Bob Dillinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBob Dillinger
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1918
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States
Date of Death: 07-Nov-2009
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Bob Dillinger
- Robert Bernard "Bob" Dillinger (September 17, 1918 – November 7, 2009) was a professional baseball third baseman in the major leagues from 1946 to 1951.
- He played for the St.
- Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago White Sox. Dillinger led the American League in hits in 1948 with 207, was an A.L.
- All-Star in 1949, and was the A.L.
- stolen base champion for three consecutive seasons.
- An excellent contact hitter, his career batting average in the majors was .306, amassing 888 hits in 3,201 plate appearances.
- [1] Dillinger played his last four seasons (1952–55) in the Pacific Coast League, where he moved to the outfield and led the league in hitting with a .366 mark in 1953. Born in Glendale, California, Dillinger attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and played football for the Vandals, but broke his collarbone as a freshman in 1936 and was injured again as a sophomore; he left the school in the spring of 1938.
- He was signed by the Browns as an amateur free agent in 1939. Dillinger died November 7, 2009 at age 91 in Santa Clarita, California.
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