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Rudy York

Birthdate:

8/17/1913

Died:

2/5/1970

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 209 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Ragland, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Rudy York made headline news as a rookie for Detroit in 1937 by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs in the month of August. On the last day of August, York hit two homers giving him 18 for the month breaking Ruth's record of 17. Rudy York also had 49-RBI's breaking Lou Gehrig's August record by one. York finished his rookie season with 35 HRs, batted .303 with 103-RBIs. The next year, York powered 33 homers and scored 127 runs. That year, York and teammate Hank Greenberg combined for 91 HRs, the fifth best among AL duos in history. York's ancestry was mostly American Indian and he often stated, 'I'm a Cherokee Indian, and I'm proud of it. Any time an Indian puts on a baseball uniform, he's twice as interesting a character as the other fellow.' He had his best season as a Tiger in 1940, hitting .316, 46 doubles, 33 home runs and 134 RBI's. He was traded to the Red Sox in January of 1946 and on July 27, York hit two grand slams in one game with 10 RBI's. Rudy York hit 277 career homers including 12 grand slams. York's career stats: .275 BA, a lofty .362 on-bse-pct, .483 slg pct, 291 D's, 277 HR's, along with 1621 hits and 1152 RBI's. baseballhistorian.com - Detroit Tigers Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
14 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1934	DET (AL)	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	SLG
1937	DET (AL)	104	375	72	115	18	3	35	103	41	52	3	2	0	0	1	0	.307	.375	SLG
1938	DET (AL)	135	463	85	138	27	2	33	127	92	74	1	2	0	2	0	0	.298	.417	SLG
1939	DET (AL)	102	329	66	101	16	1	20	68	41	50	5	0	0	2	4	0	.307	.387	SLG
1940	DET (AL)	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	89	88	3	2	0	4	4	0	.316	.410	SLG
1941	DET (AL)	155	590	91	153	29	3	27	111	92	88	3	1	0	1	4	0	.259	.360	SLG
1942	DET (AL)	153	577	81	150	26	4	21	90	73	71	3	3	0	0	3	0	.260	.343	SLG
1943	DET (AL)	155	571	90	155	22	11	34	118	84	88	5	5	0	1	5	0	.271	.366	SLG
1944	DET (AL)	151	583	77	161	27	7	18	98	68	73	5	3	0	1	0	0	.276	.353	SLG
1945	DET (AL)	155	595	71	157	25	5	18	87	60	85	6	6	0	0	0	0	.264	.331	SLG
1946	BOS (AL)	154	579	78	160	30	6	17	119	86	93	3	2	0	1	3	0	.276	.371	SLG
1947	BOS (AL)	48	184	16	39	7	0	6	27	22	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.296	SLG
1947	CHW (AL)	102	400	40	97	18	4	15	64	36	55	1	0	0	0	1	0	.243	.305	SLG
1948	PHA (AL)	31	51	4	8	0	0	0	6	7	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.259	SLG
14 years		1603	5891	876	1621	291	52	277	1152	792	867	38	26	0	12	25	0	.275	.362	.SLG

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