Bob Gilks

Robert James Gilks, was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder from 1887 to 1893. He played for the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Spiders, and Baltimore Orioles. He would later serve as a scout for the New York Yankees of the American League, a role he would serve until 1923, when he was replaced by Johnny Nee. He signed George Pipgras, who would serve in the same role during the 1940s, to his first major league contract.
Gilks died at his home in Brunswick, Georgia on the evening of August 21, 1944.