Solly Hemus
| Solly Hemus | ||
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| Shortstop - Second Baseman | ||
| Born: April 17 1923 | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 27, 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Final game | ||
| June 14, 1959 for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting avg | .273 | |
| Hits | 736 | |
| Runs | 459 | |
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Solomon Joseph Hemus (born April 17, 1923, in Phoenix, Arizona) is a retired infielder, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball.
As a player (1949-59) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, Hemus was primarily a shortstop, although he also saw significant time as a second baseman. He compiled a lifetime batting average of .273 in 969 games, with 51 home runs. He batted lefthanded and threw righthanded.
Hemus was a hardnosed player known for battling with opponents and umpires. With his career winding down, he was reacquired by the Cardinals during the autumn of 1958 and named the Redbirds' player-manager by owner August "Gussie" Busch, who admired Hemus' fiery personality. As a player, Hemus appeared in 24 games - mostly as a pinch-hitter - in 1959 before concentrating on his managerial responsibilities. His Cardinals were inconsistent: a seventh place (71-83) finish in his rookie managerial campaign (1959) was followed by a 15-game improvement (86-68) and a leap to third place in his second season (1960). The Redbirds followed with a poor start in 1961, losing 16 of their first 19 games. They were mired in sixth place in July (at 33-41) when Hemus was replaced by one of his coaches, Johnny Keane. His career major league managing record was 190-192 (.497).
Hemus then served as a coach with the New York Mets (1962-63) and Cleveland Indians (1964-65). He managed the Mets' top farm club, the Jacksonville Suns of the AAA International League, in 1966 before leaving baseball and entering the oil business in his adopted home city of Houston, Texas.
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- John Kennedy, the first black player in Philadelphia Phillies history, made his major league debut when he entered a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers as a pinch runner for Solly Hemus. {Roosevelt Stadium -- April 22, 1957}[1]
See also
| Preceded by Stan Hack |
St. Louis
Cardinals Manager 1959-1961 |
Succeeded by Johnny Keane |
| St. Louis Cardinals managers |
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| Tebeau • Heilbroner • Donovan • Nichols • Burke • Robison • McCloskey • Bresnahan • Huggins • Hendricks • Rickey • Hornsby • O'Farrell • McKechnie • Southworth • Street • Frisch • Gonzalez • Blades • Dyer • Marion • Stanky • Walker • Hutchinson • Hack • Hemus • Keane • Schoendienst • Rapp • Krol • Boyer • Herzog • Torre • Jorgensen • La Russa |
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Retrosheet
Notes
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