Bob Gilks

{{Short description|American baseball player (1864–1944)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Gilks

|position=Outfielder

|image=Bob Gilks.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1864|7|2}}

|birth_place=Cincinnati

|death_date={{death date and age|1944|8|24|1864|7|2}}

|death_place=Brunswick, Georgia

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= August 25

|debutyear= 1887

|debutteam= Cleveland Blues

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 18

|finalyear=1893

|finalteam= Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.231

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=320

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=142

|teams=

• Cleveland Blues/Spiders (1887–1890)
• Baltimore Orioles (1893)

}}

Robert James Gilks (July 2, 1864 in Cincinnati – August 21, 1944 in Brunswick, Georgia), was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder from 1887 to 1893. He played for the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Spiders, and Baltimore Orioles.