Rob Sperring

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1949)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rob Sperring

|position=Infielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|10|10}}

|birth_place=San Francisco, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 11

|debutyear=1974

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1977

|finalteam=Houston Astros

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.211

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=30

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs (1974–1976)
• Houston Astros (1977)

}}

Robert Walter Sperring (born October 10, 1949) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1974 to 1976 and the Houston Astros in 1977. He was involved in a pair of transactions separated by {{frac|1|1|2}} months of each other just before the start of the {{by|1977}} season. He was traded along with Bill Madlock from the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and minor-league right-handed pitcher Andy Muhlstock on February 11.[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/12/archives/madlock-goes-to-giants-as-cubs-obtain-murcer-madlock-is-traded-for.html "Madlock Goes to Giants As Cubs Obtain Murcer," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, February 11, 1977.] Retrieved February 14, 2023. He never appeared in a regular-season game with the Giants who dealt him along with Willie Crawford to the Astros for Rob Andrews and cash during spring training on March 26.[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/27/archives/pro-transactions.html "Pro Transactions," The New York Times, Sunday, March 27, 1977.] Retrieved February 14, 2023.