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1980 right la jolla , california 1978 october 4 .228 0 10 catcher new york yankees batting average home runs runs batted in august 19 16 april 1954 bruce robinson oakland a 's 1975.jpg bruce robinson -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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bruce robinson -lrb- baseball -rrb-

bruce philip robinson , -lrb- robby -rrb- -lrb- born april 16 , 1954 in la jolla , california -rrb- is a former major league baseball catcher .
he played parts of three seasons from until and was on the yankees disabled list during the 1981 and 1982 seasons .
he is the son of john munro robinson -lrb- 1917 - -rrb- , a law school graduate -lrb- u. of minnesota -rrb- and banker/estate planner and kathleen -lrb- née tanner -rrb- robinson -lrb- 1925-2002 -rrb- , 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 .
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 former ambidextrous minor league first baseman , catcher and player/coach scott robinson .
scott robinson played 8 years of professional baseball , 5 years with the houston astros and seattle mariners organizations , one season with macon georgia where he was league mvp and 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 .
