Robert Lee Mabe was an American

United States

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 professional baseball

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 player, a right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 who appeared in all or parts of three Major League Baseball

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 seasons with the 1958 St. Louis Cardinals

1958 St. Louis Cardinals season

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, 1959 Cincinnati Reds

1959 Cincinnati Reds season

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 and the 1960 Baltimore Orioles

1960 Baltimore Orioles season

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. He batted right-handed, stood 5 in 11 in (1.8 m) tall and weighed 165 lb.

Mabe was a 28-year-old veteran of minor league baseball

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 when he made his MLB debut for the Cardinals in 1958. He had won 37 games for the 1955–1956 Houston Buffaloes

Houston Buffaloes

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 of the Class AA Texas League

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. All told, he won 93 games during a ten-year minor league career.

As a Major Leaguer, Mabe appeared in 51 games played

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, including 14 as a starting pitcher

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. He won seven, lost 11 (.389) with 82 strikeouts

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 in 142 innings pitched.

He died at age 75 in his hometown of Danville, Virginia

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