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Robin Yount Stats & Facts

 

 

Robin Yount Essentials

Positions: Shortstop and Centerfielder
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)
Born: September 16, 1955  in Danville, IL
Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA).
High School: Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
Debut: April 5, 1974 (Age 18-201d, 13,473rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 38-017d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1999. (Voted by BBWAA on 385/497 ballots)
View Robin Yount’s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Agents: Larry Yount
Full Name: Robin R. Yount
Nicknames: The Kid
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
Relatives: Brother of Larry Yount

Nine Players Who Debuted in 1974

Robin Yount
Gary Carter
Jim Rice
Keith Hernandez
Fred Lynn
Jim Sundberg
Kent Tekulve
Dennis Leonard
John Montefusco

 

The Robin Yount Teammate Team

C:   Ted Simmons
1B: Cecil Cooper
2B: Jim Gantner
3B: Paul Molitor
SS: Pat Listach
LF: Dante Bichette
CF: Gorman Thomas
RF: Ben Oglivie
DH: Hank Aaron
SP: Pete Vuckovich
SP: Teddy Higuera
SP: Jim Slaton
SP: Mike Caldwell
SP: Don Sutton
RP: Rollie Fingers
RP: Pete Ladd
M:   Harvey Kuenn

 

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Major League Season Recap 1982

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Major League Season Recap 1989

Biography

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Originally a lanky shortstop, Yount built himself into a line-drive hitter who helped set the trend later adopted by shortstops like Cal Ripken, Barry Larkin, Alex Rodriguez, and Nomar Garciaparra. The Brewers drafted him third in 1973 – the Rangers taking David Clyde and the Mets selecting John Stearns in front of him. In 1974, at the age of 18, he became the Brewer’s regular shortstop, thus becoming one of the youngest everyday players in history. In 1975 teammate Henry Aaron called him the best prospect in baseball.

That talent was not an accident. Yount’s older brother Larry was a longtime minor league pitcher who appeared in one game for the Astros in 1971. Robin had grown up with his two older brothers in California, where the family had moved when he was one year old. Yount had been born in Danville, Illinois. Prior to his selection by the Brewers in the draft, Robin declined a scholarship from Arizona State to play baseball.

An excellent athlete, in the spring of 1978 Yount quit baseball to attempt a professional golf career. Though he was a superb golfer, the experiment only lasted a few months before he was back in the lineup for the Brewers. Yount displayed his love for the vigorous life all through his career – racing motor bikes, go-carts and automobiles despite the concerns of Milwaukee management that he would break his neck – or worse. When he retired in 1993 he drove a motorcycle around the field after his last home game.

In 1982, Yount won the MVP award as he became the first shortstop to lead the AL in slugging and total bases. After a tight playoff race, he led Milwaukee into the World Series against the Cardinals, with whom the Brewers had made a blockbuster trade just a year earlier. In the Series Yount hit .414 and collected four hits in two games. He an Paul Molitor almost carried the team to the victory, but the Redbirds prevailed in seven games.

Molitor and Yount were teammates for 15 seasons beginning in 1978. They formed one of the most productive duos in baseball history. Though Molitor moved on and won a World Series title with Toronto, Yount never attained the pinnacle team reward.

In 1989, Yount won his second MVP, this time as a center fielder, a position he had assumed in 1985. Yount became the third man to win the award at two different positions,(Alex Rodriguez would later join this group). joining Hank Greenberg and Stan Musial. His 1,479 games at shortstop and 1,150 games in center field are the most by a player at two positions.Yount was the first AL player to win multiple MVP’s in over twenty-five years, since the Yankees’ Roger Maris (1960 & 1961) and Mickey Mantle (1956, 1957, and 1962).

On Sept. 9, 1992, Yount collected his 3,000th career hit, off jose Mesa, becoming the 17th player to reach the mark.

Yount was a model of consistency in the clubhouse and on the field in his two decades as a player. He was on the disabled list only three times in his career. He gave no quarter and he asked for none. He had no room for players who didn’t hustle or weren’t concerned with winning. A scout summed up his level of consistency when he mentioned late in Yount’s career that he had been clocking Robin from home to first since he was a rookie and he had never been faster than 4.1 or slower than 4.2 seconds.

He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, his first year of eligibility. That same year, he was included in the balloting for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, finishing fifth among shortstops.

Yount holds Brewers career records for games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, total bases, walks and strikeouts. He was the last active major leaguer who was a teammate of Hank Aaron (1975–1976). Robin Yount’s number 19 was retired by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1994.

Post Career:

Yount served as first base coach and bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2002 to 2004. He resigned after the dismissal of Arizona manager Bob Brenly.[6] He, Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn and Bob Uecker threw out the ceremonial first pitches at the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Miller Park.

In 2005, Brewers manager Ned Yost convinced Dale Sveum, a teammate of Yount’s, to become Milwaukee’s new third base coach. Yount followed suit a few weeks later, accepting a post as the Brewers’ bench coach. In November 2006, Yount announced he would not return to the team as bench coach for the 2007 season. However, on September 15, 2008 Sveum, by now the team’s manager, chose Yount as his bench coach.

Since retiring from baseball, Yount has increased his participation in two of his other passions—professional motorcycle and auto racing. In June 2008, Yount announced the creation of a new lemonade drink, Robinade. A portion of the proceeds of the sales goes to charity.

Yount was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.

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Played For
Milwaukee Brewers (1974-1993)

Similar: Alan Trammell, Cal Ripken Jr., Craig Biggio

Linked: Paul Molitor, Jim Gantner, George Brett, Nolan Ryan

Best Season, 1982
Everything came together for the Brewers and Yount in ’82. A mature hitter at age 26, Yount led the AL in hits (210), doubles (46), slugging (.578) and several other offensive categories. He finished one point behind Willie Wilson for the batting title (.331). Every evaluative method for offense pointed to Yount as the best player in all of baseball that year. He led in runs scored (139), batting runs (59), OPS (.962) and was second to Dwight Evans in Total Average (.969). Yount led the Brewers to their first AL pennant. He won the MVP, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award and a Gold Glove.

Awards and Honors
1982 AL Gold Glove
1982 AL MVP
1989 AL MVP

Post-Season Appearances
1981 American League Division Playoffs
1982 American League Championship Series
1982 World Series

Milestones
On September 9, 1992 Yount collected his 3,000th hit – a sharp single to right field off Cleveland’s Jose Mesa. A few weeks later Yount’s longtime rival and friend George Brett reached the same goal.

 

Hitting Streaks
18 games (1980)
16 games (1976)

All-Star Selections
1980 AL
1982 AL
1983 AL

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