Bobby Henrich
From BR Bullpen
Robert Edward Henrich
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
- Debut May 3, 1957
- Final Game September 19, 1959
- Born December 24, 1938 in Lawrence, KS USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Bobby Henrich spent three years in the majors, at ages 18, 19, and 20. He was signed in 1956 as a bonus baby. Although he had only 16 at-bats in the three seasons in the majors with the Cincinnati Reds, he appeared in 48 games at four defensive positions and also was used as a pinch-runner. He was a second-year player at age 19 when rookie Vada Pinson came up, also at age 19 (one source says Pinson was actually 21 at the time, but in either case Pinson and Henrich were the two youngest position players on the team).
Henrich was three years younger than Frank Robinson, who had made his debut with the Reds in 1956, one year before Henrich's debut.
He was a distant relative of Tommy Henrich. He was a top high school baseball player in Compton, CA and also played football and basketball in high school. He was the fastest runner on the 1957 Reds team. He played in Panama in the winter between the 1957 and 1958 seasons. In 1958 he spent most of the season in the South Atlantic League. In 1959 he was back there, and also spent some time in the PCL. In 1960 he played for Nashville. He gave up professional baseball at age 22 and went into the insurance business. Source for this paragraph: Baseball Leg Men.
