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'Whiz Kid' Robin Roberts dies at 83


Plain Talk: People here knew Robin Roberts as a great guy

Roberts, who won most of his 286 career victories while pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, died May 6 at the age of 83.

Standing in the hall of fame

The late Roberts was a member of the “Whiz Kids,” a group of stars ages 25 and younger on the Philadelphia Phillies roster. The squad won the 1950 National ...

Ernie & Robin – setting standards, defining the work

Roberts, the superb pitcher who famously carried the Philadelphia Phillies on his back with nary a whimper, was 83. Harwell, the lyrical bard of ...

Robin Roberts, the National Baseball Hall of Fame member who ...

Robin Roberts, the National Baseball Hall of Fame member who won 286 games died at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., on May 6, 2010, at the age of 83.

Mother of GMA co-host Robin Roberts dies in Gulfport

NEW YORK – (AP) Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, the mother of “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts, has died a day after the anchor announced she was ...

Robin Roberts: 1926-2010 - NBC Sports

Phillies great Robin Roberts has died. He was 83 years-old. No word on the cause of death, but judging by the surprise in the blogosphere ...

Robin Roberts Hall of Famer RIP - Flickr

... Whiz Kids team to the National League pennant, died Thursday May 6, 2010 at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., near Tampa. He was 83.

Baseball Way Back: This season's Pesky Phils reminiscent of 1950 ...

... Whiz Kids'. FILE - This Aug. 1, 1958 file photo shows Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts ... The Phillies say Roberts died of ...

The Phillies Nation Top 100: #3 Robin Roberts

The group, collectively known as the Whiz Kids with an average age of 26.4 years old, shocked baseball, winning the pennant by two games over ...

Robin Roberts Obituary (1926 - 2010) - Legacy Remembers

He was 83. He was best known as leader of the "Whiz Kids,'' the 1950 Phillies team that captured the National League pennant. He played 19 ...

RIP- Robin Roberts - PhoulBallz.com

The baseball world lost one its all-time greats on Thursday morning as Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts passed away at the age of 83.

Obituary: Curt Simmons (1929-2022) - RIP Baseball

He was also the last surviving member of the 1950 “Whiz Kids” Phillies team. ... Robin Roberts, Bubba Church and Bob Miller in the starting ...

Robin Roberts (baseball) - Wikiwand

Died: May 6, 2010(2010-05-06) (aged 83) Temple Terrace, Florida, U.S.. Batted: Switch. Threw: Right · June 18, 1948, for the Philadelphia Phillies ; Died: May 6, ...

Robin Roberts - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com

Roberts died at home in 2010, aged 83. His son Dan Roberts coached the Army baseball team and in the Phillies minor league system. "For two ...

Robin Roberts, 1926-2010 - Uncle Mike's Musings

Now, I find out that Robin Roberts has died at the age of 83. Aside ... His 1st 20-win season was the Phils' 1950 "Whiz Kids" season ...

Richie Ashburn - Society for American Baseball Research

The Phillies won the pennant in the tenth inning when Dick Sisler hit a momentous three-run homer and Robin Roberts retired the Dodgers. ... Whiz Kid is prominent ...

Roberts' impact felt in the area - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

This is a 1957 file photo showing Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts. It would have been the mother of all fly-on-the-wall ...

Andy Seminick, 83, Catcher for Whiz Kids - The New York Times

The cause was cancer, his son, Andy Jr., said. When the Phillies won the 1950 National League pennant, their first title in 35 years, they did ...

Major League Baseball | Maccaboard - Paul McCartney

... kid had gone into cardiac arrest and died. The Willow turns his ... Hall of Fame Pitcher, Phillies Whiz Kid Robin Roberts dies at 83...

36 Days – Robin Roberts | Grand Openings - MLB.com Blogs

... Whiz Kids” to their first World Series in 35 years, ultimately ... He passed away in May 2010 at the age of 83 as a beloved Hall of ...