Robert Edwin Strampe ( ; born June 13, 1950) is an American former professional

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player and coach. He played in

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as a right-handed

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in for the

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Career

Strampe was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round (414th overall) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft. In the 1969 season, he played for the Batavia Trojans and pitched 115 innings, and went 10-5 with 138

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and a 2.97

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. He made his major league debut May 10, 1972 against the

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. He came in as a

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for Ron Perranoski, giving up four hits and a walk and allowing in four earned runs before being pulled. Overall, he pitched in seven Major League games in 1972, with an ERA of 11.57 across 4 innings, allowing six hits, seven walks, six earned runs, and four strikeouts. He played his final big league game on September 19 of that year, before being demoted back to the minors for the rest of his career. In 1974, Strampe, Ed Brinkman and

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were traded from the Tigers to the

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for Nate Colbert in a three-team deal on November 18, 1974.

Personal life

Strampe was born in

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, where he attended Janesville High School. Since at least the late 1990s, Strampe has resided in

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, where he was an assistant baseball coach for the local high school. Strampe's father, Bob Strampe, Sr., pitched in the minor leagues in 1934 for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins and Brainerd-Little Falls Muskies.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strampe, Bob 1950 births Living people Major League Baseball pitchers Detroit Tigers players Baseball players from Wisconsin Sportspeople from Janesville, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Cheney, Washington Algodoneros de Unión Laguna players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Batavia Trojans players Denver Bears players Evansville Triplets players Hawaii Islanders players Montgomery Rebels players Rocky Mount Leafs players Saraperos de Saltillo players Spokane Indians players Toledo Mud Hens players Joseph A. Craig High School alumni 20th-century American sportsmen