Robinson kissed his wife, Barbara, on the forehead and left his family at the hotel where they were staying before heading to Municipal Stadium. When he arrived, the 39-year-old two-time MVP went ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Look no further than the statue of Frank Robinson situated in the center of Heritage Park at Progressive Field to understand how much of an impact the Hall of Famer had during ...

“I think Frank may have heard about it and decided to play, because he wasn’t originally.” Robinson pinch-hit in the fifth inning with Reynolds on the mound. Reynolds’ first pitch was over ...

Baseball’s first Black manager, Frank Robinson, makes his debut a winning one—both in the dugout and on the field. The Cleveland Indians’ player-manager hit a first-inning home run ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. —Although it happened 50 years ago, minority managers are still walking through the door that Frank Robinson opened on April 8, 1975, when he became MLB’s first Black manager.

“Frank Robinson hits a home run in his first at-bat. That was the topper of everything. First time at bat, he hits a home run - you’ve got to be kidding me. And Gaylord Perry pitches a ...

Fifty years ago today, Frank Robinson debuted as the first Black manager in Major League Baseball history. According to an article from sabr.org, Cleveland purchased Robinson, a designated hitter ...

It was 1975 when Frank Robinson became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball. But he was more than that. Robinson served as a player-manager for the Tribe that year, making the April 8 ...

By May, both players had joined the Indians and got a first hand view of Robinson’s managerial style. “I was 20,” said Manning. “Growing up Frank was one of the greatest players in the ...

Frank Robinson had initially resisted the “player” part of player/manager when he was offered the job. Back in October of 1974, Robinson and his agent, Ed Keating, were called to Seghi’s office.