Pictures: Frank Robinson

Hall of Famer and former Orioles star Frank Robinson, right, shares a laugh with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred before the Play Ball event at Carroll Park on Aug. 26, 2015.  (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun)

Major league Hall of Famer and former Orioles star Frank Robinson, right, high fives Ali Cornish, 13, after encouraging him to play more baseball during MLB’s Play Ball event at Carroll Park on Aug. 26, 2015.  (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun)

Former Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez, left, greets Hall of Famer and former Orioles star Frank Robinson with a hug during the Play Ball event at Carroll Park at Aug. 26, 2015.  (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun)

Back row, left to right, senior advisor to Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) executive director Omar Minaya, Orioles great Frank Robinson, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and former Orioles player Eric Davis, listen as Robinson is introduced. MLBPA held a Fun Day at the James Mosher Youth Baseball League field on June 13, 2015.  (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun)

Orioles great Frank Robinson talks to the crowd during the Major League Baseball Players Association’s Fun Day at the James Mosher Youth Baseball League fields on June 13, 2015.  (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun)

American League All-Star Manny Machado, left, of the Orioles speaks with Frank Robinson prior to the 86th MLB All-Star Game at the Great American Ball Park on July 14, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio.  (Rob Carr / Getty Images)

Orioles greats Frank Robinson, left, and Brooks Robinson during a gathering of Orioles legends at the Warehouse on Aug. 8, 2014.  (Lloyd Fox / Baltimore Sun)

Baseball Hall of Famer and Orioles Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is introduced as the Orioles celebrates their 60th anniversary with a postgame ceremony on Aug. 8, 2014.  (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun)

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson (20,) and others walk off the field after the postgame ceremony to celebrate the Orioles’ 60th anniversary on Aug. 8, 2014.  (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun)

National Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson arrives for an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Cooperstown, N.Y.  (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

Frank Robinson tracks down a fly ball during Orioles spring training in Miami. (March 1968)  (Joseph A. Dipaola / BALTIMORE SUN)

Frank Robinson takes batting practice at spring training in Miami. (March 1966)  (Baltimore Sun Staff File Photo / BALTIMORE SUN)

Frank Robinson poses in the Orioles clubhouse.  (RICHARD STACKS / Baltimore Sun)

Amid a swarm of children and parents, Mayor Theodore McKeldin announces a tempoary name change for Cedardale Road to Robinson Road for Orioles slugger Frank Robinson , Orioles Slugger, standing behind him along with his son and wife on Sept. 27, 1966.  (CHILDRESS / Baltimore Sun)

A young fan reaches out to touch fingers with Frank Robinson while Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer, right, look on as 4,000 of the Orioles faithful turned out at Friendship International Airport on Oct. 17, 1969.  (Pearson / Baltimore Sun)

From left to right, Orioles’ Boog Powell, Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson chat on Oct. 7, 1970.  (Clarence B. Garrett / Baltimore Sun)

Orioles’ Frank Robinson hits a homer in the ninth inning against New York Yankees on April 15, 1966.  (LeRoy B. Merriken / Baltimore Sun)

Brooks Robinson, left, and Frank Robinson stand by as the Orioles’ 1966 World Championship baseball flag is raised at Memorial Stadium on Opening Day, April 12, 1967.  (LAFORCE / Baltimore Sun)

From left, Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer and Frank Robinson during the 1971 World Series.  (HARRIS / Baltimore Sun)