Bob Tufts

Infobox MLB retired
name=Bob Tufts
position=Pitcher


bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1955|11|2
city-state|Medford|Massachusetts
debutdate=August 10
debutyear=by|1981
debutteam=San Francisco Giants
finaldate=May 6
finalyear=by|1983
finalteam=Kansas City Royals
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=2-0
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=4.71
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=28
teams=
*San Francisco Giants (1981)
*Kansas City Royals (1982-83)

Robert Malcolm Tufts (born November 2, 1955, in Medford, MA) is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in parts of three seasons for the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals from by|1981 through by|1983.

Career

Tufts was drafted by the Giants out of Princeton University in the 12th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tuftsbo01.shtml|title=Bob Tufts |publisher=Sports Reference, Inc.|accessdate=2007-05-03|date=2007] He made his debut for the Giants in 1981, and pitched in 11 games for them that season.

The following spring, Tufts was traded to the Royals along with Vida Blue. During the 1982 and 1983 season he appeared in 16 games for the Royals. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on June 7, 1983 for Charlie Liebrandt and never appeared again in a major league game.

Tufts is one of six major league baseball players who converted to Judaism during their careers. He was a participant in a 2005 seminar at the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Jews and Baseball, and has also performed baseball clinics in Israel.fact|date=July 2007

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