Bob Lillis
| Bob Lillis | |||
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| Shortstop / Second baseman / Third baseman / Manager / Coach | |||
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Born: June 2, 1930 Altadena, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 17, 1958, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 17, 1967, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .236 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 137 | ||
| Games managed | 537 | ||
| Win–loss record | 276–261 | ||
| Winning % | .514 | ||
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Robert Perry Lillis (born June 2, 1930) is a retired American infielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. Lillis was an original member of the 1962 expansion Houston Colt .45s who remained with the club (renamed the Astros in 1965) for more than two decades and later became its manager.
Lillis was born in Altadena, California, and he attended Pasadena High School, where he was an All-Southern California shortstop for the baseball team. Lillis played baseball at Pasadena City College and then transferred to the University of Southern California (USC).
Lillis signed his first contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951. A shortstop by trade, he spent eight years in the Dodger farm system, buried (along with many others) behind Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese. Finally, in 1958, the Dodgers' first season in Lillis's home city of Los Angeles, he made the Major League team. But Lillis never claimed the regular shortstop job — that would go to Maury Wills — and in the middle of the 1961 campaign, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. After a half season with the Redbirds, he was selected by Houston in the 1961 MLB expansion draft.
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