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On November 8th, 1966, baseball history didn’t just shift — it swung big.
That day, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player, completing one of the greatest individual seasons the sport has ever seen.
Just five years earlier, he’d won the National League MVP with the Cincinnati Reds.
No player had ever claimed the award in both leagues. None had even come close.
But Frank Robinson wasn’t just another superstar — he was a force of nature, a competitor with a chip on his shoulder the size of a ballpark, and a man who turned a controversial trade into one of the most dominant seasons baseball has ever witnessed.
Learn more about how an overlooked slugger made history — on this episode of Sports History Daily.
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