Grady Hatton
| Grady Hatton | |||
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Hatton's 1949 Bowman Gum baseball card
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| Third baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: October 7, 1922 Beaumont, Texas |
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Died: April 11, 2013 (aged 90) Warren, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 16, 1946, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1960, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .254 | ||
| Home runs | 91 | ||
| Runs batted in | 533 | ||
| Games managed | 386 | ||
| Win–loss record | 164–221 | ||
| Winning % | .426 | ||
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Grady Edgebert Hatton Jr. (October 7, 1922 – April 11, 2013) was an American baseball player, coach, manager and executive. Although the bulk of his playing career was as the third baseman and second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, Hatton is most identified with his native Texas: he was born in Beaumont, attended the University of Texas at Austin, managed minor league teams in Houston and San Antonio, and was an important contributor to the early years of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros.
Hatton batted left-handed and threw right-handed, standing 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and weighing 170 lb (77 kg). He came to the Majors in 1946 without any minor league seasoning after serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Hatton made his MLB debut against the Chicago Cubs on April 16, going three for five with two runs batted in in a 4–3 loss. Hatton would bat .254 with 91 home runs and 1,068 hits over his 12-year big league career in 1,312 games played.
He appeared in 116 games in 1946, the first of his six consecutive seasons as Cincinnati's regular third baseman. In 1952, Hatton moved to second base and was selected to the National League All-Star team, although he didn't play in the July 8 game at Shibe Park (and hit only .212 for the season).
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