Bob Gillespie
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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
|
[edit] Transactions
- 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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