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American baseball player (1930-2010)
Baseball player
Al Pilarcik
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1930-07-03
)
July 3, 1930
Whiting, Indiana
, U.S.
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Died:
September 20, 2010
(2010-09-20)
(aged 80)
Schererville, Indiana
, U.S.
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July 13, 1956, for the Kansas City Athletics
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September 24, 1961, for the Chicago White Sox
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Batting average
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Home runs
| 22
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Runs batted in
| 143
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Alfred James Pilarcik
(July 3, 1930 ? September 20, 2010) was an American professional
baseball
player. An
outfielder
, he appeared in 668
Major League
games between
1956
and
1961
for the
Kansas City Athletics
,
Baltimore Orioles
and
Chicago White Sox
. Pilarcik stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, weighed 185 lb (84 kg) and threw and batted left-handed.
Primarily a
right fielder
, Pilarcik played in over 100 games for three successive seasons (
1957
?
1959
) as a member of the Orioles. In
1960
, his last season in Baltimore, Pilarcik saw less service, but he was stationed in right field at Boston's
Fenway Park
on September 28, 1960,
Ted Williams
' final game as an active player. He caught Williams' long drive to right field at the bullpen wall in the fifth
inning
, then, three frames later, watched helplessly as Williams' 440-foot (134-metre) blast carried over the bullpen for Williams' 521st and final career
home run
? in the
Hall of Fame
hitter's last
at bat
in the Major Leagues.
[1]
Pilarcik's career lasted one more season, split between the
1961 Athletics
(in his second turn for that franchise) and the
White Sox
. All told, in six MLB campaigns, he compiled a career
batting average
of .256 with 22
home runs
and 143
runs batted in
. Defensively, he recorded a .986
fielding percentage
playing at all three outfield positions.
[2]
He was signed by Yankees scout
Lou Maguolo
.
[
citation needed
]
After baseball, he went into the teaching profession and taught at
Lake Central High School
for 33 years, retiring in 2001.
[3]
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