Brooks Robinson

**Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.** (18 ga Mayu, 1937 - 26 ga Satumba, 2023) ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball ne na Amurka wanda ya buga duk tsawon aikinsa na shekaru 23 a Major League Baseball a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball na uku ga Baltimore Orioles daga 1955 zuwa 1977. Ana yi masa lakabi da " **Mr. Hoover** " da " **Mai Tsaftace Tsabtace Tsabtace Dan Adam** ", galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin babban ɗan wasan tsaron baya na uku a tarihin manyan ƙungiyoyi. 

A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa na All-Star sau 18, ya lashe kyaututtukan Zinare guda 16 a jere, mafi yawan waɗanda suka yi fice a matsayin ɗan wasa, kuma ya yi kunnen doki da Jim Kaat a matsayi na biyu mafi girma a kowane lokaci, bayan Greg Maddux . Wasanninsa na aiki 2,870 a rukunin na uku ba wai kawai sun zarce ɗan wasa mafi kusa da kusan wasanni 700 ba lokacin da ya yi ritaya, har ma sun kasance mafi yawan wasanni da kowane ɗan wasa ya taɓa yi a tarihin manyan lig a matsayi ɗaya. Shekarunsa 23 da ya yi tare da ƙungiya ɗaya ya kafa tarihi a manyan lig tun lokacin da Carl Yastrzemski ne kawai ya yi nasara.

Ya shiga Orioles tun yana matashi a shekarar 1955, Robinson ya zama babban ɗan wasan ƙungiyar yayin da suka kafa mafi kyawun tarihi a manyan lig-lig tsakanin 1965 da 1974, inda suka lashe kofuna huɗu na American League (AL) da kuma kofuna biyu na World Series . A Baltimore, Robinson ya shahara da " **Mr. Oriole** " a magoya bayan ƙungiyar. An naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasan AL mafi daraja (MVP) a shekarar 1964 bayan ya samu matsayi mafi girma a aikinsa da matsakaicin bugun .317, bugun gida 28, da kuma bugun 118 a cikin (RBIs), wanda ya jagoranci AL a rukuni na ƙarshe. A shekarar 1966, ya zo na biyu a gasar MVP yana kaɗa ƙuri'a a bayan abokin wasansa Frank Robinson bayan ya sake samun maki 100 yayin da Orioles ya lashe kyautar, kafin ya lashe gasar Los Angeles Dodgers a karon farko a gasar Series ta ƙungiyar.

An haifi Brooks Calbert Robinson a ranar 18 ga Mayu, 1937, a Little Rock, Arkansas, ga Brooks Calbert Sr. da Ethel Mae (née Denker) Robinson.  Mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a Colonial Bakery a Little Rock kuma daga baya ya zama kyaftin a Hukumar Kashe Gobara ta Little Rock.  A halin yanzu, mahaifiyarsa ta yi aiki a Sears Roebuck &amp;amp; Company kafin ta karɓi aiki a ofishin mai kula da jihar.  Young Robinson ya sami albashi da kansa daga isar da *Arkansas Gazette* a kan kekensa, da kuma gudanar da allon maki da sayar da abubuwan sha masu laushi a Lamar Porter Field . 

Robinson Sr. ya buga wasa na biyu a ƙungiyar ƙwallon baseball ta ƙwararru.  Zai buga wasan tare da ɗansa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa Robinson.  Tun yana ƙarami, Robinson ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta St. Louis Cardinals ; Stan Musial shine ɗan wasan da ya fi so.  A makarantar sakandare, ya buga ƙwallon baseball ta American Legion ga ƙungiyar MM Eberts mai lamba 1 Doughboys, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin American Legion a wannan ɓangaren ƙasar.  Ƙungiyar ta kai wasan ƙarshe na yanki a shekarar 1952, lokacin da Robinson yake da shekaru 15. Daga nan suka ci gaba zuwa gasar sashe a shekarar 1953.  Robinson ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Little Rock Central a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1955, wanda hakan ya burge Jami'ar Arkansas sosai da ƙwarewarsa ta ƙwallon kwando har makarantar ta ba shi cikakken tallafin karatu.   Duk da haka, Robinson ya so ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball.  Lindsay Deal, wanda ya je Cocin Methodist na Capitol View tare da Robinson, abokin wasansa ne na manajan Baltimore Orioles Paul Richards a wata ƙungiyar ƙaramar ƙungiya, kuma ya rubuta wa Richards wasiƙa yana yabon ƙwarewar Robinson.  "Ba shi da saurin gudu, amma kuma ba shi da doki mai ɗaukar kaya," Deal ya rubuta. "Brooks yana da ƙarfi sosai, yana da ƙwarewa a wasan baseball, kuma koyaushe yana da kyau lokacin da aka rage ƙwallon."  A shekarar 1955, ƙungiyoyi uku na manyan ƙungiyoyi sun aika masu leƙen asiri zuwa Little Rock don ƙoƙarin ɗaukar Robinson: New York Giants, Cincinnati Redlegs, da Orioles. Kowannensu ya bayar da dala 4,000, amma Cincinnati da Baltimore ne kawai ke bayar da kwangilolin manyan ƙungiyoyi. A ƙarshe Robinson ya zaɓi ya sanya hannu tare da Baltimore saboda Orioles sun nuna sha'awa sosai kuma suna da mafi yawan damar da matasa 'yan wasa za su zama 'yan wasa na yau da kullun a cikin jerin sunayensu.    Art Ehlers shine mai leƙen asiri wanda ya sanya hannu. 

### Shekarun farko (1955–1959)
A matsayinsa na biyu, Brooks Robinson ya fara buga wasa a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasa a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1955, a filin wasa na Bob Hoffman tare da York White Roses.   Bayan watanni uku a York, Pennsylvania, ya fara buga wasa da Orioles a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1955, a filin wasa na Memorial Stadium da Washington Senators, inda ya yi bugun ta shida a jerin 'yan wasan. Ya buga biyu a bugun ta huɗu a bugun ta uku, ya yi wasa a zagaye na huɗu da Chuck Stobbs don bugun ta farko kafin ya yi gudu a bugun ta ɗaya a zagaye na takwas a wasan da suka ci 3-1.   Bayan haka, ya yi rashin nasara a bugun ta biyu a bugun ta uku kafin ya zauna a wasanni biyu na ƙarshe na kakar wasa.  "Waɗannan 'yan wasan American League sun sa na yi kama da yadda nake - matashi, kore, balagagge mai shekaru goma sha takwas wanda ya yi sa'a a ranar farko da ya yi da Washington," daga baya ya yi tunani.  Bayan kakar wasa, Orioles sun tura shi zuwa Willard Blues, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Colombia ta hunturu inda Baltimore ta aika da wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasanta.  Earl Wilson ya bugi Robinson a kai da bugun fenariti a ɗaya daga cikin wasannin, amma Robinson ya sami kariya daga mummunan rauni saboda sabon hular ƙarfe da ƙungiyar ke gwadawa a kan 'yan wasanta.  

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