Bob Romby | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | December 15, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Death Place: | Farmville, Virginia |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1946 |
Debutteam: | Baltimore Elite Giants |
Finalyear: | 1950 |
Finalteam: | Baltimore Elite Giants |
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Robert Lee Romby (December 15, 1918 - November 25, 2004) was an American Negro league pitcher from 1946 to 1950.
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Romby served in the US Army during World War II.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1946 for the Baltimore Elite Giants,[2] [3] and played for Baltimore through 1950.[4] In 1948, Romby was selected to represent the Elite Giants in the East–West All-Star Game, and in 1949 he was part of Baltimore's Negro American League championship club. Romby died in Farmville, Virginia in 2004 at age 85.
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