Bobby Lewis (baseball)

Robert Hilton Lewis (May 1, 1929 – February 22, 1995) was an American baseball coach. He was the head coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers baseball team for 36 years, from 1955 to 1990. He compiled a 438–389 record as Pitt's baseball coach. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh faculty in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department in the School of Education.[1][2] His players at Pitt included Doc Medich, Ken Macha, and Mike Ditka.[3] Lewis had previously played baseball at Pitt from 1949 to 1951 and was the team's co-most valuable player in 1950 and the team captain in 1951.[4] He died of cancer in 1995 at age 65.[3]

Bobby Lewis
Biographical details
Born(1929-05-01)May 1, 1929
DiedFebruary 22, 1995(1995-02-22) (aged 65)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955–1990Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall438–389

References

  1. "Pitt Baseball - A Proud Tradition". University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. "Pitt's Bobby Lewis: It will be tough filling his shoes". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 28, 1990.
  3. "Winningest Pitt coach dies". North Hills News Record. February 23, 1995.
  4. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pittalumni;rgn=main;view=text;idno=31735062132505
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