Bobby Prescott | |||
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Pinch hitter/Left fielder | |||
Born: Colón, Panama |
March 27, 1931 |||
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MLB debut | |||
June 17, 1961, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 1, 1961, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .083 | ||
Home runs | 0 | ||
Runs batted in | 0 | ||
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George Bertrand "Bobby" Prescott (born March 27, 1931, at Colón, Panama) is a former professional baseball player, an outfielder, first baseman and third baseman who had a 19-year career, from 1952–1970, in North American minor league baseball and a brief trial with the 1961 Kansas City Athletics of the Major Leagues. He was a prolific home run hitter during his minor league career, smashing 398 round-trippers in 7,482 at bats, eclipsing the 30-home run mark five times, and twice leading the Mexican League in that category.
Prescott batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He initially signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, and led the Class A Western League in runs scored (137) in 1954. He played in 143 games for the 1955 Hollywood Stars of the Open-Classification Pacific Coast League, then was drafted by the New York Giants. Prescott played five years at the Class A, Double-A and Triple-A levels of the Giants' farm system, and batted over .300 for the 1958–1959 Phoenix Giants before being acquired by the Athletics prior to the 1961 season.