Bobby Darwin

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1943)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Bobby Darwin

| image =Bobby Darwin Twins.jpg

| caption =

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|2|16}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| bats =Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 30

| debutyear =1962

| debutteam =Los Angeles Angels

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =August 18

| finalyear =1977

| finalteam =Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value =.251

| stat2label =Home runs

| stat2value =83

| stat3label =Runs batted in

| stat3value = 328

| teams =

• Los Angeles Angels ({{mlby|1962}})
• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1969}}, {{mlby|1971}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1972}}–{{mlby|1975}})
• Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|1975}}–{{mlby|1976}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1977}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1977}})

}}

Arthur Bobby Lee Darwin (born February 16, 1943) is an American professional baseball scout and a former Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Angels ({{Baseball year|1962}}), Los Angeles Dodgers ({{Baseball year|1969}}-{{Baseball year|1971}}), Minnesota Twins ({{Baseball year|1972}}-{{Baseball year|1975}}), Milwaukee Brewers (1975-{{Baseball year|1976}}), Boston Red Sox (1976-{{Baseball year|1977}}) and Chicago Cubs (1977).

Darwin began his career as a right-handed pitcher, appearing in one game with the Angels at the age of 19. After spending most of the next decade in the minor leagues, during which time he switched positions to center field, Darwin established himself as a Major League player with the Twins in 1972. In his first three full seasons (1972-{{Baseball year|1974}}), Darwin hit 65 home runs and drove in 264 runs, finishing in the top ten in the American League in home runs and runs batted in for both 1972 and 1974, while also leading the American League in strikeouts in all three of those seasons. He was dealt from the Twins to the Brewers for Johnny Briggs on June 14, 1975.[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/21/archives/phils-beat-expos-oust-mets-from-2d.html McGowen, Deane. "Phils Beat Expos, Oust Mets From 2d," The New York Times, Saturday, June 21, 1975.] Retrieved January 19, 2023. He finished his career as a part-time player in 1976 and 1977.

Darwin finished his pro career after the 1978 season. In 1983, he became a scout for the Dodgers, and was honored for longtime service with the club in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20100921&content_id=14933686&c_id=la|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053458/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20100921&content_id=14933686&c_id=la|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Los Angeles Dodgers official web site|publisher=}}