DATE OF IMAGE: 1967-68 PRINT DATE: 1980s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECT: Bill Robinson APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4"x5" MARKS / STAMPING: Signature shown is a facsimile IN the image. This photo is NOT hand-signed. Please bid accordingly. 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: William Henry Robinson was born in 1943 in McKeesport, PA and died in 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. He played major league baseball from 1966 to 1983 as outfielder, 1st and 3rd baseman for the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, and appeared in the 1979 World Series. After his playing career ended, Robinson was hitting coach of the New York Mets from 1984 to 1989.In 1988, he managed the Leones del Caracas into the 1988 Caribbean Series. In 1990 and 1991, he was an analyst on ESPN's "Baseball Tonight". In 1992, he managed the Shreveport Captains, in the San Francisco Giants organization. From 1994-1998, he coached and managed in the Phillies minor league chain. He later spent time as hitting coach with the Florida Marlins and was selected out of all the hitting coaches in MLB to coach the series with MLB all-stars against Japanese all-stars in Japan. From 2006, he was a hitting instructor in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system. He died in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2007, while working in a series between the Las Vegas 51s (the Dodgers' AAA affiliate) and the Round Rock Express. Bill's nickname from childhood was 'Blinky' due to his tendancy to blink his eyes when he was nervous. His son, Bill Robinson III played professional baseball from 1986 to 1988. SKU: L06501
Item: L06501
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