Roy Sievers

Roy Sievers


First baseman / leftfielder
Born: November 18, 1926 St. Louis , United StatesUnited States
Died on: April 3, 2017
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 21, 1949 with the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB assignment
May 9, 1965 with the Washington Senators
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 267
Home runs	318
Runs Batted In	1,147
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1949-1953) Washington Senators (1954-1959) Chicago White Sox (1960-1961) Philadelphia Phillies (1962-1964) Washington Senators (1964-1965)
Awards
5 × All-Star (1956, 1957, 1959, 1959, 1961) AL Rookie of the Year (1949) Batsman with most home runs in the AL (1957) Batsman with the most RBIs in the AL (1957)

Roy Edward Sievers (born November 18, 1926 in St. Louis , Missouri - † April 3, 2017 in Spanish Lake , Missouri) was an American baseball player . He played in 17 major league seasons from 1947 to 1965 . His nickname was Squirrel .

biography

In his first year in the Major League in 1949, Sievers reached 16 home runs , a batting average of 30.6% and Rbi 75 with the St. Louis Browns . Through these achievements he was named American League Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the year the trade magazine The Sporting News selected. In 1954 he moved to the Washington Senators . There he became the favorite player of Richard Nixon , who was then vice-president. His most productive year was 1957 with 42 home runs, 114 RBI and a batting average of 30.1%. With the Senators, he took part in three All-Star Games . In 1960 he moved to the Chicago White Sox , where he also made it to the All-Star again in 1961. Further positions with the Philadelphia Phillies and the new Washington Senators followed before he ended his active career in 1965.

After his playing career, he worked for a year as a coach with the Cincinnati Reds and as a manager in the minor leagues .

Teams

1949-1953 St. Louis Browns
1954–1959 Washington Senators
1960-1961 Chicago White Sox
1962–1964 Philadelphia Phillies
1964–1965 Washington Senators

Web links

Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)

Biography of Roy Sievers (English)

Individual evidence

^ Roy Sievers dies at 90; St. Louisan was AL Rookie of Year with Browns. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
^ Richard Goldstein: Roy Sievers, Slugging Washington Senator in the '50s, Dies at 90. In: New York Times . April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sievers, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sievers, Roy Edward (full name); Squirrel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	3rd April 2017
Place of death	Spanish Lake

[1] Roy Sievers dies at 90; St. Louisan was AL Rookie of Year with Browns. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .

[2] Richard Goldstein: Roy Sievers, Slugging Washington Senator in the '50s, Dies at 90. In: New York Times . April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .