Vern Stephens
American baseball player (1920–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vernon Decatur Stephens (October 23, 1920 – November 4, 1968) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955.[1] An eight-time All-Star, Stephens was notable for being the 1945 American League home run champion and was a three-time American League RBI champion.[2] He was the cleanup hitter for the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant in 1944, and was a top power hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Little Slug", "Junior", and "Buster", Stephens batted and threw right-handed. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]
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Vern Stephens | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: (1920-10-23)October 23, 1920 McAlister, New Mexico, U.S. | |
Died: November 4, 1968(1968-11-04) (aged 48) Long Beach, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 13, 1941, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 30, 1955, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .286 |
Home runs | 247 |
Runs batted in | 1,174 |
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