The statue depicts Robinson with his lineup card from ... duties just as Frank had done before hitting a first-inning home run against the Yankees as a player/manager for the Indians a half ...

Already a Hall of Fame player by the time he joined the Indians in ... name on the lineup card and going deep in the first inning on opening day against the Yankees, Frank Robinson cemented ...

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 ...

She went to games with her now husband, who taught her how to keep score on the card tucked into ... ugly red uniforms, Indians won,‘” he said. “Frank Robinson hits a home run in his first ...

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 ...

Kuiper admired Robinson ... Indians were scheduled to play the Mudhens in Toledo in June. “When we got to Toledo, Reynolds had already told some of the players that he was going to throw at ...

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

He drilled the 2-2 pitch deep to left, over the head of Yankees outfielder Lou Piniella and over the wall for a 1-0 Indians lead ... President Lee MacPhail. Frank Robinson acknowledged Rachel ...