Bruce Robinson

Bruce Philip Robinson, (Robby) (born April 16, 1954, in La Jolla, California) is a former Major League Baseball catcher.He played parts of three seasons from until and was on the New York Yankees disabled list during the 1981 and 1982 seasons.He is the son of John Munro Robinson (1917- ), a law school graduate (U. of Minnesota) and banker/estate planner, and Kathleen (née Tanner) Robinson (1925-2002), a career housewife and homemaker. A first-round pick by the Oakland Athletics in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft, Robinson's career was derailed by an automobile accident while playing for the New York Yankees in 1980.He never returned to the majors, though he continued to play in the minor leagues in 1983, with the Pittsburgh Pirates AAA affiliate in Hawaii and in 1984 with the A's in Tacoma and Modesto.During that time, Robinson was a player-coach for the Modesto A's in, where he worked with future stars Mark McGwire and José Canseco. Robinson is the father of ambidextrous former minor league first baseman, catcher, and player/coach Scott Robinson.Scott Robinson played 8 years of professional baseball, 5 years in the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners organizations, one season with Macon, Georgia, where he was league MVP and the league-leading hitter, and two years as a player/coach with O'Fallon, Missouri.Robinson's next-oldest brother, Dave Robinson, played in the major leagues for two seasons with the San Diego Padres.