George Stone (outfielder)
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| Left fielder | |||
| Born: September 3, 1876 Lost Nation, Iowa |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 1903, for the Boston Americans | |||
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| October 9, 1910, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .301 | ||
| Home runs | 23 | ||
| Runs batted in | 268 | ||
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George Robert Stone, nicknamed Silent George, (September 3, 1876 – January 3, 1945) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1903) and St. Louis Browns (1905–10). Stone batted and threw left-handed. He was the 1906 American League batting champion.
Baseball career
Stone was Jewish.[1] He left his career in banking at the age of 26 to join the Omaha team of the Western League.
In December 1904 he was traded by the Boston Americans with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Jesse Burkett.
In a seven-season career, Stone posted a .301 batting average with 23 home runs and 268 RBI in 848 games played.
Stone died in Clinton, Iowa, at the age of 68. The burial was at Coleridge Cemetery, in Coleridge, Nebraska.[2]
In 1970 he was inducted into The Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
In a 1976 Esquire magazine article, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Stone was the right fielder on Stein's Jewish team.
See also
References
External links
- Baseball Library
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- "Legends of the Game: George Stone"
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- "Lost Nation's Stone into "Hall" – Iowan's Batting Feat: Beat Cobb", 4/5/70
- "An Additional Game-Played Found for George Stone of the St. Louis Browns", SABR Baseball Records Committee Newsletter, 2/13/07
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- 1876 births
- 1945 deaths
- American League batting champions
- Boston Americans players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish Major League Baseball players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Baseball players from Iowa
- People from Lost Nation, Iowa
- People from Cedar County, Nebraska
- St. Louis Browns players
- Omaha Omahogs players
- Omaha Indians players
- Peoria Distillers players
- Milwaukee Creams players
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Portland Beavers players
