On December 9, 1965, Robinson, who was only 30 and seemingly still in the prime of his career, was shocked when the Reds traded their franchise player to the Orioles for pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson. At the time, Reds president Bill DeWitt described Robinson as “an old 30,” but in fact it went down as one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history. Pappas, the key player for Cincinnati, won just two games for the Reds in 1966 before being traded again to the Braves. Robinson, on the other hand, went on to lead a renaissance in Baltimore with six more productive seasons for the Orioles, including four trips to the World Series. In his first year with the Orioles, Robinson won the Triple Crown, leading the American League in batting (.316), homers (49), RBI (122), runs (122), OBP (.410), slugging (.637), OPS (1.047), total bases (367) and sac flies (7) and was named unanimous winner of the AL MVP award. He topped it off with a pair of homers in the O’s sweep of the Dodgers in the ’66 World Series. He also emerged as an instant clubhouse leader, introducing baseball’s first “kangaroo court” in which, with a mop over his head as a makeshift wig, he served as judge and jury in fining his teammates for various transgressions.