Robert Carl Oldis is a scout for the Miami Marlins of American Major League Baseball and a former professional baseball player and coach. The native of Preston, Iowa, stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 185 pounds. Oldis was a catcher whose playing career lasted for 15 seasons, 1949?1963. As a Major Leaguer, he appeared in 135 games as a second- or third-string receiver over all or parts of six seasons with the Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies. He was a member of the 1960 World Series champion Pirates, serving as the club's third catcher behind Smoky Burgess and Hal Smith. Although he got into only 22 games during the 1960 season, Oldis appeared in Games 4 and 5 of the World Series as a defensive replacement, spelling Burgess, but had no plate appearances. However, the Pirates won both contests, and went on to a seven-game upset over the New York Yankees on Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run. For his MLB career, Oldis hit .237 with one home run?hit off Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 9, 1962?along with 22 runs batted in and 56 hits. 

January 5th, 1928 in Preston (Age 96)