American baseball player (1928-2015)
Baseball player
Alfred James Robertson
(January 29, 1928 - October 21, 2015)
[1]
was an
American
Major League Baseball
catcher
who played in 69
games
for the
Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics
(
1954
?
1955
).
Prior to playing professionally, he attended
Bradley University
.
He was originally signed by the
New York Yankees
as an amateur free agent before the 1949 season, and he played in their farm system until 1953. In 1949, he played for the
Grand Forks Chiefs
, hitting .248 in 153 at-bats. He played for the
Quincy Gems
in 1950, hitting .295 in 404 at-bats. With the
Muskegon Reds
in 1951 he hit .288, and with the
Binghamton Triplets
in 1952 he hit .303. He split the 1953 season between the
Kansas City Blues
and
Syracuse Chiefs
, hitting .278 with the Blues and .264 with the Chiefs.
[2]
On December 16, 1953, Robertson was traded by the Yankees with
Don Bollweg
,
Jim Finigan
,
Johnny Gray
,
Vic Power
, and
Bill Renna
to the Philadelphia Athletics for
Harry Byrd
,
Eddie Robinson
,
Tom Hamilton
,
Carmen Mauro
, and
Loren Babe
.
[3]
On April 15, 1954, he made his big league debut. He spent his entire 1954 season with the Athletics, hitting .184 in 63 games (147 at-bats). In 1955, he played in six games for the (Kansas City) Athletics, hitting .250 in eight at-bats. He spent most of the 1955 season with the
Portland Beavers
, hitting .229 in 319 at-bats.
Robertson played his final big league game on May 10, 1955. Overall, he played in 69 big league games, hitting .187 in 155 at-bats.
Although his big league career was over, he still played in the minors until 1956. On December 2, 1955, he was purchased by the
Seattle Rainiers
of the
Pacific Coast League
, and in 36 at-bats with them in 1956, he hit .250. He was released by the Rainiers on June 1 of that year, and on June 15 he was sent from an unknown source to the
Detroit Tigers
. He played in 45 games with their minor league affiliate the
Charleston Senators
, hitting .246 in 122 at-bats.
On December 6, 1956, he was traded by the Tigers with
Bobby Tiefenauer
to the
Toronto Maple Leafs
for
Archie Wilson
and minor leaguer Don Griffin. He never played with Toronto.
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