Don Robinson (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1957
Place of Birth: Ashland, Kentucky, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Don Robinson (baseball)
- Don Allen "Donnie" Robinson (born June 8, 1957), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies from 1978 through 1992.
- Nicknamed "The Caveman", Robinson's career record was 109–106 with a 3.79 ERA. In 1978, as a 21-year-old rookie, Robinson won 14 wins with 6 losses with a 3.47 ERA.
- His won-loss percentage was second to NL Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry.
- Robinson was named The Sporting News NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year and was third in overall NL Rookie of the Year.
- He finished eighth in the Cy Young Award contest. The next year, he went 8-8 with a 3.87 ERA.
- He also pitched in six postseason games, winning two and helping the Pirates to the 1979 World Series championship. Robinson was regarded as one of the best-hitting pitchers during his time, winning three Silver Slugger Awards in 1982, 1989, and 1990.
- In 1990, Robinson became the first pitcher to hit a pinch-hit home run since 1971 against the San Diego Padres.
- He hit 13 home runs in his career.
- He compiled a .231 batting average (146-631) with 47 runs and 69 RBI. Robinson was the recipient of the Hutch Award in 1984.
- On April 18, 1987, he gave up Mike Schmidt's 500th career home run.
- In 1990, pitching for the Giants, he lost the first ever no-hitter at Veteran's Stadium to the Phillies' Terry Mulholland, 6–0. He made the World Series again in 1989, winning Game 3 of the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs to help the Giants get there.
- Robinson enjoyed a renaissance with the Giants: from 1987 to 1991, he was 42-33 with a 3.56, and started a majority of his 170 games with them. Robinson's parents, Donald and Priscilla Robinson, reside in the city of Kenova, West Virginia, where Robinson served on the city council.
- Currently, Don Robinson is the pitching coach for the State College of Florida baseball team in Bradenton, Florida.
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