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Whitey Lockman

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b. July 25, 1926 · New York Giants 1945, 1947–1957, St. Louis Cardinals 1956, San Francisco Giants 1958, Baltimore Orioles 1959, Cincinnati Redlegs 1959, Cincinnati Reds 1960

He doubled to left field in the ninth inning of the third playoff game in 1951, scoring one run and putting the tying run on third, and was standing on second when Bobby Thomson hit the pennant-winning home run three batters later. He had hit .282 with 173 hits that season.

Fifteen seasons gave him 1,658 hits, 222 doubles, 114 home runs, 552 walks and a .279 average, with an All-Star selection in 1952. He hit .301 in 1949 and played both first base and the outfield for the Giants clubs that won pennants in 1951 and the World Series in 1954.

He managed the Cubs from 1972 to 1974 and worked in that organization for years afterward. The 1966 ballot gave him four votes of 302. He died in 2009, at eighty-two.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 1 1952

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1945 NYG 321291644 903 1813101 .341
1947 NYG 2201 000 1000 .500
1948 NYG 146584117167 241018 5968638 .286
1949 NYG 15161797186 32711 65623112 .301
1950 NYG 12953272157 2856 5242291 .295
1951 NYG 15361485173 27712 7350324 .282
1952 NYG 15460699176 17413 5867522 .290
1953 NYG 15060785179 2249 6152363 .295
1954 NYG 14857073143 17316 6059312 .251
1955 NYG 14757676157 19015 4939343 .273
1956 NYG/STL 1183622794 731 2034252 .260
1957 NYG 13345651113 947 3039195 .248
1958 SFG 921221529 502 71380 .238
1959 BAL/CIN 901531737 620 912100 .242
1960 CIN 211062 001 1230 .200
Career 166659408361658 22249114 56355238343 .279

On this day & linked events

1926

Born July 25, 1926

Lowell, NC, USA

2009

Died March 17, 2009

1945

Major-league debut: Whitey Lockman

Whitey Lockman made a major-league debut on July 5, 1945.

1960

Final major-league game: Whitey Lockman

Whitey Lockman played a final major-league game on June 24, 1960.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain