Al Naples
Al Naples | |
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Staten Island, New York, U.S. | |
Died: February 26, 2021 | (aged 94)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 25, 1949, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 26, 1949, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Games played | 2 |
At bats | 7 |
Hits | 1 |
Teams | |
Aloysius Francis Naples (August 29, 1926 – February 26, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1949. He is one of about 200 players in major league history to be credited with exactly one base hit.[1]
I ran like all get-out when I poked that double down the right field line for my first hit in the Big Show. I felt rather good after that.
— Al Naples, One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories (George Rose)[2]
Naples was born in
Naples sat on the bench for a month (the Browns already had
He signed with the Browns' other Class B affiliate, the Wichita Falls Spudders of the Big State League for the 1950 season[2] but did not play for the Spudders that year[6] or for any other professional team afterwards;[7] at age 23, his professional baseball career was over.
Naples died on February 26, 2021, at the age of 94.[8]
References
- ^ Rose, 2004, p. xiii
- ^ ISBN 978-0595318070.
- ^ "Springfield, Illinois Minor League City Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "1949 Springfield Browns". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Mike McCann. "Illinois-Iowa-Illinois League". Mike McCann's Minor League Baseball Page. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "1950 Wichita Falls Spudders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Al Naples". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Aloysius Naples Obituary". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Al Naples at the Baseball Almanac