Robin Roberts

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Thu May 06, 2010 9:35 am

From the USA Today - "Hall of Famer Robin Roberts, the greatest right-hander in Phillies' history, died Thursday morning in his Temple Terrace, Fla., home from natural causes, the Phillies announced

Roberts pitched 19 years in the major leagues, 14 for the Phillies. He had a 286-245 career record with a 3.41 ERA in 609 games (609) starts. He won 234 games for the Phillies. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 and never missed the annual induction ceremony."

A great one from the greatest age of baseball. He won 234 games but threw 305 COMPLETE GAMES! In 1950 or 1952 as part of the Whiz Kids, threw three games in five days to take the pennant.

Amazing.

Cotton1 · Post by **Cotton1** » Thu May 06, 2010 10:01 am

My uncle (mel clark) played with him back in the 50's, they are/were still friends. he was a great guy. my uncle gave me a robin roberts game-used jersey(that is very valuable) from 1951 that i have framed and hung on the wall in my study. he was a one of a kind pitcher, i read today he pitched more than 20 different times into the 10th inning or later. wow

TOXIC ASSETS · Post by **TOXIC ASSETS** » Fri May 07, 2010 11:50 am

A legend of the game. RIP RR

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Fri May 07, 2010 11:57 pm

Originally posted by moon over my hammy:

My uncle (mel clark) played with him back in the 50's, they are/were still friends. he was a great guy. my uncle gave me a robin roberts game-used jersey(that is very valuable) from 1951 that i have framed and hung on the wall in my study. he was a one of a kind pitcher, i read today he pitched more than 20 different times into the 10th inning or later. wow

Awesome part of baseball history to have hanging on your wall. I better not ever see it on "Pawn Stars"!