Showboat Fisher
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: January 16, 1899 Wesley, Iowa | |||
| Died: May 15, 1994 (aged 95) St. Cloud, Minnesota | |||
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| 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 | ||
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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.
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