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Originally Posted by oldtimers
Hello all.I was wondering if anybody had any good photos of Eddie Robinson when he played for the Yankees? I have seen only a few but nothing that is what I'm looking for yet. Thanks for all help.
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Eddie Robinson is still around at age 94. He is the second oldest living Yankee, with only Rugger Ardizoia, who pitched one game for the Yanks in 1947, being older.
Robinson suffered a serious wound on the Pacific Front during World War Two, (Japanese Artillery shrapnel) that required a long period of convalescence and it's a miracle that he was able to recuperate and have a baseball career at all.
Between 1949 and 1953 he made 4 out of 5 American League all-star teams.
His career actually began to decline when the Yankees acquired him in 1954, with Casey Stengel's penchant for platooning players, resulting in Robinson losing playing time.
Altogether Robinson has 13 MLB seasons: cups of coffee in the big leagues in 1942 and 1946 and then 11 full seasons (1947-1957).
He hit a career high of 29 HR (1951) and hit over 20 HR four years in a row. In three of those years he also topped 100 RBI.