Bobby Durnbaugh

Robert Eugene Durnbaugh
(Scroggy)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.
• High School Beavercreek High School
• Debut September 22, 1957
• Final Game September 27, 1957
• Born January 15, 1933 in Dayton, OH USA
• Died September 20, 2023 in Dayton, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Bobby Durnbaugh played in just two games in the majors and only came to the plate once during his short big league career.

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1951, Durnbaugh worked his way through their chain, spending two seasons with the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association. A September call-up with the Redlegs (as they were officially known then) in 1957, he made his big league debut on September 22nd against the St. Louis Cardinals, entering the game at shortstop in the bottom of the 9th inning. Five days later, facing the Milwaukee Braves, he replaced shortstop Roy McMillan in the 5th inning. He got his only major-league at-bat in the top of the 8th, facing Lew Burdette as the inning's leadoff hitter and grounding out.

Durnbaugh was back with Nashville in 1958 and 1959 and then spent 1961 in the Kansas City Athletics chain.

One source says he still lives in Dayton, OH, where he was born.

Further Reading

• "Durnbaugh savors memory of lone at-bat", Dayton Daily News, August 22, 2005.

Related Sites

• Bobby Durnbaugh at the SABR Bio Project