Don Robinson (baseball)

Don Allen "Donnie" Robinson (born June 8, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies, from 1978 through 1992.

His won-loss percentage was second to NL Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry.

{ He also pitched in six postseason games, winning two and helping the Pirates to the 1979 World Series championship.

In 1990, Robinson hit a home run while appearing as a pinch-hitter against the San Diego Padres, becoming the first pitcher to do so since Gary Peters in 1971.

[3] He appeared in the World Series again in 1989, winning Game 3 of the NLCS for the Giants against the Chicago Cubs.