Roy Sievers
Roy Sievers | |
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First baseman / leftfielder | |
Born: November 18, 1926 St. Louis , United States |
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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) |
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Batting average | , 267 |
Home runs | 318 |
Runs Batted In | 1,147 |
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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 .
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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 |