Bob Kammeyer
Appearance
Bob Kammeyer | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Kansas City, Kansas | December 2, 1950|
Died: January 27, 2003 Sacramento, California | (aged 52)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 3, 1978, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 18, 1979, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0-0 |
Strikeouts | 11 |
Earned run average | 9.14 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Robert Lynn Kammeyer was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons, 1978 and 1979, in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
Kammeyer pitched in seven games for the Yankees in 1978, posting an earned run average of 5.82 with 11 strikeouts in 21.2 innings pitched. In 1979, he appeared in just one major league game, in which he gave up 8 earned runs without recording an out, a single-season record.[1]
In 1980, he was named the Pitcher of the Year for the International League while pitching for the Syracuse Chiefs. Despite this, he chose to retire at the end of the season.
References
- ^ Spatz, Lyle; Holtz, Sean (2004). "The Infinite ERA Club" (PDF). Society For American Baseball Research Baseball Records Committee (June 2004). SABR: 2. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- New York Yankees players
- Oneonta Yankees players
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- West Haven Yankees players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Hawaii Islanders players
- Tacoma Yankees players
- Columbus Clippers players
- Baseball players from Kansas
- Deaths from pulmonary embolism
- 1950 births
- 2003 deaths