Cecil Travis
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| Shortstop / Third baseman | |||
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Born: August 8, 1913 Riverdale, Georgia |
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Died: December 16, 2006 (aged 93) Riverdale, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 16, 1933, for the Washington Senators | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 23, 1947, for the Washington Senators | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .314 | ||
| Hits | 1,544 | ||
| Runs batted in | 657 | ||
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Cecil Howell Travis (August 8, 1913 – December 16, 2006) was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1947 who spent his entire career with the Washington Senators. He led the American League in hits in 1941 before missing nearly the next four seasons due to military service in World War II. His career batting average of .314 is a record for AL shortstops, and ranks third among all shortstops behind Honus Wagner (.327) and Arky Vaughan (.318).
Travis was born on a farm in Riverdale, Georgia, the youngest of ten children, and declined a scholarship to Georgia Tech in favor of a scholarship to a baseball training school. A left-handed batter, he broke in with the Senators in 1933, getting five hits in his first game – joining Fred Clarke as the second and last player to do so – and batting .302 in 18 games at age 19. It remains the last pennant-winning campaign by a Washington team, although Travis did not play in the five-game World Series loss to the New York Giants. The following year he began to take over third base duties from veteran Ossie Bluege, and batted .319 as the team plummeted to seventh place. He followed by hitting .318, .317, .344 and .335, playing full-time at shortstop from 1937–39, but the 82-71 1936 team – on which he split time between shortstop and right field – would remain the only winning squad for which he would play regularly. He led the AL with 29 double plays at third base in 1935.
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