George Altman
George Altman | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Goldsboro, North Carolina | March 20, 1933|||
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Professional debut | |||
MLB: April 11, 1959, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
NPB: 1968, for the Tokyo Orions | |||
Last appearance | |||
MLB: October 1, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
NPB: 1975, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .269 | ||
Home runs | 101 | ||
Runs batted in | 403 | ||
NPB statistics | |||
Batting average | .309 | ||
Home runs | 205 | ||
Runs batted in | 656 | ||
Teams | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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George Lee Altman (born March 20, 1933 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Altman's first professional baseball experience was with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues; he played three months for the team in 1955.[1]
Altman played for the Chicago Cubs (from 1959 to 1962, and from 1965 to 1967), St. Louis Cardinals (1963), and New York Mets (1964). In a nine-season MLB career, Altman had a .269 batting average with 101 home runs and 403 RBIs, in 991 games played. He recorded a .981 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and first base.
He played professional baseball in Japan from 1968 through 1975, for the Lotte Orions and the Hanshin Tigers, where he had a .309 batting average with 205 home runs. Highlights from his NPB career included leading the Pacific League in hits (170), runs (84), and RBI (100) in 1968; and being named to the "Best Nine" Pacific League team in 1968, 1970, and 1971. He credited martial arts training for baseball success in Japan.[citation needed]
He is an alumnus of Tennessee State University[2] and currently resides in O'Fallon, Missouri.
See also
References
- ^ "George Altman," Negro League Baseball Players Association. Accessed Oct. 7, 2017.
- ^ "NAIA Players in the Pros". The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
Preceded by Joey Jay |
Major League Player of the Month June, 1961 |
Succeeded by Frank Robinson |
- 1933 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Baseball players from North Carolina
- Caribbean Series players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Cienfuegos players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Kansas City Monarchs players
- Lotte Orions players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- National League All-Stars
- Negro league baseball players
- New York Mets players
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- People from Goldsboro, North Carolina
- People from O'Fallon, Missouri
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Tennessee State Tigers baseball players
- Tennessee State Tigers basketball players
- Tokyo Orions players
- American men's basketball players