Bobby Tiefenauer
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Bobby Gene Tiefenauer (October 10, 1929 – June 13, 2000) was an American
right-handed
and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).
Tiefenauer signed with the Cardinals in 1948, beginning his 21-year pitching career, but spent only two full seasons (
bases on balls, with 212 strikeouts
. His career ERA was 3.84.
Tiefenauer collected only one hit in 39
at-bats for a career batting average of .026. The hit occurred in the fourth inning of the game between the Houston Colt .45s and the San Francisco Giants on September 29, 1962, and it was an extra base hit, a double, struck off one of the best pitchers in baseball that year, Jack Sanford, who would win 24 games for the pennant-winning
1962 Giants. Tiefenauer pitched six innings in relief that day, and also came up to bat in the sixth inning when he grounded out to shortstop.
After his active career, Tiefenauer joined the
minor league pitching coach from 1970 into the 1980s, and served one year, 1979, as the bullpen coach on the Phils' MLB staff.[1]
Tiefenauer enjoyed multiple brilliant seasons in the Triple-A International League during the late 1950s and early 1960s, posting a composite won–lost record of 49–15 over four seasons between 1958 and 1963. He was posthumously elected to the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]
References
- ISBN 9781476604299.
- ^ "Class of 2008" (PDF). Minor League Baseball. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Bobby Tiefenauer at SABR (Baseball BioProject)