Eddie Robinson Baseball player

William Edward Robinson (born December 15, 1920) is an American Major League Baseball first baseman, scout, coach and front office executive of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s who, during a 13-year playing career (1942; 1946–57), was on the roster of seven of the eight American League teams then in existence. He is the author of an autobiography, published in 2011, entitled Lucky Me: My Sixty-five Years in Baseball.

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Eddie Robinson
Alias (AKA)Robinson William Edward
Birth dateDecember 15, 1920
Birth place
Paris Texas

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1942
Career endSeptember 15, 1957
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former teams
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
position
First baseman
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics
History of the Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
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