Bob Jingling

Robert C. Jingling

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

• School University of Wyoming

• Born June 16, 1933 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died May 29, 2020

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Biographical Information

Bob Jingling played in the minors and for Team USA then was a college coach.

He was the first Wyoming player picked as an All-American in baseball when he was chosen as the top shortstop in 1955; he batted .413 that year. He also made the US squad for the 1955 Pan American Games, he batted .424/?/.515 with 11 runs in 8 games when the US won the Silver Medal. He was two runs behind leader Pablo Tineo, two hits shy of leader Domingo Vargas, one double shy of the co-leaders (he had 3) and in the top ten in average.

Jingling then signed with the Detroit Tigers. He split 1955 between the Terre Haute Tigers (.241/.371/.362 in 45 G; fielding .911 at SS) and AA Little Rock Travelers (2 for 17, 3 BB). He then missed 1956-1958 while serving in the military. He returned in 1959 to bat .301/.436/.395 with 58 walks in 73 games for the Decatur Commodores, fielding .944 at short. Had he qualified, he would've made the Midwest League top-ten in OBP. He split 1960 between the Birmingham Barons (1 for 6) and the Philadelphia Phillies' Tampa Tarpons (.247/.419/.321, 90 BB in 91 G). He tied Ernie Oravetz for 5th in the Phillies chain in walks and was 10th in the Florida State League.

Bob then returned to Wyoming as assistant coach and was also head coach in 1962. He made the school's athletics Hall of Fame. He spent 26 years in the Air Force as an accounting and finance officer, stationed in Korea, Japan, England and the US.