Bibb Falk
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Runs batted in | 784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bibb August Falk (January 27, 1899 – June 8, 1989) was an American
Cleveland Indians
(1929–31).
Born in
runs batted in, and finished 12th in the MVP voting that year.[1] After the 1928 season, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Chick Autry
, and played three more seasons in the major leagues before retiring as a player and becoming a coach.
In 1353 games over 12 seasons, Falk posted a .314
bases on balls, .372 on-base percentage and .449 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .967 fielding percentage playing at left and right field.[2]
After Major League
Disch-Falk Field at the University of Texas was named in honor of Falk and his former coach, Billy Disch. He died at age 90 in Austin.[3]
Head coaching record
College baseball
The records shown below are only the collegiate record, not the overall record against not collegiate teams.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Texas Longhorns[4] (Southwest Conference) (1940–1942) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Texas | 15-4 | 14-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1941 | Texas | 14-3 | 12-3 | 1st | |||||
| 1942 | Texas | 11-4 | 9-4 | 2nd | |||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1946–1967) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Texas | 19-2 | 14-0 | 1st | |||||
| 1947 | Texas | 19-2 | 14-1 | 1st | NCAA District tournament
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| 1948 | Texas | 18-1 | 13-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1949 | Texas | 22-4 | 12-3 | 1st | College World Series champions
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| 1950 | Texas | 24-4 | 14-1 | 1st | College World Series champions
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| 1951 | Texas | 15-4 | 11-4 | T-1st | |||||
| 1952 | Texas | 19-9 | 11-4 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1953 | Texas | 24-7-1 | 12-3-1 | T-1st | College World Series Runner-Up | ||||
| 1954 | Texas | 15-7-2 | 10-2-1 | 1st | NCAA District tournament
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| 1955 | Texas | 10-13-1 | 7-8-1 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1956 | Texas | 5-13 | 3-11 | 6th | |||||
| 1957 | Texas | 19-5 | 12-1 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1958 | Texas | 18-7 | 13-2 | 1st | NCAA District tournament | ||||
| 1959 | Texas | 13-7 | 9-5 | 2nd | |||||
| 1960 | Texas | 19-3 | 13-2 | 1st | NCAA District tournament | ||||
| 1961 | Texas | 20-5-2 | 11-3-2 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1962 | Texas | 22-7 | 12-2 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1963 | Texas | 21-7-1 | 12-3 | T-1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1964 | Texas | 16-7-1 | 10-5-1 | T-2nd | |||||
| 1965 | Texas | 18-7 | 11-4 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1966 | Texas | 21-9-2 | 9-6 | T-1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1967 | Texas | 17-11 | 10-5 | T-1st | NCAA District tournament | ||||
| Texas: | 434–152–10 (.737) | 276–84–7 (.762) | |||||||
| Total: | 434–152–10 (.737) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Managerial record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| CLE | 1933 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | interim | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
References
- ^ "Bibb Falk Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
- ^ "Bibb Falk career statistics at Baseball Reference". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Bibb Falk dies at 90
- ^ "Texas Baseball History 2018 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- "Texas Baseball History: Coaching Records". Texassports.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- Interview with baseball player Bibb Falk, with comments (sound recording) (1974) by Eugene C. Murdock, available at Cleveland Public Library's Digital Gallery. Site states: "Interview with Bibb Falk by Dr. Eugene Murdock on June 3, 1974, in Austin, TX (75 min.)"
- Bibb Falk at Find a Grave
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