Bobby Dews

Bobby Dews

Robert Walter Dews, Jr. (born March 23, 1939 in Clinton, Iowa, USA) is a former infielder in Minor League Baseball and coach in Major League Baseball.

Dews played and managed in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system before joining the Atlanta Braves organization in 1974. The by|2008 season marked Dews' 35th consecutive season with the Braves, including 14 years spent as a coach on the major league level. He began working with the Braves' organization in by|1974, and managed at multiple minor league levels and served as field coordinator of instruction in the Braves' farm system. His career as an Atlanta coach occurred during three different terms (1979-81; 1985; 1997-2006). After the by|2006 season, he retired as the Braves' bullpen coach to become a roving coach. He works with the Braves at home games and works with the minor league teams while the major league club is on the road. [cite web|url=http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=atl&coachorstaffid=81010115434|title=Bobby Dews 53|publisher=Atlanta Braves|accessdate=2007-09-08]

He moved to Edison, Georgia, to live with his grandparents at an early age and graduated from Edison High School (now Calhoun County High School).

Dews played baseball and basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. [cite news|first=Gary|last=Goettling|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtopics/fall98/bobbydews.html|title=Bobby Dews:A Signal Success|work=Tech Topics|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Fall 1998|accessdate=2007-09-08]

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