Carl McNabb
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| Carl McNabb | |
|---|---|
| Pinch hitter | |
| Born: January 25, 1917 Stevenson, Alabama | |
| Died: July 16, 2007 (aged 90) Jasper, Tennessee | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 20, 1945, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 20, 1945, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .000 |
| At bats | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
| Teams | |
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Carl Mack "Skinny" McNabb (January 25, 1917 – July 16, 2007) was a
minor league baseball career, he made one appearance in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers during the 1945 season as a pinch hitter. Listed at 5'9", 155 lb., McNabb batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Stevenson, Alabama
.
Life
McNabb began his professional baseball career in 1936 with the
Ozark Cardinals of the Alabama–Florida League
. He played second base throughout his baseball career.
He was hitless in his only major league game,
player-manager of the Tyler Trojans, a Cincinnati Reds
affiliate team, in 1949. Overall, he had a .280 batting average with 37 home runs during his minor league career.
Following his baseball career, McNabb moved to Jasper, Tennessee, where he ran a grocery store, then became a rural mail carrier for 22 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in World War II as a medic, and also started and coached an American Legion Baseball team in Jasper. He died at a local hospital at age 90.
References
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball in Wartime
- "Obituary". Retrieved August 22, 2017.[dead link]