Robinson Checo

{{short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1971)}}

{{family name hatnote|Pérez|Checo|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Robinson Checo

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|9|9}}

|birth_place=Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

|debutleague = CPBL

|debutdate=March 18

|debutyear=1994

|debutteam=China Times Eagles

|finalleague = CPBL

|finaldate=October 13

|finalyear=1994

|finalteam=China Times Eagles

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 12

|debut2year=1995

|debut2team=Hiroshima Toyo Carp

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=June 30

|final2year=1996

|final2team=Hiroshima Toyo Carp

|debut3league = MLB

|debut3date=September 16

|debut3year=1997

|debut3team=Boston Red Sox

|final3league = MLB

|final3date=October 3

|final3year=1999

|final3team=Los Angeles Dodgers

|statleague = CPBL

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=7–11

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.88

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=122

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=19–9

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=3.17

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=202

|stat3league = MLB

|stat31label=Win–loss record

|stat31value=3-5

|stat32label=Earned run average

|stat32value=7.61

|stat33label=Strikeouts

|stat33value=30

|teams=

• China Times Eagles ({{by|1994}})
• Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{npby|1995}}–{{npby|1996}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|1998}})
• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1999}})

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Robinson Pérez Checo (born September 9, 1971) is a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from {{mlby|1997}} through {{mlby|1999}}. He batted and threw right-handed.

A well-traveled pitcher, Checo never was able to fulfill the potential that he showed in the minor leagues. He played for at least 13 teams in four countries during his 12-year career.

In 1989, Checo pitched for the California Angels organization in the Dominican Summer League. After that, he played for Japan's Hiroshima Toyo Carp minor league system (1990–92) and with the China Times Eagles in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (1993–94), before returning to Hiroshima in 1995. That season, he went 15–8 with 166 strikeouts and a 2.74 ERA with the Toyo Carp and also became the first foreign pitcher to pitch a shutout in his first Central League appearance, over the Hanshin Tigers. He declined in 1996, going 4–1 with a 4.80 ERA in only nine games, but barely missed spinning a no-hitter against Hanshin with two outs in the ninth inning.

Checo joined the Boston Red Sox as a free agent before the 1997 season under a seven-figure contract. Between 1997 and 1998 he played for five Red Sox-system teams, including two trips to the major-league club. A year later, he played for the Detroit, Anaheim and Los Angeles minor league organizations, appearing with the Dodgers late in the season. In 2000, he finished 8–3 with a 3.63 ERA for Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes.

In 16 major league games, Checo posted a 3–5 record with 30 strikeouts and a 7.61 ERA in 32 23 innings. In nine minor league seasons, he went 43–27 with 588 SO and a 3.78 ERA in 109 appearances.