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Donruss robin yount milwaukee brewers baseball cards for. At county stadium in front of 47,589 home fans, robin yount becomes the 17th player and third youngest to reach the 3000 career hit. View robin yount s page at the baseball hall of fame plaque, photos, videos. Coincidentally, younts 1,000th and 2,000th hits also came against the indians. Hall of famer robin yount turns a double play in front of the reds ken griffey sr.
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The story you just read is not part of the book the kid at bat mr. Robin yount took the wraps off robinade at a news conference friday morning. On september 9, 1992, robin yount became the 17th player to join the exclusive 3,000hit club, and its first new member since rod carew collected his milestone hit on august 4, 1985. Donruss robin yount milwaukee brewers baseball cards for sale. This 3000 hit ticket that has been hand signed by robin yount. Pete rose was next player to join the 4,000 hits club and both of them had all of their career hits in the same league. To celebrate the milestone birthday, here are 60 facts about the greatest player in. At 36 years, 11 months, and 24 days old, yount was the third youngest member of the 3,000hit club, behind ty cobb 34 years, 8 months, 1 day and hank aaron 36 years, 3 months, 12 days. Sep 09, 2017 robin yount said on the leadup to his 3000th hit that it wasnt going to be a big deal.
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The man who took more pride in his milwaukee brewers winning ballgames than personal stats found out he was wrong the 3000 hit plateau was a. Reaching 3,000 hits, in our opinion, is a benchmark of true greatness that few will ever achieve. He was a standout in milwaukee, winning two mvp awards and being named the 1982 american league mvp. In the futuristic robin 3000, earth is controlled by despotic aliens. The brewers robin yount was only two hits away from his milestone 3,000th hit. Included are the names and write ups of other famous baseball stars who reached 3,000 hits including ty cobb, henry. Helmet worn by robin yount when he singled off clevelands jose mesa on september 9, 1992 for his 3000th career hit b21792 milo stewart jr. Ty cobb was the fourth player to reach the 3,000 hits club and the first player in baseball history to reach 4,000 hits. Drafted by the milwaukee brewers in the 1st round 3rd of the 1973 mlb june amateur draft from taft hs woodland hills, ca high school. George brett, willie mays, and hank aaron are three of the four players in major league baseball history to have collected at least 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and 200 stolen bases. Get the latest updated stats for milwaukee brewers center fielder robin yount on. When thinking back as to the greatest players in milwaukee brewers history, robin yount immediately comes to mind. The 3,000 hit club robin yount national baseball hall of fame.
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This day in milwaukee brewers history robin yount retires. The race for the american league east division was far from over on that historic day. Robin yount said on the leadup to his 3000th hit that it wasnt going to be a. To read more stories from this book at the sabr games project, click here. Yount was the third pick overall in the june 1973 major league baseball draft, one slot ahead of fellow hall of famer and 3,000 hit club member dave winfield. Pop top has not been opened, but there are 2 small holes on the bottom where soda was drained. My apologies if i end up being sold out of something i have listed. Robin yount was pumping iron in the visitors clubhouse at tiger stadium. Robin yount, who spent his entire 20year career with the milwaukee brewers, turned 60 years old on sept.
On september 9, 1992, yount collected his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 17th player. Robin yount milwaukee brewers autographed 16 x 20 horizontal swing photograph with hof 99 inscription reduced. Yount played one more season in 1993 and retired as one of the greatest and most beloved figures in milwaukee sports. Robin yount project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. On this day in 1992, yount became the 17th member of the 3000 hit club. Robin 3000 is the first robin elseworlds story, and the first elseworlds story in two parts, produced for dc by byron preiss visual productions.
Brewers hall of famer decided to sell many items from his personal baseball collection, including the ball and bat from his 3,000th career hit. Run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Shes one of his four children, and the owner of two fashion boutiques. Craig russell in 1986 as tom swift 3000,22 but later rewritten in 1992 as a robin story when the original plans. Robin yount records 3,000th hit baseball hall of fame. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Son of hall of famer robin yount, who played shortstop and outfield for the milwaukee brewers. A portion of the new lemonades profits go to the macc fund. Pretty much everything i said about brett above goes for yount, too, except that robin won two mvp awards of course, he also never put up the gaudy batting averages that his kansas city royals counterpart did, and younts milwaukee brewers were not perennial october participants still, more than 3000 hits and a place in cooperstown leaves the yount rookie card in the upper. Drafted by the milwaukee brewers in the 1st round 3rd of the 1973 mlb june amateur draft from taft hs woodland hills, ca. Coincidentally, younts 1,000th and 2,000th hits also came against the. Autographed robin yount 3000 hits commemorative poster.
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