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George Strickland

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 10, 1926 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: February 21, 2010 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: May 7, 1950 (Age 24-117d, 10,707th in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 23, 1960 (Age 34-195d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: George Bevan Strickland

Nicknames: Bo

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Relatives: Cousin of Hal Bevan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

2824

633

.224

305

RBI

284

OBP

.313

SLG

.311

OPS

.624

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
2	6 (4)	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	10 (3)	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
4	12 (1)	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
5	13	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	3	4	1	8	1	2B
6	14	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
7	15	Apr 30	PIT		BSN	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16	May 1	PIT		NYG	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
9	17	May 2	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	7	5	0	12	2
10	18	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	2
11	26 (7)	May 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
12	27	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	4	3	0	7	2	SS
13	28	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
14	29	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	30	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-12	GS	19	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	31	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
17	32	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
18	33	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
19	34	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	35	May 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	36	May 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
22	37	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	38	May 27	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	63	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	39	May 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
25	40	May 29	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
26	41	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
27	42	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
28	43	May 31	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44	Jun 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
30	45	Jun 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
31	46	Jun 3	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
32	47	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
33	48	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
34	49	Jun 6	PIT		NYG	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	50	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
36	53 (2)	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	54	Jun 11	PIT		BSN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	6	1	11	3	SS
38	55	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	3	SS
39	56	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS 2B
40	57	Jun 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
41	58	Jun 15 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
42	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
43	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
44	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	62	Jun 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
46	63	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	4	0	6	2	2B
47	64	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	6	4	1	11	2	2B
48	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
49	66	Jun 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
50	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	68	Jun 27	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	72 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
53	73	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B 1B
54	74	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
57	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
58	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
59	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	5	0	5	1	2B
60	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	81	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	82	Jul 11	PIT		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
63	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	2B
64	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
65	85	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
66	86	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	87	Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
68	92 (4)	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
69	99 (6)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	GF	20	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	101 (1)	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	113 (11)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
72	114	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
73	120 (5)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GF	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Cleveland Indians
74	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
75	122 (2)	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
76	124 (1)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
77	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	2	5	1	SS
79	127	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
80	128	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
81	129	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
82	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
83	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	132	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
85	133	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	18	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
86	134	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
87	135	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
88	136	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
89	137	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
90	138	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
91	139	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
92	140	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	144 (3)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
94	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GF	16	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	146	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
96	147	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	148	Sep 19	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
98	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
99	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
100	151	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
101	152	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
102	153	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
103	154	Sep 27	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	7	4	0	11	5	SS
104	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							106gm		835.0	212	313	25	550	74