About Bob Kammeyer
Lived 1950 – 2003 (aged 52). Bob Kammeyer was an American baseball player.
Robert Lynn Kammeyer (December 2, 1950 – January 27, 2003) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons, 1978 and 1979, in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
Kammeyer pitched in seven games for the Yankees in 1978, posting an earned run average of 5.82 with 11 strikeouts in 21.2 innings pitched. In 1979, he appeared in just one major league game, in which he gave up eight earned runs without recording an out, a single-season record.
In 1980, Kammeyer was named the Pitcher of the Year for the International League while pitching for the Columbus Clippers. Despite this, he chose to retire at the end of the season.
Kammeyer died of a pulmonary embolism in Sacramento, California on January 27, 2003.
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Who was Bob Kammeyer?
American baseball player (1950-2003)
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Bob Kammeyer was born on 2 December 1950 in Kansas City.
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Bob Kammeyer died on 27 January 2003 in Sacramento.
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Bob Kammeyer was a baseball player.
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Bob Kammeyer was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bob Kammeyer. https://biography.guide/bob-kammeyer/
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