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Roy Weatherly

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b. February 25, 1915 · Cleveland Indians 1936–1942, New York Yankees 1943, 1946, New York Giants 1950

Weatherly's best season came with Cleveland in 1940. He hit .303 with 175 hits, 12 home runs, 59 runs batted in and 90 runs, all career highs, and finished eleventh in the American League's Most Valuable Player voting.

Ten seasons gave him 794 hits, 152 doubles, 44 triples, 43 home runs, 290 runs batted in and a .286 average. He played 676 games in the outfield. His .335 average as a rookie in 1936 came across 349 at bats and remained the highest of his career.

Weatherly spent seven seasons with Cleveland before moving to the Yankees in 1943. He appeared in only two games for New York after two seasons away from the majors, then sat out three more years. A final 52-game return with the New York Giants in 1950 closed his career. He died in 1991, at seventy-five.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1936 CLE 8434964117 2868 5316293 .335
1937 CLE 531341927 405 136141 .201
1938 CLE 832103255 1432 1814148 .262
1939 CLE 9532343100 1661 3219237 .310
1940 CLE 13557890175 351112 5927269 .303
1941 CLE 10236359105 2153 3732202 .289
1942 CLE 12847361122 2375 3935258 .258
1943 NYY 772803774 837 281894 .264
1946 NYY 2201 000 0000 .500
1950 NYG 52691018 330 1113100 .261
Career 8112781415794 1524443 29018017042 .286

On this day & linked events

1915

Born February 25, 1915

Warren, TX, USA

1991

Died January 19, 1991

1936

Major-league debut: Roy Weatherly

Roy Weatherly made a major-league debut on June 27, 1936.

1950

Final major-league game: Roy Weatherly

Roy Weatherly played a final major-league game on October 1, 1950.

Image: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, public domain