'Whiz Kid' Roberts dies

[Cam Cam]

Robin "Whiz Kid" Roberts died Thursday at age 83, he was a pitcher for the Phillies, who is now in the hall of fame.
He is famous for leading the Phillies to the National League pennant.
He played for 19 seasons, he got 286, and got 6 consecutive 20-win seasons.

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[mlbfan94]

he had a great career

 

[Cam Cam]

He should've played another season to get 300 wins though.

 

[mlbfan94]

yea he was so close

 

[Cam Cam]

Just like Lou Gehrig, he was 7 homeruns short of 500, but of course he didn't have a choice of whether he wanted to retire or not.

 

[mlbfan94]

yea its different with Gehrig he wouldve hit 500 if he didnt get his own disease

 

[Cam Cam]

It wasn't named Lou Gehrig's disease until much, much later.

 

[mlbfan94]

yea i know but idk what they called it back then

 

[Snoopy (Homieg)]

he woul dhave hit more than 500 if he idnt have that disease

 

[mlbfan94]

definately

 

[jl2tall]

Wow, I don't know much about baseball, but I can understand that's awesome.