Bobby Messenger
American baseball player (1884-1951)
Baseball player
Bobby Messenger | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: (1884-03-19)March 19, 1884 Bangor, Maine | |
Died: July 10, 1951(1951-07-10) (aged 67) Bath, Maine | |
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 30, 1909, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 5, 1914, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .172 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 4 |
Teams | |
Charles Walter "Bobby" Messenger (March 19, 1884 – July 10, 1951) was a professional baseball player.
Messenger was born in Bangor, Maine and was a 1908 graduate of Bates College where he played for the Bates team. After graduation he was a professional outfielder for parts of four seasons (1909–11, 1914) with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .172 batting average in 157 at-bats, with four runs batted in.
After his baseball career, he coached baseball and football at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine and served for more than a decade as a deputy sheriff. In 1936, he was elected sheriff of Sagadahoc County.[1]
He died in Bath, Maine at the age of 67.
References
- ^ "Ex-Big Leaguer Elected Sheriff". The Lewiston Daily Sun. September 16, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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