finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1976 28 june 2011 hudson , ohio left tazewell , virginia 1975 september 28 .231 13 5 outfielder new york mets batting average runs batted in home runs july 29 9 june 1951 billy baldwin -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 detroit tigers billy baldwin left
billy baldwin -lrb- baseball -rrb-

robert harvey baldwin -lrb- june 9 , 1951 -- june 28 , 2011 -rrb- was a major league baseball outfielder with the 1975 detroit tigers and the 1976 new york mets .
listed at , 175 lb. , he batted and threw left-handed .
baldwin was born in tazewell , virginia , and attended southern university and a&m college in baton rouge , louisiana on a scholarships for baseball , football and soccer .
he signed with the detroit tigers as an undrafted free agent in 1972 , and received his first call to the majors in 1975 when a thumb injury ended tigers outfielder mickey stanley 's season .
he batted .221 with four home runs and eight runs batted in filling in at right field and center field .
following the season , he was part of a blockbuster deal in which he and pitcher mickey lolich were traded to the new york mets for rusty staub and bill laxton .
he spent the 1976 season with the mets triple-a affiliate , the tidewater tides , and joined the mets when rosters expanded that september .
he batted .292 over nine games with the big league club .
though he remained in the minors with the mets through 1978 , he would never see major league action again .
in a two-season career , baldwin batted .231 -lrb- 27-for-117 -rrb- and five home runs , driving in 13 runs while scoring 12 times in 39 games .
he also collected four doubles , one triple , and two stolen bases .
he died peacefully at the hudson elms nursing home located in hudson , ohio , aged 60 .
