Frank robinson triple crown

[ncinin]

Many collectors I talk to at shows do not realize that Robinson had some shot at back to back triple crowns.

He was injured with a knee to the head from Al Weis sliding into second base in late June 1967 and was leading the league in batting and rbi's and was one home run behind Killebrew. He had relinquished the home run lead that week.

If he was not injured and missed time and did not feel the affects of the head injury it would have interesting to see if he could have pulled back to back triple crowns.

[profholt82]

That is interesting. He was still near the top in the triple crown categories. Yaz was hitting out of his mind in 67 though. He would have been tough to catch.

[ncinin]

Here is an article about the injury and the pace Robinson was on before the injury and double vision.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/j...triple-crowns/

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by ncinin

Many collectors I talk to at shows do not realize that Robinson had some shot at back to back triple crowns.

He was injured with a knee to the head from Al Weis sliding into second base in late June 1967 and was leading the league in batting and rbi's and was one home run behind Killebrew. He had relinquished the home run lead that week.

If he was not injured and missed time and did not feel the affects of the head injury it would have interesting to see if he could have pulled back to back triple crowns.

Truly one heck of a player, whose key cards are really undervalued (when's the last time you even saw his true rookie, the 1956 Kahns?)!

Best always,

Larry