Phillip Jacob Robbins is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 who ended his career in the Chicago White Sox

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 organization.

He appeared in only two major league games in for the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 at the age of 28. The only run

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In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...

 he gave up was a solo home run

Home run

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 by Jacque Jones

Jacque Jones

Jacque Dewayne Jones is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently is a free agent-Early life:...

 on September 24 of that year. His earned run average

Earned run average

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 was 5.40. In , he pitched for the White Sox Triple-A affiliate, the Charlotte Knights

Charlotte Knights

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, in Fort Mill, South Carolina

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. Robbins was 0-0 in 20 games, with an ERA of 5.11 and 14 strikeout

Strikeout

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s in 24⅔ innings.

He currently runs the Jake Robbins Pitching School at Showecase Baseball Academy off of Independence Blvd. in Matthews.

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