Snuffy Stirnweiss
American baseball player (1918–1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Henry "Snuffy" Stirnweiss (October 26, 1918 – September 15, 1958) was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1943 and 1952, spending most of his MLB career with the New York Yankees, and spending his last couple of seasons playing with the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians. A batting champion in 1945 and a two-time All-Star, he played a role with three different World Series championship squads during his time in New York.
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Snuffy Stirnweiss | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: (1918-10-26)October 26, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Died: September 15, 1958(1958-09-15) (aged 39) Newark Bay, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 22, 1943, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 3, 1952, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .268 |
Home runs | 29 |
Runs batted in | 281 |
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