DATE: 1930 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Brooklyn Robins SUBJECT: Wilbert Robinson APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4"x5-1/8" MARKS / STAMPING: Note that this is a period photograph of a pencil sketch of Robinson, not an original piece of art. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robbie) was born in 1863 in Bolton, MA and died in 1934 in Atlanta, GA. He played major league baseball from 1886 to 1902 as catcher and 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and the St. Louis Cardinals, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. He was the brother of Fred Robinson. He first managed in 1902, in his last season as a major league player, and then didn't manage in the majors again until 1914 - he was John McGraw's pitching coach from 1903-13, until a bitter parting of the ways when McGraw criticized Robinson for the team's pitching in the 1913 World Series. Robinson had never played for the Brooklyn team, but managed the Robins beginning in 1914 for 18 years. SKU: XP12777
Item: XP12777
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