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Date of birth

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It is different than the one at Find-A-Grave. Lincher 21:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would suspect that Find-a-Grave's dates of birth are generally taken from gravestones or cemetery records, which are often in error. There are more reliable sources. MisfitToys 00:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

File:Wilbert Robinson 1916.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Wilbert Robinson 1916.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 29, 2017. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2017-06-29. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:22, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Robinson's 4th place finish in 1930 was better than it looked---it was a 4-team dogfight all the way between Brooklyn,New York Giants, Chicago Cubs,and eventual winner St.Louis Cardinals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wilbert Robinson
Wilbert Robinson (1863–1934) was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Robinson made it to the major leagues in 1886 with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association, transferring to the Baltimore Orioles in 1890. After the Orioles, by then playing in the National League, folded in 1899, he played one season with the St. Louis Cardinals before spending his final season with a new Baltimore Orioles team in the American League. (That team later moved to New York. The present Baltimore Orioles are yet another team.) Robinson played 1,316 games as a catcher, compiled a career batting average of .273, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.

He is shown here in 1916 as the manager of the Brooklyn Robins or Dodgers (now the Los Angeles Dodgers).Photograph: Bain News Service; restoration: Adam Cuerden