Junkies-Underrated #4 Frank Robinson

[jkoff76]

One tough SOB and a great player!!

[lemaxmas]

It's bizarre that since his retirement that Frank Robinson has been underrated. He was a hugely popular and respected player in his day. He could do it all. He was gutsy player and is a courageous man. Never afraid to speak his mind. Roberto Clemente was my hero, but Frank Robinson-- he has to be in the top ten greatest of all time.

[sammyvh11]

I was in the stands when he became the only human being to hit a home run out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The guy was all about winning and had the tools to do it all. All century team how about all universe team!

[YourKutscheetStinks]

@sammyvh11 Frank Robinson hit the ball out of memorial stadium in 1966 off of Luis Tiant.he was the greatest Oriole of all time and the 2nd best Red next to Johnny Bench.

[lemaxmas]

What a great player. I saw him play as a kid. He was one of the best all-round players ever. After he won the triple crown in 1966 he was on his way to threatening again to do the same in '67 until he got beaned. He saw double the rest of the year and tailed off, but still had an amazing year. He was a tough, hard-nosed player who could hit, run, throw and field. And one of the smartest baseball minds ever. Frank, you are not underrated in my book and are on alot of fans' all-century teams!

[MrDiamondcut]

MY HERO!

Thank you Frank Robinson. The most prolific resume in baseball. No doubt.

My Hero!

[FrsBigeasy]

Frank Robinson perhaps the best all around hitter in Orioles History as well as easily one of the most underrated players in MLB History

[buckfan1969]

Robby was my favorite player from the first time I saw him at Crosley in 1957.  I cried when the Reds traded him, burst with pride when he won the Triple Crown and MVP the next year, and agonized when he ran into Al Weiss the year after that. He was never the same hitter, but he never stopped being the ultimate competitor. When he slid under Manny Sanguillen to score the winning run in game 6 of the 1971 Series, it was vintage Frankie Robinson. He and Williams are my only baseball heroes.

[MikeB260]

Frank Robinson is a great man. I'm an Oriole fan, and Frank took over the former St Louis Browns (66-71, 4 pennants), he was one of the most competitive players in history (with the O's behind 13-1 and he'd still run through a wall to catch a fly ball), his minor league experience was in the Jim Crow South where Frank slept with a pistol on the road, his fight with Eddie Matthews was the first between a black and white player, Baseball's first Black manager he won the Indians 1st game w/a homer.

[USAGiant]

I think Frank could been #1 or #2 of most underrated great players of all time in any sport. Mays brags and claims to be best all round player in mLB(both offense and defense)

Robinson ranks with Mays and even the Babe among best all round players ever. And also maybe among the smartest ever.

[lemaxmas]

@USAGiant Yes. And like Willie he could do alot of the little things that never get on the scorecard as well as spectacular clutch play at bat and on the field.

[mmmhmm11]

I still can't believe he didn't make the All century team. That is a joke.

[all66books]

Part of the reason may have been where he played. Cincy and Baltimore werent NY, Chicago, or LA., and that counted for alot before the days of cable TV. Hank Aaron, as great as he was, kind of flew under the radar the same way until his march towards the all-time HR record was in full swing late in his career. Aaron, of course, played in Milwaukee & Atlanta. Mickey Mantle once remarked: "Hank Aaron was every bit as good as Willie, Mickey & the Duke; but he was stuck out in Milwaukee".

[sammyvh11]

@all66books You are so right.