Bob Addis (Robert Gordon Addis) was born on November 6, 1925 in Mineral, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1950 for the Boston Braves. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 1 home run and 24 RBI. Addis played for the Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career.
Most people believe that Bob Addis's best season was 1952, when he hit for a .295 average.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1950
BOS
N
16
28
7
7
0
2
.250
.323
.286
1
0
3
5
0
0
1
0
0
1951
BOS
N
85
199
23
55
1
24
.276
.308
.327
7
0
9
10
0
3
3
0
4
1952
CHI
N
93
292
38
86
1
20
.295
.346
.363
13
2
23
30
0
2
4
0
5
1953
PIT
N
4
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1953
CHI
N
10
12
2
2
0
1
.167
.286
.250
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1953
TOT
N
14
15
2
2
0
1
.133
.235
.200
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Total
208
534
70
150
2
47
.281
.327
.341
22
2
37
47
0
5
8
0
9
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1950
BOS
N
OF
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1951
BOS
N
OF
46
0
0
107
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1952
CHI
N
OF
79
0
0
160
8
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1953
CHI
N
OF
3
0
0
7
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
OF
135
0
0
281
10
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
.986
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1943).
Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (November 17, 1947).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Sam Jethroe to Boston Braves in exchange for Don Thompson, Dee Phillips and Al Epperly (October 4, 1949).
Traded by Boston Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jack Cusick (October 11, 1951).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Gene Hermanski and $150000 to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet and George Metkovich (June 4, 1953).