1964

Bobby Guindon signed with the Boston Red Sox in June 1961. He was named to the Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic baseball team in 1960 and was in the starting lineup along with Walt Hriniak and Wilbur Wood, while the all-star bench included Tony Conigliaro.

He joined the Alpine (TX) Cowboys as soon as he was under contract and hit well, with a .286 batting average. The Red Sox moved him to the Olean Red Sox of the New York-Penn League in 1961, and he led the league with 37 home runs and drove in 121 runs. He moved up to Reading of the Double-A Eastern League and batted .238.

Guindon’s first major-league appearance came as a pinch-runner for Dick Stuart in 1964, against Minnesota. He had a chance to bat the following day, and drew a walk. He was given a start at first base against Detroit and he was 0-for-4 with a strikeout. In five games, he was 1-for-8 with a walk and four strikeouts.

Starting in 1967, he made eight pitching appearances, including four starts for Pittsfield who faced a spate of doubleheaders with a bunch of sore-armed pitchers in the rotation. In just his third start he threw a 7-inning no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against York. He spent 1968 in Pittsfield as a starting pitcher/pinch-hitter and played a handful of games in the field, but he was first and foremost a pitcher.

He was drafted out of the Red Sox organization by the St. Louis Cardinals and batted .281 in 1969, and then he hit .276 for Triple-A Tulsa in 1970. It was his final season in professional baseball.

Bobby Guindon died at his home in Venice, Florida, on October 25, 2023, at the age of 80.