Eugene Abraham Desautels [Red] (June 13, 1907 - November 5, 1994) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played with four different teams between 1930 and 1946. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St Louis Cardinals (4-2 Awards and honors Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 All-Star Game Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb. , Desautels batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester (ˈwʊstɚ is a City in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America.
Adept at encouraging and supporting young pitchers, Desautels spent a long career in baseball catching 19 seasons from 1928 to 1946: three in college (1928-30), 13 in the major leagues (1930-33, 1937-43, 1945-46) and three in the minors (1934-36), losing two years to the Military during World War II. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Coming off the campus of the College of the Holy Cross (Crusaders), Desautels entered the majors in 1930 with the Detroit Tigers, playing for them four years before spent the next three seasons in the Pacific Coast League with the Hollywood Stars and San Diego Padres. The College of the Holy Cross is a prestigious exclusively undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester Massachusetts, The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA The Pacific Coast League (PCL is a Minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. The Hollywood Stars were a Minor league baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League during the early and mid 20th century The San Diego Padres were a Minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League from 1936 through 1968 He came back to major league in 1937, playing for the Boston Red Sox (1937-40) and Cleveland Indians (1941-43). The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Then, entered the United States Marine Corps in February 1944 and was discharged in July 1945, when he rejoined the Indians. He also played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1946, his last major league season. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.
Desautels enjoyed his most productive season with Boston in 1938, when he posted career-highs in batting average (. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 291), home runs (2), RBI (48), runs (47), doubles (16), and games played (108). In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has He compiled a major league career average of . 233, including 461 hits, three homers and 187 RBI.
Following his playing retirement, Desautels managed the Triple-A Sacramento Solons. The Sacramento Solons were a Minor league baseball team based in Sacramento California. He was inducted into the Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.
Desautels died in Flint, Michigan, at the age of 87. Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit.
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References
- Baseball Library
- Baseball Reference
- BR Bullpen
- Retrosheet
- Sons of Sam Horn
- Baseball in Wartime
- Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame
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