Eddie Robinson (baseball)

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Eddie Robinson
First baseman
Born: December 15, 1920 (age 98) Paris, Texas
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1942, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 15, 1957, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	172
Runs batted in	723
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1942, 1946–1948) Washington Senators (1949–1950) Chicago White Sox (1950–1952) Philadelphia Athletics (1953) New York Yankees (1954–1956) Kansas City Athletics (1956) Detroit Tigers (1957) Cleveland Indians (1957) Baltimore Orioles (1957)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1949, 1951–1953) World Series champion (1948)

William Edward Robinson (born December 15, 1920) is an American former 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 (with Red Sox as the sole exception). He is the author of an autobiography, published in 2011, titled Lucky Me: My Sixty-five Years in Baseball.^[1] He is also the last surviving member of the 1943 "Navy World Series".^[2]

Robinson is the last living person to win the World Series with the Cleveland Indians,^[3] as well as the oldest living player to play on a World Series-winning team and the oldest living member of the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, and Washington Senators.^[4]

 
We had the honor of serving this fine gentleman and his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and grandsons, for his 64th anniversary, last night in our restaurant. Oldest living player for the Yankees (and several other teams, but the Yanks are the ones that count - haha). He batted DiMaggio in. Respect.