Showboat Fisher
American baseball player (1899–1994)
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George Aloys "Showboat" Fisher (January 16, 1899 – May 15, 1994) was an American professional 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: January 16, 1899 Wesley, Iowa, U.S. | |
| Died: May 15, 1994 (aged 95) St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S. | |
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 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| 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
- '1934 Jamestown Red Sox', Pitch Black Baseball (2005) Retrieved August 28, 2005.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac
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