Bob Aspromonte

I only got to see about about half a dozen baseball games in person when I was growing up. However, when I did find my way into the Astrodome Aspromonte hit homeruns. I also saw him hit at least two grand slams. I've been told that he didn't hit home runs in every game, but he did when I was there. On the other hand, Hank Aaron and other "greats of the game" consistently failed to perform in my presence.

Bob Aspromonte also came through for Billy Bradley, a nine-year-old little leauger who had lost his vision after being struck by lightning. Billy asked "Aspro" to hit a home run for him when his hero visited him in his hospital room. Aspromonte knocked one out in his fourth at bat that night. After Billy regained his vision through the surgey the day after Aspro hit him the home run, Bob hit a grand salm while Billy watched from a box seat behind the dugout.

Tragically, Aspromonte lost vision in his right eye while helping a friend jump-start a car. He still lives in Houston, Texas.

Career Stats

Year	Team	Games	Average	At Bats	Runs	Hits	Doubles	Triple	Home Runs	RBIs	Stolen Bases	Walks	On Base	Slugging
1956	Dodgers-Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	Dodgers-Other	21	0.182	55	1	10	1	0	1	6	1	0	0.196	0.255
1961	Dodgers-Other	47	0.241	58	7	14	3	0	0	2	0	4	0.29	0.293
1962	Houston	149	0.266	534	59	142	18	4	11	59	4	46	0.332	0.376
1963	Houston	136	0.214	468	42	100	9	5	8	49	3	40	0.276	0.306
1964	Houston	157	0.28	553	51	155	20	3	12	69	6	35	0.329	0.392
1965	Houston	152	0.263	578	53	152	15	2	5	52	2	38	0.31	0.322
1966	Houston	152	0.252	560	55	141	16	3	8	52	0	35	0.297	0.334
1967	Houston	137	0.294	486	51	143	24	5	6	58	2	45	0.354	0.401
1968	Houston	124	0.225	409	25	92	9	2	1	46	1	35	0.285	0.264
1969	Atlanta	82	0.253	198	16	50	8	1	3	24	0	13	0.304	0.348
1970	Atlanta	62	0.213	127	5	27	3	0	0	7	0	13	0.282	0.236
1971	NY Mets	104	0.225	342	21	77	9	1	5	33	0	29	0.285	0.301
Career		1324	0.252	4369	386	1103	135	26	60	457	19	333	0.303	0.336
With Astros		1007	0.258	3588	336	925	111	24	51	385	18	274	0.321	0.345

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