George Stone (outfielder)
| George Stone | |||
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: September 3, 1876 Lost Nation, Iowa | |||
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Died: January 3, 1945 (aged 68) Clinton, Iowa | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 1903, for the Boston Americans | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 9, 1910, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .301 | ||
| Home runs | 23 | ||
| Runs batted in | 268 | ||
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George Robert Stone, nicknamed Silent George, (September 3, 1876 – January 3, 1945) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1903) and St. Louis Browns (1905–10). Stone batted and threw left-handed. He was the 1906 American League batting champion.
Baseball career
He left his career in banking at the age of 26 to join the Omaha team of the Western League.
In December 1904 he was traded by the Boston Americans with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Jesse Burkett.
In a seven-season career, Stone posted a .301 batting average with 23 home runs and 268 RBI in 848 games played.
Stone died in Clinton, Iowa, at the age of 68. The burial was at Coleridge Cemetery, in Coleridge, Nebraska.[1]
In 1970 he was inducted into The Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
See also
References
- ↑ "George Stone". BASEBALL-Reference. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
External links
- Baseball Library
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- "Legends of the Game: George Stone"
- "Lost Nation's Stone into "Hall" – Iowan's Batting Feat: Beat Cobb", 4/5/70
- "An Additional Game-Played Found for George Stone of the St. Louis Browns", SABR Baseball Records Committee Newsletter, 2/13/07