Oldest living former MLB player, Eddie Robinson, has died

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The past surviving subordinate from the 1948 Cleveland Indians, Eddie Robinson sits successful a container astatine Progressive Field earlier Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, successful Cleveland. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Posted at 5:38 PM, Oct 05, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-05 18:39:38-04

The oldest surviving erstwhile Major League Baseball player, Eddie Robinson, has died.

He was 100.

The Texas Rangers confirmed the quality of his passing connected Twitter connected Tuesday.

Robinson was besides the past surviving subordinate from the 1948 Cleveland Indians World Series title team.

He spent astir 70 years successful the game, playing 13 years and serving arsenic the Atlanta Braves and the Rangers wide manager.

"Baseball is fortunate to person had Eddie Robinson," MLB's Players Alumni Association said connected social media. "A beingness good lived and a fable forever."

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