Brooks Robinson
Chronology
| 1937 | Born May 18 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Brooks Calbert and Ethel Mae Robinson |
| 1951 | Plays baseball with local church team because high school has no baseball team |
| 1955 | Plays for the first time with the Orioles baseball system |
| 1956-57 | Attends Little Rock University (now University of Arkansas at Little Rock) |
| 1958 | Hits into first triple play of a record four for his career |
| 1960 | Goes 5-5, hitting for the cycle |
| 1960 | Marries Constance Louise Butcher on October 8 |
| 1962 | Becomes 6th major leaguer to hit grand slams in back to back games |
| 1963 | Benched for poor hitting, streak of 463 straight games playing third base comes to a halt |
| 1967 | Plays in longest All-Star game, 15 innings (three hours and 41 minutes) |
| 1970 | Hits 2,000th major league hit, a three-run homer |
| 1971 | Ties World Series record by reaching base five straight times on three hits and two walks |
| 1977 | Retires from baseball |
| 1978 | Becomes color commentator for Orioles games |
| 1979 | Takes position as assistant to management for Crown Central Petroleum Corporation |
| 1979 | Works with Shapiro & Robinson, a consulting firm |
| 1979 | Becomes vice-president of Baltimore Orioles |
| 1983 | Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in landslide election |
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