Bob Spade

Bob Spade
Pitcher
Born: January 4, 1877
Akron, Ohio
Died: September 7, 1924 (aged 47)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1907 for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
July 21, 1910 for the St. Louis Browns
Career statistics
Win–loss record 25-24
Strikeouts 121
Earned run average 2.96
Teams

Robert Spade was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from 1907 until 1910, for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns.

When Spade died in 1924 he was penniless, and fans raised the money to pay for his burial.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Charlton, James; Shatzkin, Mike; Holtje, Stephen (1990). The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference. New York: Arbor House/William Morrow. p. 1022. ISBN 0-87795-984-6.

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