Baseball Socks worn by Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians
date: label: Date made
content: 1975
name: label: user
content: Robinson, Frank
label: thru person
content: Hoerig, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: Cleveland Indians uniform socks worn by Frank Robinson in 1975, the year he became the first black Manager in Major League Baseball history. Prior to joining the Indians in a late-season trade in 1974, Robinson had played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds (1956-1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966-1971) and California Angels (1973-1974.) A fourteen-time All-Star, Robinson is the only player to be named MVP of both the National League (1961) and American League (1966). A rookie-of-the year (1956) and gold glove award recipient (1958), the Beuemont, Texas native achieved baseball’s triple-crown in 1966, leading the American League in hits, home runs, and runs batted in (rbis.) That year he was the World Series MVP in the first of two championships he would win with the Orioles, the second coming in 1970. For his career, Robinson had a .294 batting average, 2,943 hits, 1,812 rbis, and 586 home runs. Starting with the 1977 season, Robinson retired to focus on managing full-time, but was fired during the season. He would go on to manage the San Francisco Giants (1981-1984), Baltimore Orioles (1988-1991) and Montreal Expos, where he would follow the team when it relocated to Washington DC and becoming the Nationals (2002-2006). 1989’s AL Manager of the Year, Robinson accumulated a lifetime managerial 1,065–1,176 win-loss record. A passionate advocate for civil rights, Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cleveland Indians, Inc. (through Carl Hoerig)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1131.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.1131
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1131.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socks, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: socks, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 5 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 13.97 cm