Robert Dodd (baseball)

Summary

Robert Wayne Dodd (born March 14, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies for a single season, in 1998.[1]

Robert Dodd
Pitcher
Born: (1973-03-14) March 14, 1973 (age 51)
Kansas City, Kansas
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 28, 1998, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
June 16, 1998, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record1–0
Earned run average7.20
Strikeouts4
Teams

Early life and career edit

Dodd was born in Kansas City, Kansas.[1] He attended Plano Senior High School in the north Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas,[1] and played for the Plano Wildcats high school baseball team.

Dodd attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1994.

Dodd was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourteenth round of the 1994 MLB Draft as a pitcher.[1] He appeared in 4 games (5 innings) at the major league level. In a strange twist, in Dodd's final MLB appearance he pitched 1 scoreless inning (top of the 9th) with the Phillies trailing 7–1. The team rallied for 7 runs in the bottom of the inning giving him his only MLB win.[1]

In the 2000s, Dodd was diagnosed with diabetes.

See also edit

Bibliography edit

  • Engelhardt, Brian C. "Two from the bullpen", Reading Phillies. (April 28, 2005)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Robert Dodd Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

External links edit

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet