Don Robinson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Born: June 8, 1957 in Ashland, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ceredo-Kenova HS (Kenova, WV).

High School: Ceredo-Kenova HS (Kenova, WV)

Debut: April 10, 1978 (Age 20-306d, 14,014th in major league history)
vs. STL 4.1 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: July 12, 1992 (Age 35-034d)
vs. SDP 2.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Don Allen Robinson

Nicknames: Caveman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

109

106

ERA

3.79

524

229

1958.1

1251

WHIP

1.295

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 0

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	L,2-11	1-5		99	4.1	5	4	4	2	6	0	0	8.31	1.20	20	3	4	0	2	5		0	0	1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.18	-0.039	.32	-0.04%	-2.14	1b --- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d8
2	2	9	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.97	2.23	30	13	13	6	2	0	57			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	2	.99	-0.053	1.47	-0.05%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	3	13	Apr 23 susp	PIT		STL	W,5-4	7-GF	S(1)	6	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.14	2.38	11	2	6	1	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.365	3.31	0.29%	1.41	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
4	4	15	Apr 25	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.31	1.86	34	12	11	0	3	4	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.63	0.568	2.56	0.54%	2.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	5	18	Apr 29	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.23	1.75	32	6	16	3	2	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.304	.78	0.27%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	22	May 3	PIT		SDP	L,5-7	GS-6		3	5.2	5	4	4	4	1	1	0	2.84	2.48	25	8	7	2	0	5	40			0	0	1	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.007	1.25	-0.01%	-0.50	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
7	7	26	May 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	1	2.86	2.38	23	7	7	0	1	4	60			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.008	1.14	0.01%	0.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	8	31	May 14	PIT	@	SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.38	2.15	31	8	12	0	1	4	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.727	1.61	0.50%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	9	35	May 19	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.0	8	3	2	1	3	1	0	2.36	2.37	33	12	9	1	1	8	58			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.105	1.46	0.10%	0.50	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a2
10	10	40	May 24	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	11	4	3	0	4	1	0	2.48	2.47	35	14	7	0	1	10	50			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.337	1.62	-0.29%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	11	45	May 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.66	2.45	24	3	8	0	1	7	44			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.222	1.97	-0.21%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	49	Jun 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-5	L(4-2)	4	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.72	2.59	20	6	6	1	2	4	53			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.027	1.14	-0.02%	0.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
13	13	53	Jun 9	PIT		CIN	W,11-9	GS-2		5	1.2	4	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.33	2.83	11	0	3	0	0	4	21			1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.363	.56	-0.16%	-4.37	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d5
14	14	58	Jun 14	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS-3		4	2.1	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.67	2.90	15	3	3	0	1	7	25			1	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.266	.66	-0.12%	-3.23	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
15	15	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	ATL	L,7-8	3-7		3	5.0	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.46	2.86	21	5	7	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.29	0.029	.35	0.02%	1.50	3b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d2
16	16	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.39	2.93	29	9	7	4	0	6	61			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.25	-0.059	1.71	-0.05%	0.81	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
17	17	73	Jun 30	PIT		NYM	L,5-6	GS-8		6	7.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.33	2.86	29	7	10	3	0	7	56			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	0.106	1.77	0.08%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	77	Jul 4(2)	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GS-8	W(5-2)	3	7.1	8	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.35	2.99	30	8	7	1	3	8	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.074	1.55	0.06%	0.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
19	19	80	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(5-3)	3	5.0	7	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.52	3.20	24	9	3	0	1	7	38			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.136	1.13	-0.10%	-1.75	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d3
20	20	88	Jul 18	PIT		LAD	L,2-7	GS-4	L(5-4)	9	3.1	6	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.80	3.30	19	3	3	0	0	6	29			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.368	1.85	-0.36%	-3.62	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
21	21	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6		3	6.0	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.62	3.24	22	7	3	1	2	3	67			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.176	2.48	0.20%	1.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	22	98	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-5)	6	8.0	4	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.54	3.31	35	12	12	1	2	3	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.29	-0.028	1.60	-0.02%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	104	Aug 4(2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.44	3.33	33	9	12	1	5	5	72			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.225	1.04	0.19%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	24	108	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS-8	W(7-5)	3	7.2	9	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.56	3.34	32	12	15	7	3	0	44			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.037	.56	0.02%	-1.14	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a4
25	25	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.53	3.35	37	10	11	1	1	6	67			2	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	.50	0.201	.17	0.04%	1.06	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
26	26	117	Aug 17(1)	PIT		HOU	W,5-1	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.34	3.26	32	10	11	1	1	4	82			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.283	.43	0.08%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	27	123	Aug 22	PIT	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	6.2	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.26	3.31	27	3	12	0	3	5	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.258	1.99	0.24%	2.06	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
28	28	128	Aug 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.30	21	4	9	0	1	6	36			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.065	1.31	-0.08%	-1.27	1b start a 3	5b --3 2 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	131	Sep 1(1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-3	GS-7	W(11-5)	4	6.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.32	3.25	20	3	13	1	2	2	66			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.265	1.66	0.37%	2.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
30	30	138	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.21	3.13	30	9	7	0	3	5	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.375	3.39	0.96%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	31	143	Sep 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-10	GS-5	L(12-6)	4	4.2	8	10	8	4	5	1	1	3.50	3.21	28	6	4	0	0	8	13			0	0	0	22	3	0	2	0	1	1	1.24	-0.574	6.39	-1.77%	-7.84	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d7
32	32	148	Sep 16	PIT		MON	W,12-5	GS-9	W(13-6)	4	8.1	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.58	3.28	34	6	15	1	1	8	50			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.34	0.205	1.27	0.46%	-1.44	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a7
33	33	152	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	9	2	1	0	4	0	0	3.47	3.22	34	13	15	7	1	2	67			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.185	8.67	0.56%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
34	34	156	Sep 26	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.41	3.22	34	9	21	6	1	0	65			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	.89	0.326	1.69	0.37%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	35	160	Sep 30	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	GS-5		3	4.0	9	3	3	0	1	2	1	3.47	3.33	22	4	7	0	0	9	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.303	22.41	-4.10%	-2.60	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out a1
							20-15		W-L:14-6,Sv:1	4.1	228.1	203	98	88	57	135	20	3	3.47	3.33	937	0.81		9%	9%	171	55	0	---%	16	6	1	861	35	4	4	11	8	13	.99	1.975	2.31	-2.02%	6.18

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