Earl Torgeson

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Earl Torgeson
Runs batted in
740
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Clifford Earl Torgeson (January 1, 1924 – November 8, 1990) was an American

fielding average
as a first baseman.

Early years and baseball

Torgeson was born in the lumber town of Snohomish, Washington on New Year's Day of 1924. He attended Snohomish High School and he served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945. After the war, he played for Seattle in the Pacific Coast League.

Major League baseball

Torgeson had a lifetime .265

pinch-hit
walk.

Torgeson was a regular player for nine years, and he would have been a regular in 1949 if not for a shoulder injury in May and broken thumb in August 1949 (also a broken rib when

at-bats
, but drew eight walks for a .385 on-base percentage.

In Torgeson's final season of

White Sox to the New York Yankees. Torgeson managed only three total hits in 33 at-bats between the two teams, playing also exclusively as a pinch hitter. The Yankees converted Torgeson from a player to a coach on September 2; the Yankees went on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series later that year. Torgeson did not appear in the World Series as a player, but was still part of the team as a coach.[1]

Torgeson also deserves some mention[

stolen bases, the Jethroe-Torgeson duo stole more bases than every other team in the National League, except for the Brooklyn Dodgers
.

Personal life and death

Torgeson returned to Snohomish County and served as a

county commissioner and later the director of the county Department of Emergency Management. He died of leukemia at his home in Everett, Washington on November 8, 1990. He was 66 years old.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Earl Torgeson – Society for American Baseball Research".
  2. ^ "Baseball in Wartime - Earl Torgeson". www.baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

External links

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