Dave Hoskins Notable

b. August 4, 1917 · Chicago American Giants 1942, Kansas City Monarchs 1943, Homestead Grays 1944–1946, Cleveland Indians 1953–1954

Dave Hoskins played for four clubs across 13 seasons as a right fielder, opening with the Chicago American Giants in 1942 and closing with the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

Across 202 games he batted .286, with 170 hits and 95 runs. He finished with 5 home runs, 23 doubles and 3 stolen bases. He went 16 and 11 with a 4.32 earned run average, pitching 256 innings in 61 games. He struck out 128 and threw 1 shutouts.

He played 132 games in the outfield, with 200 putouts and 6 errors.

He was born in Greenwood, MS, USA on August 4, 1917, and died on April 2, 1970. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1942	CAG	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1943	KCM	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500
1944	HG	52	189	32	63	10	4	4	43	5	2	2	.333
1945	HG	46	184	32	52	8	4	0	26	15	2	0	.283
1946	HG	49	149	19	37	3	3	0	11	18	0	1	.248
1953	CLE	38	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	3	11	0	.259
1954	CLE	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000
Career	—	202	594	95	170	23	11	5	91	42	18	3	.286

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1942	CAG	0	1	1	1	0	4.0	8	4	0	3	9.00
1944	HG	5	2	8	6	0	50.1	57	21	12	15	3.75
1945	HG	2	2	6	3	0	34.1	40	13	11	34	3.41
1946	HG	0	2	6	3	0	28.1	40	26	8	12	8.26
1953	CLE	9	3	26	7	1	112.2	102	50	38	55	3.99
1954	CLE	0	1	14	1	0	26.2	29	9	10	9	3.04
Career	—	16	11	61	21	1	256.1	276	123	79	128	4.32

On this day & linked events

1917

Born August 4, 1917

Greenwood, MS, USA

1970

Died April 2, 1970

1953

Major-league debut: Dave Hoskins

Dave Hoskins made a major-league debut on April 18, 1953.

1954

Final major-league game: Dave Hoskins

Dave Hoskins played a final major-league game on September 21, 1954.