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American baseball player (born 1950)

Baseball player
Bob Strampe
Pitcher
Born: (1950-06-13) June 13, 1950 (age 74)
Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Batted: BothThrew: Right
MLB debut
May 10, 1972, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 19, 1972, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Earned run average11.57
Record0-0
Strikeouts4
Teams

Robert Edwin Strampe (/ˈstræmp/ STRAMP; born June 13, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher in 1972 for the Detroit Tigers.

Career

Strampe was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round (414th overall) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft. In the 1969 season, he played for the Batavia Trojans and pitched 115 innings, and went 10-5 with 138 strikeouts and a 2.97 ERA.

He made his major league debut May 10, 1972 against the Chicago White Sox. He came in as a relief pitcher for Ron Perranoski, giving up four hits and a walk and allowing in four earned runs before being pulled.

Overall, he pitched in seven Major League games in 1972, with an ERA of 11.57 across 42⁄3 innings, allowing six hits, seven walks, six earned runs, and four strikeouts. He played his final big league game on September 19 of that year, before being demoted back to the minors for the rest of his career.

In 1974, Strampe, Ed Brinkman and Dick Sharon were traded from the Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Nate Colbert in a three-team deal on November 18, 1974.

Personal life

Strampe was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he attended Janesville High School.

Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in Cheney, Washington, where he was an assistant baseball coach for the local high school.

Strampe's father, Bob Strampe, Sr., pitched in the minor leagues in 1934 for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins and Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies.

References

  1. Detroit Tigers 1974 Press-TV-Radio Guide (pronunciations on page 30). Archived 2020-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 6, 2020
  2. "18th Round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. "Bob Strampe Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  4. "Bob Strampe 1972 Pitching Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. "Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Box Score: May 10, 1972". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bob Strampe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  7. "Colbert Traded In 3‐Team Deal". New York Times. United Press International. November 19, 1974. p. 57. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  8. Vlahovich, Mike (May 25, 1997). "Cheney Earns Its First Trip To State". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  9. Murphy, Mike (November 20, 2009). "AAA teammates reunite in Hobbs WS locker room after 37 years in a 'magical experience'" (PDF). Roy Hobbs Inside Pitch. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  10. "Roberts Strampe Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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