Robinson did not report to Waco, but returned instead to his home in Floyd, Arkansas, and pitched on the local semi-pro team until Newport secured his rights in August.

Robinson won 14 games in 1910 with the El Reno Packers in the Western Association before the team failed financially on July 30, 1910.

In 1918, Robinson was 8-2 for Little Rock when the Southern Association closed the season on June 30 due to the effects of World War I. Miller Huggins, Robinson's former manager and now manager of the Yankees, signed him to finish the season for New York.

Ironically, the game on August 12, 1918, resulted in a 2 - 1 victory for Robinson over the Red Sox.

Hank "Rube" Robinson pitched all or part of 13 consecutive season's with the Little Rock Travelers from 1916 to 1928.

In 1930 Robinson managed the Missouri Pacific Railroad semi-pro team to a national championship.

He spent his later years as a volunteer in youth baseball and an employee of the Arkansas Highway Department.

Robinson died in 1965 and is buried in North Little Rock, Arkansas, as John Henry Roberson.