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Bobby Durnbaugh

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Bobby Durnbaugh
Shortstop
Born: (1933-01-15)January 15, 1933
Dayton, Ohio
Died: September 20, 2023(2023-09-20) (aged 90)
Dayton, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1957, for the Cincinnati Redlegs
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1957, for the Cincinnati Redlegs
MLB statistics
Batting average.000
Games played2
At bats1
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Teams

Robert Eugene Durnbaugh (January 15, 1933 – September 20, 2023) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played in two games at shortstop for the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1957, and grounded out in his only major league at-bat.

Early life

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Bobby Durnbaugh was born in Dayton, Ohio, on January 15, 1933 to Ray and Helen Durnbaugh. They lived in Knollwood on Central Drive. His siblings were Marilyn and Jack He gradusted from Beavercreek High School. in nearby now Beavercreek, Ohio.[1]

Later life and death

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Following baseball Durnbaugh spent 40 years in sporting goods sales.[2] He died in Dayton on September 20, 2023, at the age of 90.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bobby Durnbaugh". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Rainey, Chris. "Bobby Durnbaugh". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bobby Durnbaugh". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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