Bob DiPietro - Wikipedia
- ️Thu Sep 01 1927
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| Bob DiPietro | |
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| Right fielder | |
| Born: September 1, 1927 San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| Died: September 3, 2012 (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 bats | 11 |
| Hits | 1 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
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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.
- ^ "Obituaries: Bob DiPietro | Yakima Herald-Republic Online". Yakima-herald.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Retrosheet box score: 1951-09-30
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project