Bruce Robinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bruce Robinson
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 16, 1954(1954-04-16)
Age	70
Birthplace	La Jolla
Country	United States
Birth City	La Jolla
Horoscope	Aries

Bruce Robinson Biography

Bruce Robinson is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 16, 1954 in La Jolla, La Jolla, United States. Robinson is the son of John Munro Robinson (1917-2017), a University of Minnesota law school graduate and banker/estate planner, and Kathleen (née Tanner) Robinson (1925-2002), a career housewife and homemaker. Robinson’s next-oldest brother, Dave Robinson, played in the major leagues for two seasons with the San Diego Padres. Robinson is also the father of Scott Robinson, an ambidextrous first baseman and catcher who played in the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners organizations, was league MVP with the Macon Music, and spent two years as a player-coach with the River City Rascals. After eight years of professional baseball, Scott attained an engineering degree and is a project manager/superintendent, managing multiple projects in the Bay Area. His daughter Kelly has four children and was an impressive athlete as a child. His youngest son Tommy runs a successful internet company, has a degree in criminology and justice studies, and is a sheriff’s deputy and on the SWAT team in Twin Falls, Idaho.

After graduating from La Jolla High School in 1972, Bruce was chosen in the fourth round by the Chicago White Sox in the 1972 Major League Baseball draft, but elected to turn down their offer to attend Stanford University on a full baseball scholarship. Robinson received All-American recognition during both summer and college seasons at Stanford, breaking the university’s single- season home run record in 1975. To this day, Robinson hit more home runs with a wooden bat in a single season than any other Stanford player.

A first-round pick in the 1975 Major League Baseball draft (21st choice overall), Robinson got most of his major league at-bats with the 1978 Oakland Athletics. After batting .299 with 10 home runs and 73 RBI in 102 games with the Vancouver Canadians in 1978, he received a mid-August call-up to the Major League club and hit .250 in 88 plate appearances over the final 28 games of the season.

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 1980. 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 1984, where he worked with future stars Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco.

Robinson showed a love of music at 8 years old, and by age 10, he was saving his weekly allowance to buy 45s for $0.99 and Beatles albums for $3.00. Robinsons’s first “gig” was at a La Jolla Elementary School P.T.A. meeting, singing with group of sixth-grade classmates. The musical group Nau & Them (Jim Nau, Robert McCleod, Tim Fallis, and Robinson) performed two songs made popular by Herman’s Hermits, “I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am” and “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”. Nau & Them recast the members for the following year and played two shows, including the annual La Jolla Fall Carnival, which gave them a dose of rock stardom. The band consisted of Nau (piano & organ), Joe Fawcett (lead guitar & vocals), McCleod (rhythm guitar), Larry Mulvaney (drums), and Robinson (bass guitar and lead vocals). That 1967 performance was the last for him until an open-mic event 41 years later in Twin Falls, Idaho. A serious guitar player since college, Robinson carried a guitar on road trips throughout his baseball career. He started writing songs in 2008 and has written and copyrighted 50 songs through February 2014, 44 of them written since November 2011.

Bruce Robinson Net Worth

Bruce Robinson is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bruce Robinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bruce Philip Robinson, (born April 16, 1954, in La Jolla, California) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played parts of three seasons from 1978 until 1980 and was on the New York Yankees disabled list during the 1981 and 1982 seasons.

Robinson credits a girl he met on the first day of kindergarten at La Jolla Elementary School in 1959 (and reunited with in 2007) with being the person that convinced him to write and perform music. Both songwriting and performing began in October 2008 when he wrote his first song, “Not Enough Time”, and performed seven songs at his first open-mic in Twin Falls, Idaho.

After finishing the school year at Stanford, Robinson joined the top summer collegiate program in the nation, the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks. There he played with dozens of players who went on to stardom in the Major Leagues, helping the Goldpanners win three consecutive national championships at the National Baseball Congress (NBC) Tournament in Wichita, Kansas. Robinson’s 1974 squad is widely acclaimed as the best amateur team ever assembled.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Bruce Robinson Dating?

According to our records, Bruce Robinson married to Sophie Windham (m. 1984). As of December 1, 2023, Bruce Robinson’s is not dating anyone.

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Robinson released his debut self-produced music CD in January 2012, It’s About Time, containing 20 original songs. Robinson plays guitar, ukulele, harmonica, banjolele, and provides lead vocals on all the tracks. The album was born out of Robinson’s desire to leave a memory of his music for his kids and grandchildren. Originally intended to be a combination of cover songs and a few originals, Robinson wrote 14 songs the month prior to flying to Kansas City to record with a friend he had met at the National Association of Music Merchants (N.A.M.M.) trade show months earlier.

Facts & Trivia

Bruce Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bruce Robinson celebrates birthday on April 16 of every year.

In June 2014, Robinson released his third CD, 3, consisting of 17 new original songs. As with his second CD, 3 leans country, but includes blues, rock, and one jazz tune. The band that backed Robinson for In Good Hands was reassembled for 3, with the addition of a pedal steel player, Tim “Steelbone” Cook.

How old is Bruce Robinson?

76 years (May 2, 1946)

Who wrote nail and I?

Bruce Robinson

How old is Bruce Beresford?

81 years (August 16, 1940)

Who directed Withnail and I?

Bruce Robinson

Are Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis still married?

After a lot of thought and work, we have decided to end our marriage. The two of us, now and always, love each other very much. Though this is hard, we are looking forward to our lives together as parents of our four beautiful kids.