With that 1966 season, Frank Robinson became the first -- and remains the only -- player to win the MVP in both leagues. He also finished third in the MVP voting twice, fourth twice and in the top ...

A few seasons after Jackie Robinson retired, Frank Robinson did something Jackie only dreamed of, something he swore he would never do, something that ate at him for as long as he was on the diamond.

Nationals/MLB Frank Robinson, the Nats’ first manager, was D.C.’s treasure those first two seasons of baseball’s return February 7, 2019 More than 6 years ago ...

Frank Robinson, the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win MVP in both leagues, has died at age 83, MLB said Thursday.

Frank Robinson, who died --- in Los Angeles after a battle with bone cancer, was all of those things in a 60-year Hall-of-Fame career during which he hit (10th all-time) 586 home runs, was the ...

Robinson’s family performed their 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-century ago.

Frank Robinson was royalty, a legend in the world of baseball. Despite his tremendous accomplishments on and off the field, it was as if his monumental role in baseball history had been forgotten.

Frank Robinson, hired by the Indians as the first black manager in the big leagues before the 1975 season, was a relentless advocate for minorities to be hired as managers, coaches and front ...

In 2005, when Frank Robinson was in his first year as manager of the Washington Nationals, a young player casually asked if his 70-year-old skipper ever played in the majors.

Frank Robinson had in fact turned 30 years old in August. DeWitt said the Cincinnati star "had reached his peak," according to Robinson's Reds Hall of Fame biography.

Robinson’s most famous homer came in the first inning of the second game of a doubleheader on May 8, 1966. Cleveland ’s Luis Tiant hadn’t allowed a run in his first three games of the season.

Frank Robinson, a trailblazer who forged his own path from the playgrounds of West Oakland to baseball immortality, died Thursday after a long battle with bone cancer. He was 83.