Bob Carpenter

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Robert Louis Carpenter

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

• Debut September 12, 1940
• Final Game August 13, 1947
• Born December 12, 1917 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died October 19, 2005 in Evergreen Park, IL USA

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Bob Carpenter pitched for the New York Giants from 1940 to 1942, then spent three years in the Army during World War II. After the war, he returned to the Giants before ending his career with the Chicago Cubs.

After retiring from baseball in 1947, Carpenter became a commodities trader. He remained involved with baseball, coaching boys in his hometown of Evergreen Park, Illinois for many years.

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