Robert Edward Malkmus (born July 4, 1931) is a retired American infielder and scout in Major League Baseball.

He also managed in the farm systems of three MLB clubs – the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles.

[1] He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (1.75 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).

Washington gave Malkmus 47 games to prove himself in 1958–59, but he batted only .186 and was outrighted to the unaffiliated Denver Bears of the American Association at the May 1959 cut-down deadline.

Malkmus then scouted for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres through the mid-2000s, based in Union, New Jersey.