I love this image as it stands out a bit from the usual Topps images from the set, so I thought it’d make a great “card” for Robinson, who was about to play out his six-year Big League career.
For 1976, Robinson split the season between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves, appearing in only 30 games and hitting .267 with eight hits over 30 at-bats.
In 1977 he’d play in what turned out to be his last season in the Majors, appearing in 27 games and hitting .207 with six hits in 29 at-bats, with four runs scored and an RBI.
After playing a full season in the San Diego Padres Minor League system for 1978, he’d call it a career, which began as a 23-year-old in 1972 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Generally a player off the bench throughout his Major League tenure, he did play a full year in 1974 with the Braves when he appeared in 145 games and hit .230 with 104 hits in 452 at-bats and 502 plate appearances, scoring 52 runs and driving in 29.
But besides that one season, the most action he’d ever see in any other year was 46 games the previous season while still with Philly.
Overall, he finished his career with a .219 batting average, with 157 hits in 718 at-bats, playing in 292 games with 80 runs scored and 42 RBIs.
