Item.A.37.Robin Roberts signed 8x10 photo as a Michigan State pitcher AND H.O.F. Plaque Card

Robin Roberts signed 8x10 photo as a Michigan State pitcher AND H.O.F. Plaque Card

EXTREMELY RARE - This image of Robin Roberts as a Michigan State baseball pitcher was personally secured in the 1980s when Roberts visited the MSU campus. We have not seen any other autographed images such as this one. Signed with blue Sharpie.

Robin Evan Roberts(September 30, 1926 – May 6, 2010) was a Major League Baseball pitcher, primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948-1962). He later pitched for the Orioles, Astros and Cubs. Roberts was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

Roberts led his Phillies, whose overall youth earned them the nickname the Whiz Kids, to their first National League pennant in 35 years. He became the Phillies' first 20-game winner since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1917. From 1950 to 1955, Roberts won at least 20 games each season, leading the National League in victories from 1952 to 1955. Roberts' 28 wins in 1952, the year he was named the Sporting News MLB Player of the Year award, were the most in the National League since 1935, the year when Dizzy Dean won 28 games.

After retiring from Major League Baseball, he coached the University of South Florida college baseball team for nine seasons, leading them to six conference titles.

Roberts arrived at MSU as part of an Army Air Corps training program, coming from his hometown of Springfield, Ill.

After World War II, Roberts returned to Michigan State to play basketball, not baseball. He led the Spartans' basketball team in field-goal percentage in 1946–1947, was captain of the team during the 1946–1947 and 1949–1950 seasons, and earned three varsity letters in basketball. He wore number 17 for the Spartans. After his second season playing basketball, Roberts tried out for the Michigan State baseball team, becoming a pitcher because it was the position that coach John Kobs needed most.

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