{{short description|American baseball player (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bob Strampe |position=Pitcher |bats=Both |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|6|13}} |birth_place=Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 10 |debutyear={{mlby|1972}} |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 19 |finalyear={{mlby|1972}} |finalteam=Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Earned run average |stat1value=11.57 |stat2label=Record |stat2value=0-0 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=4 |teams= *Detroit Tigers (1972) |highlights= }} '''Robert Edwin Strampe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|æ|m|p}} {{respell|STRAMP|'}};<ref>[http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_74.pdf Detroit Tigers 1974 Press-TV-Radio Guide (pronunciations on page 30).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606221703/http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_74.pdf |date=2020-06-06 }} Retrieved June 6, 2020</ref> born June 13, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher in {{By|1972}} for the Detroit Tigers.
==Career== Strampe was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round (414th overall) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=18th Round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?year_ID=1968&draft_round=18&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round&from_type_hs=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_4y=0&from_type_unk=0 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In the 1969 season, he played for the Batavia Trojans and pitched 115 innings, and went 10-5 with 138 strikeouts and a 2.97 ERA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Strampe Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stramp001rob |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
He made his major league debut May 10, 1972 against the Chicago White Sox.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Strampe 1972 Pitching Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=strambo01&t=p&year=1972 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He came in as a relief pitcher for Ron Perranoski, giving up four hits and a walk and allowing in four earned runs before being pulled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Box Score: May 10, 1972 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA197205100.shtml#play_by_play |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
Overall, he pitched in seven Major League games in 1972, with an ERA of 11.57 across 4{{fraction|2|3}} innings, allowing six hits, seven walks, six earned runs, and four strikeouts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bob Strampe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strambo01.shtml |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played his final big league game on September 19 of that year, before being demoted back to the minors for the rest of his career.<ref name=":0" />
In 1974, Strampe, Ed Brinkman and Dick Sharon were traded from the Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Nate Colbert in a three-team deal on November 18, 1974.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-11-19 |title=Colbert Traded In 3-Team Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/19/archives/colbert-traded-in-3team-deal.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=New York Times |pages=57 |agency=United Press International}}</ref>
== Personal life == Strampe was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he attended Janesville High School.<ref name=":0" />
Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in Cheney, Washington, where he was an assistant baseball coach for the local high school.<ref>{{cite news |author=Vlahovich, Mike |date=May 25, 1997 |title=Cheney Earns Its First Trip To State |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/25/cheney-earns-its-first-trip-to-state/ |url-access=limited |access-date=6 January 2022 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Murphy, Mike |date=November 20, 2009 |title=AAA teammates reunite in Hobbs WS locker room after 37 years in a 'magical experience' |url=http://files.royhobbs.com/files/bak/assets/75/IP_55-60-70_Friday_11-20_forWeb.pdf |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Roy Hobbs Inside Pitch}}</ref>
Strampe's father, Bob Strampe, Sr., pitched in the minor leagues in 1934 for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins and Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberts Strampe Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stramp002rob |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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