Bob Klinger

Infobox MLB retired
name=Bob Klinger
position=Pitcher


bgcolor1=#e1b81e
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=black
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=June 4, 1908
city-state|Allenton|Missouri
deathdate=death date and age|1977|8|19|1908|6|4
city-state|Villa Ridge|Missouri
debutdate= April 19
debutyear= 1938
debutteam= Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 23
finalyear=1947
finalteam= Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=66-61
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.68
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=357
teams=
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1938-1943)
* Boston Red Sox (1946-1947)
highlights=
*American League pennant: 1946

Robert Harold Klinger (June 4, 1908 - August 19, 1977) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons (1938-1943, 1946-1947) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox. For his career, he compiled an 66-61 record in 265 appearances, with a 3.68 earned run average and 357 strikeouts. Klinger was a relief pitcher on Boston's American League pennant-winning team in 1946, earning the loss in Game 7 of the 1946 World Series. He was on the mound when Enos Slaughter made the famous "Mad Dash" from first base to score the go-ahead run in the 8th inning on a hit by Harry Walker.

He was born in Allenton, Missouri and later died in an automobile accident in Villa Ridge, Missouri at the age of 69.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball saves champions

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