George Selkirk
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 4, 1908 Huntsville, Ontario |
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Died: January 19, 1987 (aged 79) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 12, 1934, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| September 27, 1942, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .290 | ||
| Home runs | 108 | ||
| Runs batted in | 576 | ||
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George Alexander Selkirk (January 4, 1908 – January 19, 1987) was a Canadian outfielder and front office executive in Major League Baseball. In 1935, Selkirk succeeded Babe Ruth as the right fielder of the New York Yankees—and also inherited Ruth's fabled No. 3 uniform (which was not retired until 1948, the year of Ruth's death).
Over the next eight seasons, Selkirk batted over .300 five times, twice drove home more than 100 RBIs, played on five World Championship teams (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1941), and made the American League All-Star team in 1936 and 1939.
George Selkirk was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, its initial year, and was later inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
A native of Huntsville, Ontario, Selkirk batted left-handed and threw right-handed, standing 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighing 182 pounds (83 kg) (13 stone).
He earned the nickname "Twinkletoes" for his distinctive way of running on the balls of his feet.
During his nine years of Major League Baseball service, all with the Yankees, he appeared in 846 games and hit .290 (.265 in 21 World Series games), with 108 regular-season home runs and 810 hits.
After military service in World War II (in the United States Navy, despite his Canadian citizenship), Selkirk managed at the Class A and Triple-A levels for the Yankees, and at Triple-A in the farm system of the Milwaukee Braves.
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