Bob Zick
{{Short description|American baseball player (1927–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bob Zick
|image=Bob Zick.jpg
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|4|26}}
|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2017|6|12|1927|4|26}}
|death_place=Sun City, Arizona, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 2
|debutyear={{By|1954}}
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 6
|finalyear={{By|1954}}
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Earned run average
|stat1value=8.27
|stat2label=Win–loss record
|stat2value=0-0
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=9
|teams=
- Chicago Cubs (1954)
|highlights=
}}
Robert George Zick (April 26, 1927 – June 12, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He appeared in eight games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1954. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed playing baseball.
Career
Zick attended Fenger Academy High School in Chicago. He was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent on January 1, 1949. On December 3, 1951, Zick was selected by Cubs from the Athletics in the minor league draft. Zick made his major league debut on May 2, 1954, with the Chicago Cubs at age 27. He pitched 8 games, all as a relief pitcher, pitching 16.1 innings. He played his final game on September 6, 1954.{{cite web|url=http://www.armchairgm.com/Bob_Zick|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723145531/http://www.armchairgm.com/Bob_Zick|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-23|publisher=www.armchairgm.com|title=Zick's Major League career|accessdate=2008-06-04}} He died June 12, 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.afterlife.co/us/obituary-sun-city-robert-zick-3925452 |title=Robert Zick obituary |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924050037/https://www.afterlife.co/us/obituary-sun-city-robert-zick-3925452 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{baseballstats| br=z/zickbo01 |brm=zick--001rob}}
- [https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=zickbo01 Bob Zick] at Baseball Almanac
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