Bob Stanley is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 10, 1954 in Maine, United States. Retired pitcher most famous for his stint playing for Boston Red Sox from 1977 to 1978. Boston Red Sox from 1977 to 1978.
He and Bill Buckner are two of the players most frequently associated with the collapse of the Boston Red Fox in the 1986 World Series. and He and Bill Buckner are two of the players most frequently associated with the collapse of the Boston Red Fox in the 1986 World Series. are two of the players that are frequently involved in the fall of the Boston Red Fox in the 1986 World Series.
Stanley attended Kearny High School in Kearny, New Jersey where he earned All-star honors as a pitcher-shortstop and pitched a perfect game in the N.J. championship tourney in 1973.
Stanley was a key member of the 1986 Red Sox team that came within one strike of winning the World Series but ultimately fell to the Mets in seven games. Stanley entered Game 6 with the Red Sox one out away from clinching their first World Series since 1918. But his wild pitch to Mookie Wilson allowed the Mets to tie the score, and then New York won Game 6 on Bill Buckner’s fielding error that allowed Ray Knight to score from second base. Stanley and the Red Sox would return to Shea Stadium for Game 7, in which the New York Mets would ultimately be victorious by a score of 8-5.
He was married and had children along with his partner Joan.
