Rance Pless

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Rance Pless
Runs batted in
9
Teams
  • Kansas City Athletics
    (1956)

Rance Pless (December 6, 1925 – November 11, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, first baseman and outfielder over the course of a 14-year professional career, he played part of one season of Major League Baseball with the 1956 Kansas City Athletics. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).

Pless was born in

at bats, including three doubles and one triple. Playing 15 games at first base and 5 games at third base, Pless handled 162 total chances without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. He also played part of that season for the Triple-A Richmond Virginians. Pless retired from baseball after the 1960 season with a career minor league batting average of .303 in 1,755 games.[2] He died on November 11, 2017.[3]

Personal life

Rance was married to his wife, Lucille Pless, for more than 70 years before his passing. They had one son together.

Military service

During World War II, Rance served in the Navy on the Asiatic Pacific from 1944 to 1946. . He was assigned to a landing craft infantry ship (LCI-696).

References

  1. ^ Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., The 1956 Official Baseball Register. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1956, page 107
  2. Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rance Pless Obituary

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