Robert Oberton Spicer is an American former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher and occasional outfielder, he had a highly successful 15-season minor league career but played only four games as a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the 1955?1956 Kansas City Athletics. He batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 173 pounds. Spicer's career began in the Chicago Cubs' farm system with 16-, 21- and 20-victory seasons from 1947?1949 in levels ranging from Class D to Class AA. In 1949, he helped lead the Macon Peaches to the Class A Sally League championship, tying for the league lead in wins with 20, and was selected to the all-star team. He spent four full seasons with the Los Angeles Angels of the top-level Pacific Coast League before the Athletics, newly transplanted from Philadelphia, selected him in the 1954 Rule 5 draft. He was part of the first Major League team to represent Kansas City. In his first game, April 17, 1955, at Briggs Stadium, he entered the game in the fifth inning with the Detroit Tigers already leading the Athletics, 6?0. 

April 11th, 1925 in Richmond  /  Died:   Feb 27th, 2016