Johnny Grabowski
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Born: January 7, 1900 Ware, Massachusetts |
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Died: May 23, 1946 (aged 46) Albany, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 11, 1924, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
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| September 21, 1931, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 86 | ||
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John Patrick Grabowski (January 7, 1900 – May 23, 1946), nicknamed "Nig", was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for 12 years from 1922 to 1933, including seven years as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox (1924–1926), New York Yankees (1927–1929), and Detroit Tigers (1931). He was a member of the 1927 and 1928 New York Yankees teams that won consecutive World Series championships.
Grabowski was born in Ware, Massachusetts, in 1900 to a family of Polish descent.
Grabowski began his professional baseball career in 1922 with the St. Joseph Saints and in 1923 and 1924 with the Minneapolis Millers the American Association. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox in July 1924 and made his major league debut that month. He played for the White Sox for three years from 1924 to 1926, appearing in 89 games, 78 of them as a catcher.
In January 1927, the White Sox traded Grabowski to the New York Yankees. He had his best season for the 1927 "Murderer's Row" New York Yankees, considered by some to be the best baseball team in history. Grabowski appeared in 70 games for the 1927 Yankees, sharing the catching duty with Pat Collins and Benny Bengough in 1927. Grabowski had a .350 on-base percentage for the 1927 Yankees. He remained with the Yankees through the 1929 season and won two World Series championships with the Yankees in 1927 and 1928.
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