McConnell, Bob

LC control no.	n 95078018
Personal name heading	McConnell, Bob *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Death date	20120318
Place of death	Newark, Del.
Affiliation	U.S. Navy Vanderbilt University Delmarva Power and Light Company Society for American Baseball Research
Found in	SABR presents the home run encyclopedia, 1996: CIP t.p. (Bob McConnell) News journal (Wilmington, Del.), Mar. 20, 2012: p. B9 (Robert Churchill McConnell, d. Mar. 18, 2012 in Newark, Del. at age 87; served in U.S. Navy during World War II; earned mechanical engineering degree at Vanderbilt University; employed by Delmarva Power for 30 years; founding member, Society for American Baseball Research; Bob was a contributor to the Baseball encyclopedia and published several baseball books; recognized nationally as the home run expert updating the record books with his statistical research)