by Jack Kavanagh (Author), Norman L. Macht (Author)
Hall of Fame member Wilbert Robinson began his career as a catcher. As a Baltimore Oriole in the 1890s the hard-nosed but congenial receiver joined John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and other greats on the roughest team of the game's toughest era. He went on to make a reputation with McGraw's New York Giants as a great developer of pitchers. Subsequently he took over the Brooklyn Dodgers, quickly turning them into pennant winners and gradually becoming the borough's beloved Uncle Robbie.
Author Biography
Jack Kavanagh is a former vice president of the Society for American Baseball Research and the author of numerous sports biographies. Norman Macht is the secretary for the Society for American Baseball Research and the author of a number of baseball books.