Hall of fame Phillies pitcher, one of the original Whiz Kids.
What can I say? The man was a stud, a throwback, one of the finest pitchers ever to play the game.
In 1950, the only year the Phillies won the pennant between 1915 and 1980, lol, the man started and pitched THREE times in the last five days, including going 10 innings in the final game of the year to win 2-1.
He had the heart of a lion.
Robin Roberts won 20 plus games for six straight years in the early '50's, for mostly mediocre to typically wretched Phillies teams, no less.
Just about every year, HE was the man who started the all-star game for the then dominant National league -- at a time when Hall of Fame giants like Warren Spahn and Don Newcombe stood astride the diamond.
He won 286 games for his career, but, get this, completed 305!! They rode him like a rented mule, and he NEVER said no, NEVER complained, and NEVER backed down.
During that six year streak of winning 20 each and every year, he topped the league in wins from 1952 to 1955, innings pitched from '51 to '55 and complete games from '52 to '56.
He bled Phillies red until the day he died, and he will be missed.
What can I say? The man was a stud, a throwback, one of the finest pitchers ever to play the game.
In 1950, the only year the Phillies won the pennant between 1915 and 1980, lol, the man started and pitched THREE times in the last five days, including going 10 innings in the final game of the year to win 2-1.
He had the heart of a lion.
Robin Roberts won 20 plus games for six straight years in the early '50's, for mostly mediocre to typically wretched Phillies teams, no less.
Just about every year, HE was the man who started the all-star game for the then dominant National league -- at a time when Hall of Fame giants like Warren Spahn and Don Newcombe stood astride the diamond.
He won 286 games for his career, but, get this, completed 305!! They rode him like a rented mule, and he NEVER said no, NEVER complained, and NEVER backed down.
During that six year streak of winning 20 each and every year, he topped the league in wins from 1952 to 1955, innings pitched from '51 to '55 and complete games from '52 to '56.
He bled Phillies red until the day he died, and he will be missed.