Bobby Messenger | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Bats: | Both |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1884 |
Birth Place: | Bangor, Maine |
Death Place: | Bath, Maine |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | August 30 |
Debutyear: | 1909 |
Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | May 5 |
Finalyear: | 1914 |
Finalteam: | St. Louis Browns |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .172 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 4 |
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Charles Walter "Bobby" Messenger (March 19, 1884 – July 10, 1951) was a professional baseball player.
Messenger was born in Bangor, Maine and was a 1908 graduate of Bates College where he played for the Bates team. After graduation he was a professional outfielder for parts of four seasons (1909–11, 1914) with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .172 batting average in 157 at-bats, with four runs batted in.
After his baseball career, he coached baseball and football at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine and served for more than a decade as a deputy sheriff. In 1936, he was elected sheriff of Sagadahoc County.[1]
He died in Bath, Maine at the age of 67.