Bob Strampe

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Strampe

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|6|13}}

|birth_place=Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 10

|debutyear={{mlby|1972}}

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 19

|finalyear={{mlby|1972}}

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Earned run average

|stat1value=11.57

|stat2label=Record

|stat2value=0-0

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=4

|teams=

Detroit Tigers (1972)

|highlights=

}}

Robert Edwin Strampe ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|æ|m|p}} {{respell|STRAMP|'}};[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 born June 13, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher in {{By|1972}} for the Detroit Tigers.

Career

Strampe was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round (414th overall) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.{{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}} In the 1969 season, he played for the Batavia Trojans and pitched 115 innings, and went 10-5 with 138 strikeouts and a 2.97 ERA.{{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}}

He made his major league debut May 10, 1972 against the Chicago White Sox.{{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}} He came in as a relief pitcher for Ron Perranoski, giving up four hits and a walk and allowing in four earned runs before being pulled.{{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}}

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.{{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}} 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.

In 1974, Strampe, Ed Brinkman and Dick Sharon were traded from the Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Nate Colbert in a three-team deal on November 18, 1974.{{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 |pages=57 |agency=United Press International}}

Personal life

Strampe was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he attended Janesville High School.

Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in Cheney, Washington, where he was an assistant baseball coach for the local high school.{{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}}{{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}}

Strampe's father, Bob Strampe, Sr., pitched in the minor leagues in 1934 for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins and Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies.{{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}}