Bob Addis

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Addis

|image=Bob Addis 1953.jpg

|caption=Addis circa 1953

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1925|11|6}}

|birth_place=Mineral, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2016|11|15|1925|11|6}}

|death_place=Euclid, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 1

|debutyear=1950

|debutteam=Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 12

|finalyear=1953

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.281

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=47

|teams=

Boston Braves ({{Baseball year|1950}}–{{Baseball year|1951}})
Chicago Cubs ({{Baseball year|1952}}–{{Baseball year|1953}})
Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1953}})

}}

Robert Gordon Addis (November 6, 1925 – November 15, 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-herald/obituary.aspx?n=Robert-Addis-Bob&pid=182559094|title=Robert Addis' obituary|website=Legacy.com |publisher=}} was an American professional baseball player. The outfielder appeared in 208 Major League Baseball games over four seasons (1950–53) for three National League teams. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft}} tall and {{convert|170|lb}}.

Career

Addis was born in Mineral, Ohio. He graduated from Barberton High School and attended Kent State University. Addis signed with the New York Yankees in 1943, and after one season with the Wellsville Yankees, he took 1944 and 1945 off to serve in World War II as part of the United States Marine Corps.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/addis_bob.htm|title=Baseball in Wartime – Bob Addis|website=www.baseballinwartime.com}} After returning from the war, he spent five more seasons in the minors for the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Breaking into the big leagues on September 1, 1950, Addis played his first game for the Boston Braves. He played 16 more games in that season, registering seven hits and seven runs scored. He spent {{Baseball year|1951}} with the Braves, appearing in 85 games and contributing 55 hits and 23 runs, including his first MLB home run.

Traded to the Chicago Cubs in October 1951, Addis enjoyed a career-best season as a member of the {{Baseball year|1952}} Cubs. In 93 games and 252 at-bats, he picked up 86 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, 38 runs, and his second big-league homer, knocking in 20 runs batted in. The next season, he played ten games for Chicago, getting two hits and a run batted in, before being included in a massive, ten-player trade—headlined by slugger Ralph Kiner—to the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite news|title=Ralph Kiner traded to Cubs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19530604&id=mSEzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1850,672747|access-date=1 December 2021|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel|date=4 June 1953}} Addis got into four games for the Bucs, appearing in his final MLB contest June 6, 1953, in Pittsburgh. He then played through 1956 at the Triple-A level. In his 208 games in the majors, he notched 150 hits, with 22 doubles, two triples, and two homers. He drove in 47 runs and batted .281 lifetime. Defensively, he recorded a .986 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions, committing only 4 errors in 1,028.1 innings in the outfield.