Dick Siebert
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Richard Walther Siebert (February 19, 1912 – December 9, 1978) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1932, 1936–1945. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, both of the National League, and the Philadelphia A's of the American League. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1943.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, he grew up in Cass Lake and Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]
In an 11-year major league career, Siebert compiled a .282
Following his playing career, Siebert became head baseball coach at the
In addition to coaching the Minnesota Gophers, during the 1950s Siebert was a player/coach for the Litchfield Optimists, the Willmar Rails, and the Minneapolis Kopps Realty teams in Minnesota amateur
Siebert served as the president of the American College Baseball Coaches Association. Among his many honors and accolades, Siebert was twice named as college baseball's Coach of the Year, was a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, and was a recipient of college baseball's highest award, the Lefty Gomez Trophy, which recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution and given service to the development of college baseball.
Siebert died at age 66 in
References
- ^ A round-up of worthy books by Minnesotans Retrieved 2017-05-30.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Dick Siebert at Find a Grave