Robert William Chouinard (born May 1, 1972, in Manila, Philippines) is a retired Major League Baseball

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 right-handed pitcher

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. He is the only person born in The Philippines to play Major League Baseball.

Choinard played high school baseball at Forest Grove High School

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 in Forest Grove, Oregon

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Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles

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 in the 5th round of the 1990 MLB amateur draft

1990 Major League Baseball Draft

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, Chouinard made his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics

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 on May 26, 1996, and appeared in his final major league game on September 9, 2001.

Chouinard was released by Arizona after a police report revealed Chouinard had held a gun to his wife's head in front of their infant sometime around the Christmas holiday in 1999.

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