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Robin Rachel Yount (born September 16, 1955 in Danville, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974-1993). A first-round draft pick in 1973, Yount debuted the following year, and on September 14, 1975, he broke Mel Ott's 47-year-old record for most games played in the major leagues as a teenager.

Yount courted controversy in the winter of 1978-79. He threatened to retire from the game and take up professional golf rather than be underpaid by the Brewers. His demands were met during spring training in 1979, and he played the full season.

Always a better-than-average hitter (career .285 batting average), by 1980 Yount had developed into the prototypical power-hitting shortstop, preceding the likes of Cal Ripken, Jr., Nomar Garciaparra and Alex Rodriguez.

An All-Star in 1980, 1982 and 1983, Yount collected more hits in the 1980s than any other player and won a Gold Glove Award in 1982. 1982 proved his finest statistical season, as he won his first MVP award and helped lead the Brewers to their only World Series appearance, where he became the only player to collect four hits in each of two World Series games. His career highs of 29 homeruns, a .331 batting average, and 114 RBIs were all products of the 1982 season; he also stole 14 bases and had 210 hits, of which 46 were doubles and 12 were triples. In 1985, a shoulder problem forced Yount to move to the outfield. After splitting time between center field and left field, Yount became the Brewers' regular center fielder in 1986. In 1989, Yount collected a second MVP award, making him only the third player to win MVPs at two positions.

Robin Yount is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Yount collected his 3,000th career hit in 1992 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, his first year of eligibility. That same year, he was named as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

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.

In 2005, Brewers manager Ned Yost convinced Dale Sveum - both are former teammates 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 of 2006, Yount announced he would not return to the team as bench coach for the 2007 season.

He holds the Brewers' career records for games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, total bases, walks and strike outs.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Statistics 3 See also 4 External links

Yount's older brother Larry appeared in one game as a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros in 1971. While warming up, Larry injured his arm and had to be removed from the game without throwing a single pitch.

Fellow 1999 Hall of Fame inductee George Brett and Robin are also very good friends. George named one of his sons Robin in his honor.

Yount was the youngest player in Major League Baseball for two full seasons; in addition, according to baseball-reference.com Yount is the youngest player (at least since 1957) to hit a home run in the majors.

Career Statistics:
Hitting

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,856	11,008	3,142	583	126	251	1,632	1,406	966	1,350	.285	.342	.430	0.772

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Preceded by Rollie Fingers	American League Most Valuable Player 1982	Succeeded by Cal Ripken, Jr.
Preceded by José Canseco	American League Most Valuable Player 1989	Succeeded by Rickey Henderson