George Aloys "Showboat" Fisher (January 16, 1899 – May 15, 1994) was a baseball player who played in the 1930 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a .335 lifetime batting average (114-for-340) in Major League Baseball with 8 home runs and 71 RBI in 138 games. He played several games for the racially integrated Jamestown Red Sox in 1934 under the management of Ted Radcliffe.
Showboat Fisher | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Wesley, Iowa | January 16, 1899|
Died: May 15, 1994 St. Cloud, Minnesota | (aged 95)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 24, 1923, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 4, 1932, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .335 |
Home runs | 8 |
Runs batted in | 71 |
Teams | |
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He was the last surviving member of the 1924 Washington Senators, the last DC team to win the World Series, until the Nationals won in 2019.
References
edit- '1934 Jamestown Red Sox', Pitch Black Baseball (2005) Retrieved August 28, 2005.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference