Craig George Robinson (born August 21, 1948) is a former
Major League Baseball
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shortstop
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who played for the
Philadelphia Phillies
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(-),
Atlanta Braves
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(-, -), and
San Francisco Giants
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(-). 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
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before making his Major League debut as a
pinch runner
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at
Veterans Stadium
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on September 9, 1972. He was traded along with
Barry Lersch from the
Phillies
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to the
Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
for
Ron Schueler
Ronald Richard Schueler (born April 18, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, pitching coach, executive and scout. Over the course of his eight-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Schueler played for the Atl ...
at the
Winter Meetings
Representatives of all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their 120 Minor League Baseball affiliates convene for four days each December in the Winter Meetings to discuss league business and conduct off-season trades and transactions. Attendees in ...
on December 3, 1973.
Durso, Joseph. "4 Trades Made at Meetings," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, December 4, 1973.
Retrieved January 26, 2023. A career .219 hitter, Robinson started regularly only once, playing 145 games for the 1974 Atlanta Braves.
References
External links
Baseball Reference (Minors)
Baseball Gauge
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
1948 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Atlanta Braves players
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
Cardenales de Lara players
Eugene Emeralds players
Hawaii Islanders players
Leones del Caracas players
Major League Baseball shortstops
Minor league baseball managers
Philadelphia Phillies players
Reading Phillies players
Richmond Braves players
San Francisco Giants players
Wake Forest University alumni
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