Bob Duliba
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Robert John Duliba
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
[edit] Biographical Information
Before the 1953 season Bob Duliba was sent from the Ozark Eagles of the Alabama-Florida League to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction. The 17 year old right hander would spend his first year with the Ozark Eagles, going 6-5 with a 3.65 ERA. He would spend the next three years (1953-54-55) in the Cardinals minor league system before spending the next three years (1956-57-58) in the United States Military Service.
Duliba would arrive back in 1959, suit up with the Omaha Cardinals go 8-5 with a 3.07 ERA and also be with the parent major league Cardinals, appear in eleven games, all in relief, went 0-1 but came up with a good 2.78 ERA. Bob would spend seven years in the majors, working exclusively in relief in 176 games with St. Louis in 1959-60 and '62, the Los Angeles Angels in 1963-64, the Boston Red Sox in 1965 and the Kansas City Athletics in 1967, finishing with a 17-12 record with 14 saves and a 3.47 ERA.
The righthander would spend four more seasons in pro baseball, all in the high minors, finishing out his 17 years of play with the AAA Richmond Braves in 1971. Duliba was 36 when he retired and had built a creditable record during his minor league time on the mound. He appeared in 561 games, winning 93 and losing 73, pitching 1,299 innings, giving up 1,186 base hits and 471 base on balls for a minor league career 3.67 ERA.
Duliba went on to become a high school teacher and coach, and was the head coach at Wilkes University in 1982-1987 and 1992-1995. As of this writing (2009), resides in West Pittston, PA.
[edit] Sources
Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Players of the 1950s
SABR MILB Database:page
