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Bob DiPietro

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Bob DiPietro
Right fielder
Born: (1927-09-01)September 1, 1927
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died: September 3, 2012(2012-09-03) (aged 85)
Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 23, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.091
At bats11
Hits1
Teams

Robert Louis Paul DiPietro (September 1, 1927 – September 3, 2012) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder whose career lasted for 13 seasons (1947–1959). He had a brief trial as a right fielder in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox during the final month of the 1951 season. He was born in San Francisco, California.[1] Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.

In four MLB games played and 11 official at bats, DiPietro collected one hit, a single in his fourth and final game September 30 against Spec Shea of the New York Yankees,[2] for an .091 batting average. He did score a run or collect an RBI. As a fielder, he appeared in three games and recorded four outs with one assist and committed one error for a .833 fielding percentage. He died in Yakima, Washington, on September 3, 2012, from cancer.

Sources

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  1. ^ "Obituaries: Bob DiPietro | Yakima Herald-Republic Online". Yakima-herald.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Retrosheet box score: 1951-09-30
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