Bob Tillman

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Full Name: John Robert Tillman	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205	First Game: April 15, 1962
Birthdate: March 24, 1937	Final Game: October 1, 1970
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: June 23, 2000
Deathplace: Gallatin, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Bob Tillman (John Robert Tillman) was born on March 24, 1937 in Nashville, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1962 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .229 with 14 home runs and 38 RBI. Tillman played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Tillman's best season was 1964, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .278 average and knocked in 61 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	BOS	A	81	249	28	57	14	38	.229	.283	.454	6	4	19	65	1	0	0	0	7
1963	BOS	A	96	307	24	69	8	32	.225	.304	.349	10	2	34	64	1	1	0	8	5
1964	BOS	A	131	425	43	118	17	61	.278	.352	.445	18	1	49	74	0	4	0	11	12
1965	BOS	A	111	368	20	79	6	35	.215	.288	.307	10	3	40	69	0	0	0	3	13
1966	BOS	A	78	204	12	47	3	24	.230	.303	.314	8	0	22	35	0	1	0	3	5
1967	NY	A	22	63	5	16	2	9	.254	.324	.365	1	0	7	17	0	0	0	1	2
1967	BOS	A	30	64	4	12	1	4	.188	.224	.250	1	0	3	18	0	0	0	0	2
1967	TOT	A	52	127	9	28	3	13	.220	.275	.307	2	0	10	35	0	0	0	1	4
1968	ATL	N	86	236	16	52	5	20	.220	.278	.301	4	0	16	55	3	2	1	2	8
1969	ATL	N	69	190	18	37	12	29	.195	.263	.411	5	0	18	47	0	0	0	1	6
1970	ATL	N	71	223	19	53	11	30	.238	.299	.408	5	0	20	66	0	1	0	4	2
Total	NL		226	649	53	142	28	79	.219	.281	.370	14	0	54	168	3	3	1	7	16
Total	AL		549	1680	136	398	51	203	.237	.307	.372	54	10	174	342	2	6	0	26	46
Total			775	2329	189	540	79	282	.232	.300	.371	68	10	228	510	5	9	1	33	62

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	BOS	A	C	66	58	556.1	389	19	7	1	0	7	28	12	1	.983
1963	BOS	A	C	95	89	804.2	621	26	5	5	0	7	43	8	0	.992
1964	BOS	A	C	131	120	1077	897	49	11	5	0	6	61	23	5	.989
1965	BOS	A	C	106	102	902.2	676	45	9	6	0	7	50	19	0	.988
1966	BOS	A	C	72	56	519	372	24	4	5	1	3	51	16	0	.990
1967	NY	A	C	15	15	146	83	14	3	3	0	0	11	6	1	.970
1967	BOS	A	C	26	18	164	120	10	3	3	0	1	18	4	0	.977
1967	TOT	A	C	41	33	310	203	24	6	6	0	1	29	10	1	.974
1968	ATL	N	C	75	66	582.1	359	29	4	7	0	7	36	15	1	.990
1969	ATL	N	C	69	52	490.1	309	15	4	5	0	4	26	4	0	.988
1970	ATL	N	C	70	63	549.1	404	22	5	0	0	10	47	9	0	.988
Total			C	725	639	5791.2	4230	253	55	40	1	52	371	116	8	.988

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (January 18, 1958).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees (August 8, 1967).
Traded by New York Yankees with Dale Roberts to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Bobby Cox (December 7, 1967).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Hank Allen, Paul Click and John Ryan (December 2, 1970).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (February 10, 1971).

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