Robert Dodd (baseball)
Robert Wayne Dodd (born March 14, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies for a single season, in 1998.[1]
| Robert Dodd | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 14, 1973 Kansas City, Kansas | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 28, 1998, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 16, 1998, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–0 |
| Earned run average | 7.20 |
| Strikeouts | 4 |
| Teams | |
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Early life and career
Dodd was born in Kansas City, Kansas.[1] He attended Plano Senior High School in the north Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas,[1] and played for the Plano Wildcats high school baseball team.
Dodd attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1994.
Dodd was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourteenth round of the 1994 MLB Draft as a pitcher.[1] He appeared in 4 games (5 innings) at the major league level. In a strange twist, in Dodd's final MLB appearance he pitched 1 scoreless inning (top of the 9th) with the Phillies trailing 7–1. The team rallied for 7 runs in the bottom of the inning giving him his only MLB win.[1]
In the 2000s, Dodd was diagnosed with diabetes.
See also
Bibliography
- Engelhardt, Brian C. "Two from the bullpen", Reading Phillies. (April 28, 2005)
References
- "Robert Dodd Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet