Gordon Goldsberry Explained

Gordon Goldsberry
Position:First baseman
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Birth Date:30 August 1927
Birth Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Death Place:Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 20
Debutyear:1949
Debutteam:Chicago White Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 27
Finalyear:1952
Finalteam:St. Louis Browns
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.241
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:6
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:56
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Gordon Frederick Goldsberry (August 30, 1927 – February 23, 1996) was an American professional baseball player, scout and front-office executive. As a player, he was a first baseman who appeared in 217 Major League Baseball games for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns between and . He threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed .

Born in Sacramento, California, Goldsberry attended the University of California at Los Angeles. His professional playing career lasted 13 seasons (1944–56), and included all or part of seven years spent in the top-level Pacific Coast League for the Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Oaks and Seattle Rainiers.[1] He spent all of the and 1952 campaigns in the Major Leagues as a backup first baseman, and in his MLB career he collected 123 hits, including six home runs, 20 doubles and seven triples.

After retiring from the field, Goldsberry became a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers (where he signed future Hall of Famer Robin Yount),[2] and Philadelphia Phillies. When Phillies' manager and former farm system director Dallas Green became general manager of the Cubs following the season, he brought Goldsberry with him as the Cubs' director of player development and scouting. In 1989, Goldsberry joined the Baltimore Orioles as special assistant to the general manager, Roland Hemond.[3] He served in that role until his February 1996 death from an apparent heart attack[2] in Laguna Hills, California, at the age of 68.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=goldsb001gor Minor league statistics
  2. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-02-25/sports/1996056150_1_goldsberry-orioles-scout-cubs Obituary
  3. Baseball America Executive Database