Dave Bartosch


David Robert Bartosch was an American corner outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in their 1945 season. Listed at 6' 1", 190 lb., Bartosch batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Bartosch played minor league baseball from 1936–40 and in 1945 and served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
He hit for an average of.255 in 24 games for the Cardinals, including a double, one RBI, 12 hits and nine runs scored. He scouted for the Cardinals and San Diego Padres after his playing career ended.
Bartosch died in 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 89.