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Thomas Vardasco "Tony" Robello (February 9, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American

Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, for Cincinnati in 1965.[1] Robello threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).[citation needed
]

Born in

minor leagues, where he became a player-manager in 1937, and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[3]
Robello was a prodigious power hitter during his prewar days as a playing manager in the lower minors. He led the Class C
Pocatello Cardinals of the Pioneer League, he led the Class C circuit in almost every offensive category: runs scored (168), hits (205), home runs (58), and runs batted in (179); his .404 batting average was five points behind the league's batting champion. His production declined in 1940, when he was playing skipper of Salt Lake City in the same circuit, but he still topped the Pioneer League in home runs (with 22) and batted .343.[4]

Postwar, Robello returned to managing in 1946 in the St. Louis Browns' organization and began his scouting career in 1947. He signed future World Series perfect game pitcher Don Larsen for the Browns, but made his greatest imprint scouting for the Reds, to whom he returned in 1962 and where he spent 34 years until his 1995 retirement. In addition to Bench, he signed National League All-Star pitcher Gary Nolan and other key members of the "Big Red Machine" dynasty of the early to middle 1970s. In between his work for the Browns and Reds, he scouted for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sandoval, Jim, Tony Robello, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
  2. ^ Retrosheet box score (1 October 1933, Game 2): "Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cincinnati Reds 5"
  3. Baseball in Wartime
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007, pages 351–373

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