Today's Birthday: Robin Yount, Newark Co-Pilots (1973)

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Happy Birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect and Hall of Famer Robin Yount. He played for the Newark (NY) Co-Pilots as a 17 year old rookie in 1973.

Yount played for 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974-93), finishing his career with 3,142 hits. During his career, he was a two time American League MVP and was named Major League player of the year in 1982. He was on the American League All-Star team in 1980, '82 and '83. During his career he was awarded one Gold Glove (1982), three Silver Sluggers (1980, '82, '89) and played in one World Series (1982). 

Yount was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 and the New York-Penn League Hall of Fame in 2012.

Source: Baseball Reference

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