Bobby Sprowl

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2/3 innings and allowed all four runs in Boston's 4-0 defeat. Zimmer did not use Sprowl at all against the Yankees that weekend, but he started on September 18 in Detroit against the Tigers. He allowed three runs in five innings, leaving with a 4-3 lead, and Boston won the game in 11 innings. This was Sprowl's last start of the season, as Zimmer went with a four-man rotation of Tiant, Mike Torrez, Dennis Eckersley, and Stanley for the final two weeks. Overall, Sprowl went 0-2 with a 6.39 earned run average with Boston.

Houston Astros

The following season, Sprowl was traded to the Astros. He pitched in 19 games over the next three years, mostly in middle relief. He was sent back to the minors in 1982, and spent three seasons in the Astros and Baltimore Orioles organizations. The closest he ever got to the majors again was three games for the Astros' top affiliate, the Tucson Toros. He ended his major-league career with an 0-3 record in four years.

Coaching career

He is currently the head coach of the Shelton State Community College baseball team. [7]

References

  1. Totem Yearbook (Volume 17 ed.). Tampa, Florida: Bryn Alan. 1974. pp. 180, 181, 224.
  2. "Wareham takes Cape League championship". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. September 2, 1976. p. 22.
  3. "Bobby Sprowl". bristolredsox.com. Retrieved 2010-11-2.
  4. "Bobby Sprowl Minor League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-2.
  5. Neyer, Rob. Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders (2006), p. 184.
  6. Boswell, Thomas (September 6, 1978). "Orioles Trim Red Sox, 4-1". Washington Post. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  7. "Shelton State Community College".
Bobby Sprowl
Bobby Sprowl Red Sox.jpg
Pitcher
Born: (1956-04-14) April 14, 1956 (age 69)
Sandusky, Ohio
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 5, 1978, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1981, for the Houston Astros