| Bobby Rhawn | |
| Position: | Third baseman |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Catawissa, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Danville, Pennsylvania |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 17 |
| Debutyear: | 1947 |
| Debutteam: | New York Giants |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 31 |
| Finalyear: | 1949 |
| Finalteam: | Chicago White Sox |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .237 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 2 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 18 |
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Robert John Rhawn (February 13, 1919 – June 8, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in the Major Leagues, primarily as a third baseman, for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox between and . Nicknamed "Rocky", Rhawn got into 90 MLB games during parts of those three seasons. He had an 11-year career overall (1938–1940; 1945–1952), most of it taking place at the highest levels of minor league baseball. He also served in the United States Army during World War II.[1]
Rhawn batted and threw right-handed; he stood 5feet tall and weighed . He made his MLB debut after the end of the 1947 minor league season—when he had batted .302 and knocked in 90 runs, and made the American Association's All-Star team as a utility player. In Rhawn's first big-league contest, he relieved Giants' second baseman Bill Rigney in mid-game, collected two singles in two at bats, and scored two runs in a 9–3 Giants' victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.[2] Four days later, he went 3–for–4 against the Philadelphia Phillies, and hit the first of his two MLB home runs, a two-run shot off Schoolboy Rowe, pacing a 6–4 New York win.[3]
He was traded along with Ray Poat from the Giants to the Pirates for Kirby Higbe on June 6, 1949.[4]
Rhawn's 47 MLB hits also included nine doubles and two triples.