Charles Albert Small ( Eng. Charles Albert Small , October 24, 1905 , Auburn , Maine - January 14, 1953 , ibid.) - American baseball player , outfielder . He played in the Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox .
| Charlie small | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: October 24, 1905 Auburn , Maine , USA | |
| Died: January 14, 1953 (aged 47) Auburn , Maine , USA | |
| Beats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Professional debut | |
| July 7, 1930 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Selected Statistics | |
| Beat rate | 16.7 |
| Stolen bases | one |
| Teams | |
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Biography
Charlie Small was born on October 24, 1905 in Auburn in Maine. Charlie attended high school in New Gloucester, then transferred to Edward Little School in Auburn, which he graduated in 1923. After school, he entered Bates College in Lewiston . In 1926, Small became the captain of the college baseball team. The Boston Herald newspaper wrote about him as an excellent pitcher and advised scouts to take a closer look at the player. During the holidays, Charlie played for semi-professional teams [1] .
In 1927, he graduated from college and signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox club. Charlie began his professional career with the Pittsfield Hillis in the A-League under the leadership of Chano Collins . On his recommendation, Small received an invitation to the Red Sox spring training camp in 1928. Boston head coach Bill Carrigan transferred Charlie to an outfielder position [1] .
In the 1928 season, Charlie played for Pittsfield in 149 matches, knocking out 10 home runs and 44 doubles . In the spring of next year, he again took part in the training of the Red Sox in Bradenton , but then returned to the Hillis, for which he spent another good season. The stock market crash in the fall of 1929 entailed financial difficulties for many baseball teams. In June 1930, Pittsfield was disbanded. Small's contract was sold at Albany for $ 500. Charlie went to Lewiston and filed a petition for recognition as his free agent, as the previous club did not pay him [1] .
Small returned to the Red Sox and on July 7, 1930 he made his debut in Major League Baseball . He took part in twenty-five games of the team, leaving as a pinch hit . Charlie played the last game for the club on September 25th. After the season ended, League Commissioner Keniso Mountain Landis approved Small as a free agent. He also rejected the lawsuit of the team from Albany, which demanded 15 thousand dollars for refusing to transfer the rights to the player in July [1] .
In 1931, Charlie played for various minor league clubs. Data on his career in the period from 1932 to 1936 are missing. In 1937, Small acted as part of a team from Sydney to Nova Scotia . In 1940, he was a playing coach for the Drummondville Tigers club, and during the championship he moved to the Trois-Riviere Renards, with whom he won the Quebec League playoffs. In October of that year, Charlie married Mildred Jepsen.
In 1941, Small continued to play for the Trois-Rivieres already in the Canadian-American League. He played 124 matches, becoming the team's best batter with a score of 33.6%. In 1943, the number of clubs fell sharply, the level C league ceased to exist. Charlie got a job at the Bath Iron Works shipyard , also coaching the factory baseball team. He resumed his career in 1946, playing for the Granby Red Sox in the Border League. From 1947 to 1950, Small coached the Geneve Red Birds team, leading it to victory in the league in 1949 [1] .
Charlie Small died on January 14, 1953. The cause of death was vascular insufficiency, which was the result of sarcomatosis [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nowlin, Bill. Charlie Small (English) . sabr.org . Society for American Baseball Research. Date of treatment January 5, 2019. Archived on February 15, 2017.