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RIP: Bob W. Johnson

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 13 2019 08:07 AM

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Jim22Palmer/status/1194450506501902338[/TWEET] He provided a good example of Bing Devine's active GM-ing in BD's short tenure assembling the core of the '69 Mets. Bought in May from the Orioles, hit .348 mainly as pinch hitter/reserve 1B/3B, flipped after the season for Art Shamsky. Traded a lot but liked by teammates everywhere he went, according to his SABR bio and Jim Palmer

G-Fafif Nov 13 2019 04:14 PM Re: RIP: Bob W. Johnson

Bob won us a game on an 11th-inning homer on August 8, 1967. His shirt presumably stayed on.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 14 2019 09:36 AM Re: RIP: Bob W. Johnson

I can't find an obituary online anywhere. A different Bob W. Johnson died last week, but this is definitely not our guy: https://www.grandhaventribune.com/announcements/obituary/robert-bob-w-johnson/article_5fbf4b5e-8129-556d-9510-ee9df5a936a3.html

Met Hunter Nov 17 2019 08:45 AM Re: RIP: Bob W. Johnson

It's listed now. Check Twin Cities Pioneer Press. It's listed as Bob ‘Rocky' Johnson.

G-Fafif Nov 17 2019 11:05 AM Re: RIP: Bob W. Johnson

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/twincities/obituary.aspx?n=bob-johnson-rocky&pid=194466991

G-Fafif Nov 23 2019 09:26 PM Re: RIP: Bob W. Johnson

https://twitter.com/baseballhall/status/1198451307683700736?s=21