Bob Gillespie

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Full Name: Robert William Gillespie	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/187	First Game: May 11, 1944
Birthdate: October 8, 1919	Final Game: May 11, 1950
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: November 4, 2001
Deathplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 8, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, Bob Gillespie (Robert William Gillespie) played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 4 year career. Gillespie broke into the bigs on May 11, 1944 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.73 ERA in 118 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1944	DET	A	7	0	0	1	6.55	4	8	8	0	0	0	11	7	0	12	0	2	0
1947	CHI	A	25	17	5	8	4.73	36	71	62	1	0	0	118	133	4	53	0	6	1
1948	CHI	A	25	6	0	4	5.12	19	45	41	1	0	0	72	81	3	33	0	3	1
1950	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	2.25	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	4	0	0	0
Total			58	23	5	13	5.07	59	127	114	2	0	0	202.1	223	8	102	0	11	2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1944	DET	A	P	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	4	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1948	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	58	0	0	7	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1944	DET	A	7	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1947	CHI	A	25	33	2	2	0	0	.061	.139	.061	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	2
1948	CHI	A	25	16	0	0	0	1	.000	.059	.000	0	0	1	10	0	1	0	0	0
1950	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			58	51	2	2	0	1	.039	.109	.039	0	0	4	24	0	1	0	0	2

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1940).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from Detroit Tigers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1946).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox (October 12, 1949).

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