Robert Joseph Molinaro (born May 21, 1950) is an American former professional baseball outfielder in the minor and major leagues in a career that lasted 18 years.

In 1972 Molinaro finally moved up to Triple A and played the season with the Toledo Mud Hens of the International League.

The first three hits of his MLB career came in a 5–1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Tiger Stadium two days later on September 20.

His first was a one-out triple to left field off Luis Tiant before scoring the Tigers' second run of the game on a Ben Oglivie single in the third.

After two more years with the White Sox, Molinaro was sent to the Chicago Cubs on March 29, 1982, to complete an earlier deal made on August 15, 1981.

After starting the 1982 season with the Cubs and seeing 65 games of action, Molinaro's contract was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2.

He was supposed to have been acquired by the Phillies two days earlier on August 31 as the PTBNL to complete a December 8, 1981 transaction that also sent Mike Krukow to Philadelphia for Keith Moreland, Dickie Noles and Dan Larson.