Bob Talbot

{{Short description|American baseball player (1928–2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Talbot

|position=Outfielder

|image=Bob Talbot.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1928|6|6}}

|birth_place=Visalia, California

|death_date={{Death date and age|2017|10|31|1928|6|6}}

|death_place=Visalia, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 16

|debutyear=1953

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear=1954

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.247

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs (1953–1954)

}}

Robert Dale Talbot (June 6, 1928 – October 31, 2017) was an American professional baseball player and was married to Mada Talbot. He was an outfielder in the Major Leagues during {{baseball year|1953}} and {{baseball year|1954}} for the Chicago Cubs. Talbot joined the Cubs from their Pacific Coast League team, the Los Angeles Angels.{{cite web|title=Sox Acquire Bob Talbot, Speedy Outfielder, From Cubs' Los Angeles...|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_4wUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6464,305036&dq=cub+bob-talbot+-club|date=5 June 1955|publisher=Toledo Blade|accessdate=1 September 2009}} He was born in Visalia, California. Talbot died October 31, 2017.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/visaliatimesdelta/obituary.aspx?n=robert-d-talbot&pid=187165165&fhid=31063 Robert Talbot Obituary]