Bob Neighbors
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Bob Neighbors | |||||||||||||||||||
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Shortstop | |||||||||||||||||||
Born: Talihina, Oklahoma | November 9, 1917|||||||||||||||||||
Died: August 8, 1952 North Korea | (aged 34)|||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||
September 16, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns | |||||||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns | |||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
Games played | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
At bats | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hits | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Otis Neighbors (November 9, 1917 – presumed dead August 8, 1952) was a professional baseball player who appeared briefly with Major League Baseball's St. Louis Browns in 1939. He later served as a pilot in the Korean War and was shot down in 1952, making him the most recent major leaguer to be killed in battle.[1]
Baseball career
Born in Talihina, Oklahoma in 1917, Bob Neighbors graduated from Hominy High School and spent one year at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Neighbors had never played baseball –- only fast-pitch softball -- when he signed with the Siloam Springs Travelers of the Arkansas–Missouri League in 1936. He batted .279 in 118 games with 16 home runs and 86 RBIs.
Neighbors produced similar numbers with the Travelers in 1937, and was called up by the Browns in September, but did not get into a major league game. In 1938, he joined the
Neighbors returned to the minors in 1940, batting .279 for the
Military career
Neighbors entered military service with the
Neighbors later served at
At war's end, Bob Neighbors decided against returning to professional baseball, remaining in the military, although he did manage and play for the Maxwell Field team. Kitty gave birth to a son, Robert Cameron Neighbors, in 1950.
Major Neighbors saw combat duty during the
Notes
- ^ "Military-related Major League Deaths". baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com. Retrieved 2 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 6, St. Louis Browns 2". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Bob Neighbors: A Hero Remembered". philadelphiaathletics.org. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 2 Oct 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)