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American baseball player (born 1948) For other people named Craig Robinson, see Craig Robinson (disambiguation).

Baseball player
Craig Robinson
Shortstop
Born: (1948-08-21) August 21, 1948 (age 76)
Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1972, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1977, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average.219
Home runs0
Runs batted in42
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Craig George Robinson (born August 21, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1972-1973), Atlanta Braves (1974-1975, 1976-1977), and San Francisco Giants (1975-1976). He batted and threw right-handed.

Robinson was drafted by the Phillies in the 11th round of the 1970 amateur draft. He played 3 seasons in the Minor Leagues before making his Major League debut as a pinch runner at Veterans Stadium on September 9, 1972. He was traded along with Barry Lersch from the Phillies to the Braves for Ron Schueler at the Winter Meetings on December 3, 1973. A career .219 hitter, Robinson started regularly only once, playing 145 games for the 1974 Atlanta Braves.

References

  1. ^ "Craig Robinson Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  2. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4". Retrosheet.org. Retrosheet. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  3. Durso, Joseph. "4 Trades Made at Meetings," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 4, 1973. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

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