What is Frank Robinson?
[[File:Frank Robinson.jpg|right|200px]] '''Frank Robinson''' (August 31, 1935 – February 7, 2019) was an American [[professional baseball]] [[outfielder]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for five teams from 1956 to 1976. He became the only player to win the [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award]] in both the [[National League]] and [[American League]].<ref>''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-451-22363-0}}</ref> Robinson played for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[California Angels]] and the [[Cleveland Indians]]. Robinson was a member of two teams that won the [[World Series]] (the [[1966 World Series|1966]] and [[1970 World Series|1970]] [[Baltimore Orioles]]). Robinson was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1982. Robinson was the first black [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] in MLB history. He managed the [[Cleveland Indians]] during the last two years of his playing career. He went on to manage the [[San Francisco Giants]], the [[Baltimore Orioles]], and the [[Montreal Expos]]/[[Washington Nationals]]. He was the honorary President of the [[American League]]. [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] awarded Robinson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] on November 9, 2005. Robinson was born in [[Beaumont, Texas]]. He studied at [[Xavier University]]. Robinson died on February 7, 2019 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from [[bone cancer]], aged 83.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waldman |first1=Tyler |title=Frank Robinson, Baseball Lifer And Orioles Legend, Has Died |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/370315/63/frank-robinson-baseball-lifer-and-orioles-legend-has-died |website=WBAL.com |publisher=WBAL |access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category}} {{bbhof|robinson-frank}} {{baseballstats|mlb=121311|espn=26857|br=r/robinfr02|fangraph