Bobby Kingsbury

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Bobby Kingsbury
Cleveland, Ohio
, U:S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left

Robert Raymond Kingsbury

baseball player
.

He went to school at

NCAA record for stolen bases in a game (8), and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball
Draft, but his excellent glove, a quick bat, an intelligent hitting approach, and his work ethic "could have given him a third or fourth-round pick if he'd gone to a warm-weather college".

He is a two-time Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year award winner and went on to play in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor-league organization. Kingsbury was the first baseball player to consecutively earn Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Awards, in 2001 and 2002.

During the

Padres
.

Kingsbury, an alumnus and 2008 Hall of Fame inductee of Fordham University and current member of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, picked up one of the biggest hits of the tournament for Greece, an RBI triple, in their lone win, which came against Italy in the preliminary round.

In the spring of 2006, Kingsbury was invited to the Pirates major-league camp in Bradenton, Florida, as a non-roster invitee. During the seventh inning of the first game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Kingsbury dove for a ball in right field and upon hitting the ground dislocated his left throwing shoulder. He ended his 2006 campaign after suffering a full rotator cuff tear and a tear in his labrum.

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Kingsbury Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

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