Showboat Fisher Explained

Showboat Fisher
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:January 16, 1899
Birth Place:Wesley, Iowa
Death Place:St. Cloud, Minnesota
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 24
Debutyear:1923
Debutteam:Washington Senators
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:August 4
Finalyear:1932
Finalteam:St. Louis Browns
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.335
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:8
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:71
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George Aloys "Showboat" Fisher (January 16, 1899  - May 15, 1994) was a baseball player who played in the 1930 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a .335 lifetime batting average (114-for-340) in Major League Baseball with 8 home runs and 71 RBI in 138 games. He played several games for the racially integrated Jamestown Red Sox in 1934 under the management of Ted Radcliffe.

He was the last surviving member of the 1924 Washington Senators, the last DC team to win the World Series, until the Nationals won in 2019.

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