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Aug 17, 1913 Ragland, Alabama, United States Died on 05 Feb 1970 (aged 56)
American baseball player
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About Rudy York
- Preston Rudolph York (August 17, 1913 – February 5, 1970) was an American baseball player, coach, scout, and manager.
- York played professional baseball, primarily as a first baseman but also as a catcher, for 18 years from 1933 to 1951, including all or part of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1934, 1937–45), Boston Red Sox (1946–47), Chicago White Sox (1947) and Philadelphia Athletics (1948).
- York was named to the American League All-Star team seven times.
- He broke Babe Ruth's record by hitting 18 home runs in a single month – a feat he accomplished as a rookie in 1937.
- In 1943, he led the American League with 34 home runs, 118 RBIs, a .527 slugging percentage, and 301 total bases.
- He was the starting first baseman and leading slugger for the Detroit team that won the 1945 World Series.
- After his playing career ended, he worked from 1951 to 1964 as a professional baseball manager, coach, and scout.
- He was the batting coach for the Boston Red Sox for four years from 1959 to 1962, including one game in July 1959 in which he acted as the team's interim manager.
- He was posthumously inducted into the Michigan, Georgia, and Alabama Sports Halls of Fame.
