Bob Jenkins

Robert Calvin Jenkins

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

• Born August 15, 1931 in Hagerstown, MD USA
• Died October 5, 2015 in Beverly Hills, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Bob Jenkins has played in minor leagues and in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Jenkins began his professional career with the St. Louis Browns, and he hit .272/.361/.400 in 90 games for the Pittsburg Browns in 1949 and .346/.397/.430 for the Olean Oilers, though he made 18 errors in the outfield that summer. His 13 triples tied Nate Beaman for the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League lead. He tied for 4th in the Browns system with 14 three-baggers. He hit .319 in 64 games with 9 triples for the Miami Eagles in 1950 and had a .309 batting average for the Appleton Papermakers.

He played 114 games with a .314/.407/.456 batting line for the Wichita Falls Spudders in 1951. He spent two years with the US Marines baseball team in Florida during the Korean War. He next appeared with the San Antonio Missions (0 for 4) and York White Roses in 1954, and he batted .343/.439/.548 in 50 games for York. He then had a .340/.424/.524 batting line with 10 homers for the Albany Senators in 1955, and he played 7 games for each of the White Roses and the AAA Louisville Colonels. Only Zeke Bella had a better average among regulars in the Eastern League.

The Maryland native collected 26 doubles with a .297/.389/.411 batting line for the Oklahoma City Indians in 1956. The St. Paul Saints took him in the AAA portion of the 1956 Rule V Draft. He got 7 at-bats for the St. Paul Saints in 1957 and he hit .310/.378/.513 in 96 games for the Los Angeles Angels, still a minor league team at that point. Had he qualified for the Pacific Coast League batting title, he would've been third in average, after Ken Aspromonte and Lenny Green.

Jenkins had a batting line was .268/.318/.431 for the Spokane Indians in 1958; he had spent 3 of the last 4 seasons in AAA or Open ball. He then crushed 11 homers with a .284/.378/.421 batting line for the Mobile Bears in 1959, and he batted .284/.361/.409 there in 1960. The Kintetsu Buffaloes signed him in 1962, but Jenkins struggled as his batting line was .211/.245/.353 in 48 games and he announced his retirement.

He had over 1,000 hits in his minor league career. He later worked in the communications department for a sheriff's office.

Sources

• Obituary
• Assorted Baseball Guides
• Wiki Japan