Al Federoff Explained

Al Federoff
Position:Second baseman
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:11 July 1924
Birth Place:Bairdford, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Gilbert, Arizona
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 27
Debutteam:Detroit Tigers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 28
Finalteam:Detroit Tigers
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.238
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:14
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Alfred Federoff (July 11, 1924 – August 2, 2011[1]), nicknamed "Whitey," was an American professional baseball infielder and manager. He spent his career in minor league baseball, except for 76 games spread over the 1951 and 1952 seasons, when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.[2]

Biography

Federoff was born in Bairdford, Pennsylvania, and was Jewish.[3] He attended Bairdford High School in Bairdford, Pennsylvania, graduated from Etna High School in Etna, Pennsylvania, and attended Duquesne University for two years.[4] [5] He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) tall and weighed 165lb as an active player. His playing career extended from 1946 through 1959, with another decade spent as a minor league manager (1960–61; 1963–70). Most of his career was spent with the Tigers: he signed with Detroit in 1946, played for seven seasons in their farm system, and then managed in that system for nine more years during the 1960s. As a skipper, his teams won two league championships. He was a Tigers' scout in 1962.

For the MLB Tigers in 1951–52, Federoff played 71 games as a second baseman and batted .238 in 235 at bats, with no home runs and 14 runs batted in. He was a .279 hitter during his minor league career, where he saw service with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, Buffalo Bisons and Louisville Colonels, and the Open Classification San Diego Padres and Seattle Rainiers.[6] In 1954, he led the Pacific Coast League in runs (110), walks (108), and hit by pitch (11), was 8th in OBP (.389), was tied for 8th in stolen bases (15) and sacrifice flies (6), and was 10th in hits (175) while batting .278.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastvalleytribune/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-federoff&pid=152885201 Obituary
  2. Web site: Al Federoff Stats . Baseball-Reference.com . 2020-02-02.
  3. Big League Jews. . January–February 2020 . 12 . 137 . 18.
  4. Web site: Al Federoff Stats . Baseball-Reference.com . 2020-02-04.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&dq=%22Al+Federoff%22&pg=PA57 Horvitz, Peter S., and Horvitz, Joachim, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball. New York: SPI Books, 2001; page 57
  6. Web site: Al Federoff Minor Leagues Statistics & History . Baseball-Reference.com . 2020-02-02.
  7. Web site: 1954 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders . Baseball-Reference.com . 2020-02-02.