Bobby Wine

Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=#A50024
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Bobby Wine


position=Shortstop
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate= birth date and age|1938|9|17
deathdate=
debutdate=September 20
debutyear=1960
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
finaldate=July 8
finalyear=1972
finalteam=Montreal Expos
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.215
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=682
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=268
teams= As Player
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1960-by|1968)
*Montreal Expos (by|1969-by|1972)As Manager
*Atlanta Braves (by|1985)
highlights=
*Gold Glove in 1963

Robert Paul Wine Sr. (born September 17 1938, in New York City) is a former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.

An excellent fielder who struggled as a batsman, Wine spent 12 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies (1960; 1962-68) and the Montreal Expos (1969-72). He won the NL Gold Glove Award in by|1963.

Wine became a coach almost immediately after his playing days ended. He worked with the Phillies from July 1972 through the 1983 season — an era in which the Phils rebounded from cellar-dwellers to National League champions in 1980 and 1983 and 1980 World Series champions. He then moved to the Braves, serving as a coach in by|1985 and from 1988-90. He was the the interim manager of the 1985 Braves from August 26 through season's end, replacing the fired Eddie Haas. Under Wine, the Braves won 16 and lost 25 (.390) and remained lodged in fifth place in the National League West. Wine's last years in uniform were as a New York Mets coach from 1993-96. He has been a scout for Atlanta since. A large part of Atlanta's success in the long string of Division titles has been linked to his lead advance scout work where Wine reports directly to Braves' manager Bobby Cox.

Wine's son, Robbie, is a former major league catcher.

Wine once pulled the "Hidden Ball Trick" on, of all people, Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

When chided for his lack of home run power in his playing career, Wine always cracks, "That's OK. I had one more than Ashburn." Ashburn is, of course, the late Richie Ashburn, the diminutive but mighty Phillies' center fielder who is a member of Baseball's Hall of Fame. Wine's memory is correct as he indeed had 30 round trippers to Ashburn's 29. Ashburn, however, had 2,574 hits and a career .308 average to Wine's 682 safeties produced at a .215 clip. Five of Wine's 30 home runs came against Hall of Fame pitchers: two each off Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn and one off Bob Gibson.

In 2007, Wine was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife, Fran, in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

ee also

* Montreal Expos all-time roster

External links

*baseball-reference|id=w/winebo01