American baseball player (born 1950)
Baseball player
Robert Edwin Strampe ( STRAMP ;[ 1] 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 .[ 2] 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 .[ 3]
He made his major league debut May 10, 1972 against the Chicago White Sox .[ 4] 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.[ 5]
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.[ 6] 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.[ 6]
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.[ 7]
Personal life
Strampe was born in Janesville, Wisconsin , where he attended Janesville High School .[ 6]
Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in Cheney, Washington , where he was an assistant baseball coach for the local high school .[ 8] [ 9]
Strampe's father, Bob Strampe, Sr., pitched in the minor leagues in 1934 for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins and Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies .[ 10]
References
^ Detroit Tigers 1974 Press-TV-Radio Guide (pronunciations on page 30). Archived 2020-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 6, 2020
^ "18th Round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ "Bob Strampe Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ "Bob Strampe 1972 Pitching Game Logs" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ "Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Box Score: May 10, 1972" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ a b c "Bob Strampe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ "Colbert Traded In 3‐Team Deal" . New York Times . United Press International. November 19, 1974. p. 57. Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
^ Vlahovich, Mike (May 25, 1997). "Cheney Earns Its First Trip To State" . The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved January 6, 2022 .
^ 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 .
^ "Roberts Strampe Minor Leagues Statistics" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 30, 2024 .
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