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Aaron Albert Silvera (August 26, 1935 – July 24, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played parts of two seasons for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball in 1955–1956.

Early and personal life

Silvera was born in

right-handed
, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).

A resident of Beverly Hills, California,[1] Silvera died in Los Angeles at age 66.[5] He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in nearby Culver City, California.[5]

High school and college

Silvera attended

Los Angeles.[6] In 1952, as a sophomore outfielder he was named to the All-Western League First Team.[7] In 1953, he batted .500 and received All City honors, was named the Western League Player of the Year, and was named to the All-Western League First Team.[7] In 1954, he batted .367 and received dual All-City and All-Western League Player of the Year honors.[7]

He next attended the University of Southern California, where Silvera played for the USC Trojans baseball team and batted .405.[1][6][8]

Baseball career

Silvera signed a $20,000 ($227,000 in current dollar terms)

runs batted in. He was injured shortly thereafter, and his baseball career was cut short.[7]

Silvera appeared in ten more Cincinnati games in 1955, and one in 1956 (as a pinch runner). In addition to his one hit in seven at bats and two RBIs, he scored three

Eastern League.[12]

In 2003 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball
  2. ^ "Aaron Silvera in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®". Ancestry.com.
  3. ^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 21. January–February 2020.
  4. ^ The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2017-2018, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Al Silvera Baseball Stats". Baseball Almanac.
  6. ^ a b "Al Silvera Stats". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  7. ^ a b c d e "AL SILVERA; Baseball - 2003". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  8. ^ Brent P. Kelley (1997). Baseball's Biggest Blunder; The Bonus Rule of 1953-1957
  9. ^ Brent Kelley (2015). Baseball's Bonus Babies; Conversations with 24 High-Priced Ballplayers Signed from 1953 to 1957
  10. ^ a b "Al Silvera". Retrosheet.
  11. Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "Al Silvera Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.

External links

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