Bobby Messenger

{{Short description|American baseball player (1884–1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bobby Messenger |position=Outfielder |image= |bats=Both |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1884|3|19}} |birth_place=Bangor, Maine, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1951|7|10|1884|3|19}} |death_place=Bath, Maine, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 30 |debutyear=1909 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 5 |finalyear=1914 |finalteam=St. Louis Browns |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.172 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=4 |teams= * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1909}}–{{mlby|1911}}) * St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1914}}) |highlights= }}

'''Charles Walter "Bobby" Messenger''' (March 19, 1884 – July 10, 1951) was an American professional baseball player.

Messenger was born in Bangor, Maine and was a 1908 graduate of Bates College where he played for the Bates team. After graduation he was a professional outfielder for parts of four seasons (1909–11, 1914) with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .172 batting average in 157 at-bats, with four runs batted in.

After his baseball career, he coached baseball and football at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine and served for more than a decade as a deputy sheriff. In 1936, he was elected sheriff of Sagadahoc County.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Big Leaguer Elected Sheriff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lewiston-daily-sun-ex-big-leaguer-el/149540793/ |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=The Lewiston Daily Sun |date=16 September 1936 |pages=2}}</ref>

He died in Bath, Maine at the age of 67.

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