George Sisler won the American League batting title in 1920 and 1922.
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62 Facts About George Sisler
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George Sisler collected 200 or more hits six times in his career and had a batting average of over.
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George Sisler was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
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4.
George Harold Sisler was born on March 24,1893, in the unincorporated hamlet of Manchester, Ohio.
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Manchester did not have a high school; thus, when George Sisler turned 14, he moved to Akron to live with his older brother Efbert so that he could attend school there.
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George Sisler played baseball, basketball, and football in high school, but baseball was his main focus.
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In 1910, George Sisler signed a professional contract with the Akron Champs of the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, but he never played in the league or earned any money.
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Freshmen were not allowed to play on Michigan's varsity teams, so George Sisler pitched for an intra-campus team representing the school's engineering students in 1912, striking out 20 batters in seven innings during one game.
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George Sisler purchased Sisler's contract and tried to force the player to join his ballclub in 1912.
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10.
The Commission failed to come to a decision in 1912 because one of its members, August Herrmann, thought George Sisler should give the Pirates the first right to sign him, while Codd wanted the contract declared completely void.
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Meanwhile, George Sisler joined Michigan's varsity team as a sophomore in 1913.
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George Sisler excelled on the mound for the Wolverines until a sore arm limited him late in the season.
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George Sisler was feeling back in form by the time the season started, and his teammates voted him captain of the Wolverines.
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George Sisler helped the Wolverines hold opponents scoreless for 44 straight innings, personally striking out 10 batters in a row before reinjuring his arm in a game against Syracuse.
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George Sisler did not remain the captain in 1915, as Edmon McQueen was selected this time.
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George Sisler recorded five stolen bases in his final game for Michigan, even stealing home once during the game.
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George Sisler graduated in the summer of 1915 with his degree in mechanical engineering.
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George Sisler chose St Louis because he was comfortable playing for Rickey, now the Browns' manager.
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On June 28,1915, George Sisler made his major league debut, entering as a pitcher in relief against the Chicago White Sox.
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George Sisler pitched three scoreless innings and struck out two batters, while at the plate he collected his first major league hit, which came against Jim Scott.
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Rickey thought George Sisler was too good at baseball to confine himself to pitching every few days.
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In 1916, George Sisler became the Browns' full-time first baseman, playing the position for 141 of the team's 158 games.
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George Sisler enlisted in the army, joining several major league players as a second lieutenant in a Chemical Warfare Service unit commanded by Rickey.
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Not possessing the arm strength of sluggers like Ruth, George Sisler did not try for as many home runs, but his numbers rose in other offensive categories.
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George Sisler's record lasted until 2004, when Ichiro Suzuki had 262 hits.
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George Sisler finished second in the AL in eight offensive categories, including home runs, RBI, and stolen bases.
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27.
George Sisler declined, fearing that the added responsibilities would interfere with his hitting.
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Newspapers suggested that he would miss the remainder of the season, but George Sisler underwent electric treatments and returned five days later for a series against the Yankees.
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George Sisler was chosen as the AL's Most Valuable Player in the first year that an official league award was given.
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George Sisler ensured he would remain with them by accepting the managerial position after the 1923 season, his worries about its effect on his hitting now counterbalanced by the uncertainty surrounding his playing career.
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George Sisler did not have a set bedtime or wake-up time for the ballclub, unlike several other MLB managers.
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George Sisler started the 1925 season by setting an MLB record with hits in his first 34 games of the year.
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33.
George Sisler has whipped the worst odds any ball player ever played against.
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34.
George Sisler was relieved of his managerial duties after the season, though he was retained as the Browns' first baseman.
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Second time in three years, George Sisler found his first base job threatened, as the Braves were interested in giving the position to Johnny Neun, a speedy player eight years younger than George Sisler.
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In 1932, George Sisler joined the Shreveport Sports of the Texas League as their player-manager.
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George Sisler stole over 25 bases in every year from 1916 through 1922, peaking with 51 the last year and leading the AL three times, plus a fourth in 1927.
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George Sisler recorded 1 six-hit game, 4 five-hit games, and 60 four-hit games in his 15-year MLB career.
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George Sisler had a 41-game hitting streak in 1922 and a 34-game hitting streak in 1925.
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The Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles; George Sisler holds the franchise career records with 145 career triples and 351 stolen bases.
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George Sisler became one of the first entrants elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
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George Sisler batted flat-footed, using a stance that would enable him to hit either to left or to right field.
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George Sisler was a professional with the bat in his hands.
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George Sisler is just as fast, showy, and sensational, very nearly if not quite as good as a natural hitter, as fast in speed of foot, an even better fielder, and gifted with a versatility Cobb himself might envy.
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Tarpon Springs, Florida honored George by naming the former spring training home of the St Louis Browns "Sisler Field".
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In 1933, George Sisler partnered with Charles Nelson to open the George Sisler-Nelson Sporting Goods Company in St Louis.
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In 1936 and 1937, George Sisler served as a color commentator for Browns and Cardinals home games broadcast on KWK.
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George Sisler sold his interest in the sporting goods store in 1940 at a profit.
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George Sisler would attend spring training with the parent club, then scout players at the high school, college, and semi-pro levels, mostly in Missouri and neighboring states, though he would sometimes be sent elsewhere to evaluate a particular player.
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George Sisler was part of a scouting corps that Rickey assigned to evaluate black players, though the scouts thought they were looking for players to fill an all-black baseball team separate from MLB.
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In 1947, George Sisler was reassigned to Brooklyn, where his duties expanded to evaluating Dodger prospects, meeting with the manager and coaches prior to and following each game, and watching games to help Dodger catchers learn what opposing hitters were likely to do.
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George Sisler held the position until 1955, when new GM Joe L Brown relieved him from the role but retained him as a scout.
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George Sisler moved me back in the box so I could watch the ball better.
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George Sisler instructed players in spring training and coached a fall instructional league team in Chandler, Arizona.
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George Sisler's funeral occurred in St Louis a few days later, and his cremated remains were laid to rest at the Des Peres Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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George Sisler did not consume alcohol or tobacco, and he refrained from swearing.
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Soon a strong believer in its power, George Sisler had spiritual adviser Dr John Randall Dunn accompany him to Browns spring training in 1924, when he made his comeback.
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George Sisler discussed hitting in a 1934 pamphlet entitled The Knack of Batting and in a 1954 book entitled George Sisler on Baseball: A Manual for Players and Coaches.
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