2007.1.48

1982
5.75 in HIGH x 3 in WIDE
(14.60 cm HIGH x 7.62 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.48

JAN 10 1982 (stamped in blue ink onto caption affixed to back); "Frank Robinson / MVP in two leagues" (caption affixed to back)

Black and white proof print portrait photograph of Frank Robinson in a Baltimore Orioles baseball uniform. He is wearing a white jersey and an Orioles cap with logo of a bird's head wearing a baseball cap. Red text handwritten beneath image reads, "Robinson / 2x3 D-3-2x."

Frank RobinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson (5/30/2007) Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently sixth).During the last two years of his playing career, he served as the first permanent African-American manager in Major League history, managing the Cleveland Indians to a 186-189 record. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, the Montreal Expos and the Washington Nationals.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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