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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bob File
|image=BobFile_FenwayPark_2001_2.jpg
|image_size=250px
| caption=Bob File - Fenway Park, June 2001
| position =[[Pitcher]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1977|1|28}}
| birth_place =[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| bats =Right
| throws =Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate =April 14
| debutyear =2001
| debutteam =Toronto Blue Jays
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate =September 30
| finalyear =2004
| finalteam =Toronto Blue Jays
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=6–4
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.20
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=55
| teams =
* [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2004}})
| highlights =
}}
'''Robert Michael File''' (born January 28, 1977) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]]. File spent three-plus seasons as a [[relief pitcher|reliever]] for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) from {{mlby|2001}} to {{mlby|2004}}. He signed with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in 2005, retiring shortly after spring training with a back injury.

File was drafted as a third baseman out of [[NCAA Division II]], then converted to pitcher while in the Jays' farm system.<ref>''Baseball Digest'', March 2001 p. 35</ref>

File is a former pitching coach at [[La Salle University]] in [[Philadelphia]]. La Salle University competes at the [[NCAA Division I]] level in the [[Atlantic 10]] baseball conference.

==Pitching style and biography==

[[File:BobFile FenwayPark 2001 1.jpg|thumb|left|File delivers a pitch versus the [[Boston Red Sox]] in [[2001 Toronto Blue Jays season|2001]]]]
File threw a {{convert|96|mph|kph|abbr=on}} [[four-seam fastball]], a {{convert|91|–|94|mph|kph|abbr=on}} [[sinker (baseball)|sinker]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/heaters/torminors.html|title=ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Blue Jays minor-league report|website=static.ESPN.go.com|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> a {{convert|77|–|82|mph|kph|abbr=on}} [[Slider (baseball)|slider]], and an {{convert|82|–|84|mph|kph|abbr=on}} [[sweeper (baseball)|sweeper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27096618_ITM|title=AML - support.gale|website=www.AccessMyLibrary.com|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1301&position=P#pitchtype|title=Bob File » Statistics » Pitching - FanGraphs Baseball|website=FanGraphs.com|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>

File is one of seven pitchers in major-league history to win a game in his first appearance while throwing five pitches or fewer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150603/dodgers-josh-ravin-reflects-on-long-journey-to-the-major-leagues|title=Dodgers' Josh Ravin reflects on long journey to the major leagues|date=June 4, 2015|website=DailyNews.com|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>

File was a standout infielder at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia before becoming a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northeasttimes.com/2017/07/25/heres-to-the-top-father-judge-crusader-athletes/|title=Here's to the top Father Judge Crusader athletes|date= July 25, 2017|website=northeasttimes.com|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>

File was one of the top players in the history of [[Philadelphia University]]'s (now Thomas Jefferson University) baseball program.
* Earned ABCA/Rawlings first-team All-American honors as a senior in 1998.
* Earned ECAC (East Coast Athletic Conference) Player of the Year honors as a senior in 1998.
* Three-time NYCAC (New York Collegiate Athletic Conference) All-Conference selection, earning Player of the Year honors in 1998.
* Set several school hitting records as a senior in 1998, including a .542 batting average.
* .542 batting average in 1998 was No. 1 in the country, leading all NCAA baseball.
* Also set single-season records with 90 hits, 63 runs, 68 RBI, 19 home runs, and 167 total bases in 1998.
* Is the university's all-time leader in nearly every career hitting category including runs (181), hits (296), triples (17) and home runs (37).

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=f/filebo01 | fangraphs=1301|brm=file--001rob }}

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Bob File - Revision history

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