Bob Barthelson

{{short description|American baseball player (1924-2000)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Barthelson

|image=Bob Barthelson.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1924|7|15}}

|birth_place=New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2000|4|14|1924|7|15}}

|death_place=Branford, Connecticut, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 4

|debutyear=1944

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.66

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=4

|teams =

• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1944}})

}}

Robert Edward Barthelson (July 15, 1924 – April 14, 2000) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants in 1944. The {{convert|6|ft|0|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|185|lb|abbr=on}} right-hander graduated from Hillhouse High School.Sam Rubin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IwARu1X7AMoC&pg=PA59 Baseball in New Haven], page 59

Barthelson is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. At the age of 19 he made his major league debut in a 4 July doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park. Three weeks later, in his only big league start, he lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Polo Grounds.

In a total of seven games he was 1–1 with 5 games finished, allowing 5 earned runs in 9{{fraction|2|3}} innings pitched for a final ERA of 4.66.

After his brief major league career ended, Barthelson became a pitcher for the West Haven Sailors, an independent semiprofessional team in West Haven, Connecticut, that scheduled games against Negro leagues and major league teams.Sam Rubin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IwARu1X7AMoC&pg=PA7 Baseball in New Haven], page 7 He also pitched for the San Francisco Seals in 1945, for the Minneapolis Millers in 1946, and for the Sacramento Solons in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/b/barthelson_bob.html|title=Bob Barthelson -- Pitched for the New York Giants in 1944|website=www.historicbaseball.com|accessdate=December 27, 2018}}Donald R. Wells, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp3sTJJ4R9wC&pg=PA169 Baseball's western front: the Pacific Coast League during World War II]

Barthelson died in 2000 in Branford, Connecticut.{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbartb103.htm|title=Bob Barthelson|website=www.retrosheet.org|accessdate=December 27, 2018}}