Bob Lawson

American baseball player (1875-1952)

Baseball player
Bob Lawson
Pitcher
Born: (1875-08-23)August 23, 1875
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Died: October 28, 1952(1952-10-28) (aged 77)
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 7, 1901, for the Boston Beaneaters
Last MLB appearance
June 10, 1902, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win–loss record2-4
Earned run average3.66
Strikeouts17
Teams
  • Boston Beaneaters (1901)
  • Baltimore Orioles (1902)

Robert Baker Lawson (August 23, 1875 – October 28, 1952) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Lawson played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1901 and the Baltimore Orioles in 1902. In nine career games, he had a 2-4 record, with a 3.66 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.

Lawson was born in Brookneal, Virginia and died in Durham, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina, where he also served as the head baseball coach in 1900, 1905, 1906, and 1910, and later as a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

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North Carolina Tar Heels head baseball coaches
  • Perrin Busbee (1891–1893)
  • William R. Robertson (1894)
  • Jesse M. Oldham (1895)
  • Benjamin E. Stanley (1896–1897)
  • William Ayres Reynolds (1898–1899)
  • Bob Lawson (1900)
  • Ernest Graves Sr. (1901)
  • Edward M. Ashenback (1902)
  • John Curran (1903)
  • John Donnelly (1904)
  • Bob Lawson (1905–1906)
  • Floyd Simmons (1907)
  • Otis Stocksdale (1908–1909)
  • Bob Lawson (1910)
  • Charles M. Clancey (1911–1912)
  • Bowers (1913)
  • Earl T. Mack (1914)
  • Charles Doak (1915–1916)
  • Bunny Hearn (1917–1918)
  • William Lourcey (1919–1920)
  • Bill Fetzer (1921–1925)
  • Vern Duncan (1926)
  • James N. Ashmore (1927–1931)
  • Bunny Hearn (1932–1946)
  • Walter Rabb (1947–1977)
  • Mike Roberts (1978–1998)
  • Mike Fox (1999–2020)
  • Scott Forbes (2021– )
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National
  • United States


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