{{Short description|American baseball player (1864–1944)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bob Gilks |position=Outfielder |image=Bob Gilks.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1864|7|2}} |birth_place=Cincinnati |death_date={{death date and age|1944|8|24|1864|7|2}} |death_place=Brunswick, Georgia |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= August 25 |debutyear= 1887 |debutteam= Cleveland Blues |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 18 |finalyear=1893 |finalteam= Baltimore Orioles |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.231 |stat2label=Hits |stat2value=320 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=142 |teams= * Cleveland Blues/Spiders (1887–1890) * Baltimore Orioles (1893) }}

'''Robert James Gilks''' (July 2, 1864] – August 20, 1944), was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder from 1887 to 1893. He played for the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Spiders, and Baltimore Orioles. He would later serve as a scout for the New York Yankees of the American League,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Struwe |first1=Arthur |title=Miller Huggins New Manager of Yankees |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/salt-lake-herald-miller-huggins-october/189580600/ |access-date=January 22, 2026 |work=The Salt Lake Herald-Republican |agency=International News Service |date=October 26, 1917 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> a role he would serve until 1923, when he was replaced by Johnny Nee. He signed George Pipgras, who would serve in the same role during the 1940s, to his first major league contract.<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=Robert J. Gilks, 78, Dies; Former Yankee Scout |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-obituary-for-robert-j-gilk/189581244/ |access-date=January 22, 2026 |work=The Evening Star |agency=Associated Press |date=August 21, 1944 |location=Washington D.C. |page=A2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Gilks died at his home in Brunswick, Georgia on the evening of August&nbsp;21, 1944.<ref name="obit" />

==See also== * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders

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