Roy Edward Sievers was an American professional baseball player.
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12 Facts About Roy Sievers
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Roy Sievers played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1949 through 1965.
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Roy Sievers played for the St Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion Washington Senators.
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Roy Sievers won the American League Rookie of the Year and TSN Rookie of the Year awards in 1949, batting.
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Roy Sievers was traded to the Washington Senators for Gil Coan before the 1954 season.
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In Washington, Roy Sievers collected 95 or more RBI and played at least 144 games during five consecutive years and made the AL All-Star team three times.
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Roy Sievers finished third in the MVP ballot with four first-place votes and 205 points.
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From 1962 to 1964, Roy Sievers remained productive with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League.
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At the time of his death in 2017, Roy Sievers was the oldest living member of the expansion Senators team.
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Roy Sievers was one of only nine players to don the uniform of both the original and expansion Washington Senators teams, the others being Rudy Hernandez, Hector Maestri, Don Mincher, Camilo Pascual, Pedro Ramos, Johnny Schaive, Zoilo Versalles, and Hal Woodeshick.
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Roy Sievers died in his home in Spanish Lake, Missouri, on April 3,2017, age 90.
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