Rudy York
First baseman, Baseball Player
1913 – 1970
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Who was Rudy York?
Preston Rudolph York was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics, primarily as a first baseman. York was born in Ragland, Alabama. He batted and threw right-handed.
With one-eighth Cherokee ancestry and less-than-perfect fielding abilities, York prompted one sportswriter to declare: "He is part Indian and part first baseman".
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- Born
- Aug 17, 1913
Ragland - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Ragland
- Died
- Feb 5, 1970
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on July 23, 2013
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