Bobby Rhawn

{{Short description|American baseball player (1919–1984)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bobby Rhawn

|position=Third baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1919|2|13}}

|birth_place=Catawissa, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|6|9|1919|2|13}}

|death_place=Danville, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear=1947

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 31

|finalyear=1949

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.237

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=18

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1947}}–{{mlby|1949}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1949}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1949}})

}}

Robert John Rhawn (February 13, 1919 – June 8, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in the Major Leagues, primarily as a third baseman, for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox between {{baseball year|1947}} and {{baseball year|1949}}. Nicknamed "Rocky", Rhawn got into 90 MLB games during parts of those three seasons. He had an 11-year career overall (1938–1940; 1945–1952), most of it taking place at the highest levels of minor league baseball. He also served in the United States Army during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime.com]

Rhawn batted and threw right-handed; he stood {{convert|5|ft|8|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|180|lb}}. He made his MLB debut after the end of the 1947 minor league season—when he had batted .302 and knocked in 90 runs, and made the American Association's All-Star team as a utility player. In Rhawn's first big-league contest, he relieved Giants' second baseman Bill Rigney in mid-game, collected two singles in two at bats, and scored two runs in a 9–3 Giants' victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B09171CHN1947.htm 1947-9-17 box score] from Retrosheet Four days later, he went 3–for–4 against the Philadelphia Phillies, and hit the first of his two MLB home runs, a two-run shot off Schoolboy Rowe, pacing a 6–4 New York win.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B09212NY11947.htm 1947-9-21 box score] from Retrosheet

He was traded along with Ray Poat from the Giants to the Pirates for Kirby Higbe on June 6, 1949.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19490607&id=dnYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=loEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=812,896039 "Pirates Trade Kirby Higbe To Giants," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, June 6, 1949.] Retrieved February 21, 2023.

Rhawn's 47 MLB hits also included nine doubles and two triples.