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Bob Warn

Bob Warn (born July 31, 1945) is a former college baseball coach and player. He is known for his tenure as the head baseball coach at Indiana State, where he led the Sycamores to six Missouri Valley Conference championships, seven NCAA baseball tournament appearances, and a College World Series appearance in 1986 while compiling a record of 1,079-745-9 (.591). In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Indiana State Sycamores baseball field was named Bob Warn Field in his honor. Seventeen of Warn's players went on to play in the major leagues, including Zane Smith, Wallace Johnson, Clint Barmes, Mitch Stetter and Joe Thatcher. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year three times, in 1979, 1983, and 1984. Warn's Indiana State teams featured 16 All-Americans and 60 First-team All-Conference players, while his Iowa Western teams placed two players on the junior college baseball All-American rolls.

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Bob Warn (born July 31, 1945) is a former college baseball coach and player. He is known for his tenure as the head baseball coach at Indiana State, where he led the Sycamores to six Missouri Valley Conference championships, seven NCAA baseball tournament appearances, and a College World Series appearance in 1986 while compiling a record of 1,079-745-9 (.591). In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Indiana State Sycamores baseball field was named Bob Warn Field in his honor. Seventeen of Warn's players went on to play in the major leagues, including Zane Smith, Wallace Johnson, Clint Barmes, Mitch Stetter and Joe Thatcher. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year three times, in 1979, 1983, and 1984. Warn's Indiana State teams featured 16 All-Americans and 60 First-team All-Conference players, while his Iowa Western teams placed two players on the junior college baseball All-American rolls.

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  1. date of birth: 1945-07-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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