Tuck Stainback | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Los Angeles, California, U.S. | August 4, 1911|
Died: November 29, 1992 Camarillo, California, U.S. | (aged 81)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 17, 1934, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 1946, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .259 |
Home runs | 17 |
Runs batted in | 204 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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George Tucker Stainback (August 4, 1911 – November 29, 1992) [1] was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Cubs (1934–1937), St. Louis Cardinals (1938), Philadelphia Phillies (1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1939), Detroit Tigers (1940–1941), New York Yankees (1942–1945), and Philadelphia Athletics (1946). [2]
Born in Los Angeles, Stainback played in 817 games, 629 in the outfield. For his career, he had a .259 batting average with 17 home runs and 204 RBIs. An unusual statistic from his career was that his career errors (48) outnumbered his home runs and stolen bases combined (44). [3]
After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Stainback, who had settled in the area after retiring from baseball, approached the Dodgers' Red Patterson with his idea to develop ticket sales to fraternal and civic organizations. He developed group ticket sales over a 20-year career as a Dodger executive and supervised the club's Knothole program, which treated children to free games.
Stainback died in 1992 after suffering a stroke in Camarillo, California, at age 81.