Eddie Malone (baseball) explained

Eddie Malone
Position:Catcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:16 June 1920
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Death Place:Laguna Hills, California
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 17
Debutyear:1949
Debutteam:Chicago White Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 25
Finalyear:1950
Finalteam:Chicago White Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.257
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:26
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Edward Russell Malone (June 16, 1920 – June 1, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he had a long career in minor league baseball (1938 through 1954, with the exception of the wartime 1945 campaign), interrupted by an 86-game Major League stint with the – Chicago White Sox. Malone was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Los Angeles, California; he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed .

Malone was purchased by White Sox from the crosstown Cubs' Los Angeles Angels farm team in the midseason of 1949.[1] He started 48 games at catcher for the remainder of the season (alternating with Don Wheeler and Joe Tipton)[2] and batted .271 in 170 at bats. The following year, Malone backed up starting receiver Phil Masi through late June,[3] but on June 27 the White Sox acquired Gus Niarhos from the New York Yankees and sent Malone via the Yankees to the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. He played the rest of the career in the PCL with Oakland and the Hollywood Stars.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=malone003edw Minor league statistics
  2. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/UPCHA01949.htm Retrosheet
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/Imaloe1010021950.htm Retrosheet