Robert Pascal

Robert Michael Pascal

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
• High School Lafayette High School (Brooklyn)

• Born May 2, 1930 in New York, NY USA
• Died September 9, 2007

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Biographical Information

First baseman Robert Pascal was a high-average hitter who, despite batting .343 for his career, never reached the major leagues. He peaked at AA, where he played poorly in a brief opportunity.

He began his career in 1949 at 19 years old, hitting .319/.423/.435 with 81 RBI—despite just 2 home runs—in 93 games between the Lawrenceville Robins and Smithfield-Selma Leafs. With the Oshkosh Giants in 1950, Pascal hit .334 with 16 home runs, 40 doubles and a .538 slugging percentage in 124 games; he led the Wisconsin State League in doubles. In 1951, with the St. Cloud Rox, he hit .326/.442/.471 with 141 hits and 84 walks in 115 games. He served in the Korean War in 1952 and 1953, returning with the Abilene Blue Sox of the high-offense West Texas-New Mexico League in 1954. He hit .360/.466/.624 with 22 home runs, 43 doubles, 114 RBI, 103 runs, 86 walks and just 51 strikeouts in 122 games that year, then followed that with a .383/.469/.580 line with Abilene in 1955, adding 17 home runs, 114 RBI, 44 doubles and 112 runs scored. In the A round of the 1955 Rule V Draft, he was taken by the Des Moines Bruins, but he didn't play for them in 1956. He shifted to the Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League for 1956, hitting .364/.511/.638 with 27 home runs, 137 RBI, 114 runs and 128 walks (to 62 Ks) in 129 games, leading the league in batting average, RBI and walks. Between the Bruins and Fort Worth Cats in 1957, he hit .330/465/.508 with 19 home runs, 117 RBI, 109 runs and 133 walks. He led the Western League with a .475 OBP. In 1958, he hit .324/.457/.488 with 13 home runs, 76 RBI and 113 walks in 132 games for the Sioux City Soos. After slumping to .250 in 14 games between two clubs in 1959, his career was over.

Overall, Pascal hit .343 with 124 home runs and 1,233 hits in 890 games over 10 seasons.