# Bob Strampe

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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1950)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bob Strampe
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|6|13}}
|birth_place=[Janesville, Wisconsin](/source/Janesville%2C_Wisconsin), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 10
|debutyear={{mlby|1972}}
|debutteam=[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 19
|finalyear={{mlby|1972}}
|finalteam=[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat1value=11.57
|stat2label=Record
|stat2value=0-0
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=4
|teams=
*[Detroit Tigers](/source/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](/source/baseball) player and [coach](/source/Coach_(baseball)). He played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) as a right-handed [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in {{By|1972}} for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers).

==Career==
Strampe was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round (414th overall) of the [1968 Major League Baseball draft](/source/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](/source/Batavia_Trojans) and pitched 115 innings, and went 10-5 with 138 [strikeouts](/source/Strikeout) and a 2.97 [ERA](/source/Earned_run_average).<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](/source/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](/source/relief_pitcher) for [Ron Perranoski](/source/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](/source/Ed_Brinkman) and [Dick Sharon](/source/Dick_Sharon) were traded from the Tigers to the [San Diego Padres](/source/San_Diego_Padres) for [Nate Colbert](/source/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](/source/New_York_Times) |pages=57 |agency=United Press International}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Strampe was born in [Janesville, Wisconsin](/source/Janesville%2C_Wisconsin), where he attended [Janesville High School](/source/Janesville_High_School).<ref name=":0" />

Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in [Cheney, Washington](/source/Cheney%2C_Washington), where he was an assistant baseball coach for the [local high school](/source/Cheney_High_School_(Washington)).<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](/source/Fargo-Moorhead_Twins) and [Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{baseball stats|br=s/strambo01|brm=stramp001rob}}

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Category:Denver Bears players
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Category:Hawaii Islanders players
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Category:Rocky Mount Leafs players
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Category:Joseph A. Craig High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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