 3, 1936 – July 4, 2014) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1958 to 1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. He attended college at the University of California, Berkeley, where he played both baseball and basketball, helping Cal to three straight conference titles in basketball from 1956 to 1958.[1]
Robinson was inducted to the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.[2] He was inducted into the Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2010.[3] Robinson died July 4, 2014 after suffering from congestive heart failure and two heart attacks.[1][4]
During his years with the Baltimore Orioles, Robinson lived with his wife and two daughters in Castro Valley, California.
References
- 1 2 "Former Cal great Earl Robinson passes away at 77". Bay Area News Group. July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Cal Athletic Hall of Fame". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Earl Robinson to Be Inducted into Pac-10 Hall of Honor". CalBears.com. February 5, 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Cal Great Earl Robinson Passes Away". Cal Athletics. July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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