Bob Kammeyer

Bob Kammeyer
Pitcher
Born: December 2, 1950(1950-12-02) Kansas City, Kansas
Died: January 27, 2003(2003-01-27) (aged 52) Sacramento, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 3, 1978 for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
September 18, 1979 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Win–loss record	0-0
Strikeouts	11
Earned run average	9.14
Teams
New York Yankees (1978-79)
Career highlights and awards
International League Pitcher of the Year, 1980

Robert Lynn Kammeyer was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons, 1978 and 1979, in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.

Kammeyer pitched in seven games for the Yankees in 1978, posting an earned run average of 5.82 with 11 strikeouts in 21.2 innings pitched. In 1979, he appeared in just one major league game, in which he gave up 8 earned runs without recording an out, a single-season record.^[1]

In 1980, he was named the Pitcher of the Year for the International League while pitching for the Syracuse Chiefs. Despite this, he chose to retire at the end of the season.

References

^ Spatz, Lyle; Holtz, Sean (2004). "The Infinite ERA Club". Society For American Baseball Research Baseball Records Committee (SABR) (June 2004): 2. http://sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/SABR_BB_Rec_Cmt_News_June_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-02.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Kammeyer, Bob
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 2, 1950
Place of birth	Kansas City, Kansas
Date of death	January 27, 2003
Place of death	Sacramento, California