Bobby Winkles
Bobby Brooks Winkles (March 11, 1930 – April 17, 2020) was an American baseball player and coach. After an eight-year career as an infielder in the minor leagues, he became the acclaimed college baseball coach at Arizona State University (ASU) in 1959. Then, 13 years later, he returned to professional baseball as a manager, coach, front-office executive and broadcaster in the major leagues.
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| Born: March 11, 1930 Tuckerman, Arkansas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died: April 17, 2020 (aged 90) Indian Wells, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Managerial record | 170–213 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning % | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and raised in nearby Swifton, Winkles was a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. A right-handed-hitting and -throwing shortstop, he played minor league baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization between 1951 and 1958, hitting .270 with 890 hits in 858 games played before retiring to become Arizona State's head baseball coach at age 29.