Chuck Schilling

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Chuck Schilling
Runs batted in
146
Teams

Charles Thomas Schilling (October 25, 1937 – March 30, 2021) was an

right-handed
, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).

After playing for Boston's

chances for a league-best fielding percentage of .991. He won the Red Sox' Most Valuable Player (now the Thomas A. Yawkey) Award for 1961 as bestowed by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.[2]

Schilling, at left, with Bob Tillman in 1963

In 1962, Schilling's sophomore season, he suffered a broken hand, causing him to miss over 40 games and impairing his batting ability for the rest of his career. Although he hit a personal-best seven

Felix Mantilla and Dalton Jones in 1964
, both good hitters but mediocre-at-best fielders.

By the start of the

left-handed pitcher Dick Stigman. Schilling began the season on the Twins' 28-man roster, but never played a game for manager Sam Mele
and retired just before the rosters were cut to 25 on May 15 rather than accept a minor league assignment.

During his five-season career, Schilling batted .239 in 541 games played, with 470 hits, 76 doubles, five triples, 23 home runs and 146 runs batted in.

In retirement, he returned to Long Island to teach secondary-school mathematics and play competitive softball until he was 69.

He died on March 30, 2021, at the age of 83.

References

  1. ^ "1995".
  2. ^ 2008 Boston Red Sox media guide

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