Robert Armstrong

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Given name: Robert Livingston Armstrong
Nicknames: None
Primary Pos: Centerfield
Hght/Wght: 6'2" / 160 lbs
Bats/Throws: None / None
Born: Jul 4, 1850 in Baltimore, MD
Died: Dec 3, 1917 in Fort Worth, TX (67 years old)
Debut: Jun 26, 1871

Robert Livingston Armstrong (July 4, 1850 – December 3, 1917) was an American professional baseball player. He played 12 of 21 games, 11 in center field, for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in the first professional league, the 1871 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP).

Previously Armstrong played three seasons for the Maryland club of Baltimore, Maryland in the National Association of Base Ball Players. The Marylands were a strong club among the hundreds of NABBP members but a weak club among the twelve that contested the first professional pennant race in 1869, or the second one in 1870.

Bob Armstrong was the son of John Horatio Armstrong and Caroline Amelia Scheldt and great-grandson of John Armstrong Jr. He was 6'2" and was married to Betty Arnold. Armstrong was a Baltimore native like most of his Maryland teammates.