George Joseph Moriarty was an American third baseman, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1940.
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11 Facts About George Moriarty
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George Moriarty played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Highlanders, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox from 1903 to 1916.
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George Moriarty made his major league debut on September 7,1903 at the age of 19 with the Cubs.
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George Moriarty was an average hitter but an outstanding baserunner, with 20 or more stolen bases in eight consecutive seasons and 248 career stolen bases, including eleven steals of home.
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George Moriarty played his last major league game on May 4,1916 with the White Sox.
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George Moriarty was one of the AL's most highly regarded umpires in his era, working in the 1921,1925,1930,1933 and 1935 World Series, as well as the second All-Star Game in 1934.
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On Memorial Day in 1932, George Moriarty worked behind the plate for a Cleveland Indians home game against the White Sox.
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George Moriarty was noted for coming to the defense of Tiger slugger Hank Greenberg in the 1935 World Series, when he warned several Chicago Cubs to stop yelling antisemitic slurs at Greenberg.
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Three years later, when Greenberg was pursuing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, George Moriarty kept the final game of the 1938 season going until darkness made it impossible to continue, Greenberg finishing with 58 homers, two shy of Ruth's record.
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George Moriarty was so angry he carried our radio to the open window next to the neighbor and turned it on full blast for about three hours.
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George Moriarty joined the AL public relations staff after retiring from field work, and later became a scout for the Tigers, helping to discover such players as hard-hitting Harvey Kuenn and southpaw Billy Hoeft before retiring in December 1958.
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