The Resume

(November 18, 1926-April 3, 2017)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Outfielder and first baseman
Played for the St. Louis Browns (1949-53), Washington Senators (1954-59), Chicago White Sox (1960-61), Philadelphia Phillies (1962-64) and Washington Senators (1964-65)
.267 career batting average
318 home runs
1,147 runs batted in
AL Rookie of the Year (1949)

Why he might be annoying:

His signing bonus with the Browns was a new pair of baseball shoes.
He suffered shoulder and arm injuries that limited his playing time to just 134 games in his last three seasons with the Browns (1951-53).
His home run production picked up with the Senators partly because owner Calvin Griffith shortened the left field fence by more than 50 feet.
He has the dubious distinction of being one of the few players with 300+ home runs not to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to Joan Colburn for over 50 years.
Casey Stengel said his powerful but graceful swing was 'one of the sweetest' in baseball.
He was the first player to lead his league in home runs and RBIs while playing on a last place team (1957).
He was the batting double for actor Tab Hunter in the film 'Damn Yankees.' (1958)

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AL Home Run Champs (Ranked: 1957)
• AL RBI Leaders (Ranked: 1957)
• AL Rookie of the Year (Ranked: 1949)
• Baltimore Orioles
• Baseball Players
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 64]
• Chicago White Sox
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 90)
• I Played on 5 or More Teams (Ranked: 5)
• Look At My Trading Card
• Minnesota Twins
• Philadelphia Phillies
• Profiles 38751-38951 (Ranked: 38803)
• Texas Rangers
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying