Bobby Stevens Explained

Bobby Stevens
Position:Shortstop
Birth Date:17 April 1907
Birth Place:Chevy Chase, Maryland
Death Place:Frederick, Maryland
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 3
Debutteam:Philadelphia Phillies
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:August 5
Finalteam:Philadelphia Phillies
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:At bats
Stat1value:35
Stat2label:RBI
Stat2value:4
Stat3label:Home runs
Stat3value:0
Stat4label:Batting average
Stat4value:.343

Robert Jordan Stevens (April 17, 1907  - December 30, 2005) was an American professional baseball player who played in twelve games for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season.

He played 12 games in 1931, hitting .343 in 35 at-bats with four RBI. His baseball career also included time in the Carolina League. He was honored at Veterans Stadium in August 2000 and helped to unveil a plaque to be placed at the site of the original Baker Bowl ballpark. The park had been used until the 1938 season. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. Following his career in baseball, he worked in the accounting department of the Veterans Administration. He later drove the bookmobile for the Montgomery County Public Library until his retirement in 1977. He was a Little League baseball coach from 1960 to 1967.

Stevens died of heart failure in December 2005 at the age of 98.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/caTFF5rHAcU Bobby Stevens, 98, Former Phillies Shortstop