Bob Aspromonte
| Bob Aspromonte | |||
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Aspromonte in 1962
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: June 19, 1938 Brooklyn, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 19, 1956, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 1971, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 60 | ||
| Runs batted in | 457 | ||
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Robert Thomas Aspromonte (born June 19, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional baseball player, primarily a third baseman, who appeared in 1,324 games over all or parts of 13 seasons (1956; 1960–71) in the Major Leagues. He played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets, all of the National League. He was the last Brooklyn Dodger to play in the Major Leagues when he made his final big-league appearance on September 28, 1971, as a member of the Mets.
The younger brother of former MLB infielder and manager Ken Aspromonte, he was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg). He threw and batted right-handed.
Aspromonte signed with his hometown Dodgers in 1956 after he graduated from Brooklyn's Lafayette High School and made his pro debut in the Class A Sally League. In September 1956, however, the pennant-bound Dodgers placed him on their roster, and on September 19, during a lopsided 17–2 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field, Aspromonte received his MLB baptism at age 18, striking out as a pinch hitter for Sandy Amoros in the eighth inning. It would be his lone appearance in a Brooklyn uniform. He spent the next three seasons in minor league baseball before making the 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers roster out of spring training. On May 5, 1960, his four hits in five at bats, including his first big league home run (off Lew Burdette), led the Dodgers to a come-from-behind win over their then-rival Milwaukee Braves. However, he spent most of the 1960 season in Triple-A, where he batted .329 in the American Association.
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