William H. "Yank" Robinson (September 19, 1859 – August 25, 1894) was a professional baseball player from 1882 to 1892. He played 10 seasons of Major League Baseball, principally as an infielder, for the Detroit Wolverines (1882), Baltimore Monumentals (1884), St. Louis Browns (1885–1889, 1891), Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891), and Washington Senators (1892).Robinson was a starter for St.