Tom Tresh
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Tresh in 1962.
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| Left fielder / Shortstop | |||
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Born: September 20, 1938 Detroit, Michigan |
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Died: October 15, 2008 (aged 70) Venice, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1961, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| September 29, 1969, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .245 | ||
| Home runs | 153 | ||
| Runs batted in | 530 | ||
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Thomas Michael Tresh (September 20, 1938 – October 15, 2008) was a Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder who played for the New York Yankees (1961–69) and Detroit Tigers (1969). Tresh was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was the son of catcher Mike Tresh.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Tresh graduated from Allen Park High School. He then attended Central Michigan University. While Tresh played a majority of his games in the outfield, he opened the 1962 season for the Yankees at shortstop, filling in for Tony Kubek who was performing military service. Not until Derek Jeter in 1996 would another Yankee rookie shortstop start on opening day. He also played third base, with most of his games at third occurring during the 1966 season.
Tresh won both the MLB Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year awards in 1962, hitting .286, his career-best, with 20 home runs and 93 runs batted in in 157 games. When Kubek returned during the 1962 season, Tresh was moved to left field. In Game 5 of the 1962 World Series, he broke a 2–2 tie with a three-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning off Jack Sanford, who won 24 games during the regular season, leading to a 5–3 Yankee win and a 3–2 lead in games.
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