Bob Neighbors

Bob Neighbors
Shortstop
Born: (1917-11-09)November 9, 1917
Talihina, Oklahoma
Died: August 8, 1952(1952-08-08) (aged 34)
North Korea
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 16, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Games played9
At bats11
Hits2
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams
Military career
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
 United States Air Force
Years of service1942–1952
RankMajor
Unit13th Bomb Squadron
Battles / warsWorld War II
Korean War

Robert Otis Neighbors (November 9, 1917 – presumed dead August 8, 1952) was a professional baseball player who appeared briefly with Major League Baseball's St. Louis Browns in 1939. He later served as a pilot in the Korean War and was shot down in 1952, making him the most recent major leaguer to be killed in battle.