Brooks Robinson
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"Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr." is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year Major League Baseball/major league career for the Baltimore Orioles (1955–1977). He batted and threw right-handed, in spite of the fact he was a natural left-hander. Nicknamed ""The Human Vacuum Cleaner"" or ""Mr. Hoover"", he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history. He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career, tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second most all-time for any player at any position. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1983/1983.

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It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.

He's going to flip over to the Veterans Committee next year, ... It's just too bad things couldn't have happened early when he was banned from the game, coming clean. It would be a whole different story.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

I could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.