Ken Silvestri

Catcher

Born: May 3, 1916
Chicago

Died: March 31, 1992 (aged 75)
Tallahassee, Florida

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 18, 1939, for the Chicago White Sox

Last MLB appearance

July 31, 1951, for the Philadelphia Phillies

MLB statistics

Batting average

.217

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Chicago White Sox (1939–1940)
New York Yankees (1941; 1946–1947)
Philadelphia Phillies (1949–1951)

Career highlights and awards

Third-string catcher of World Champion 1941 Yankees
Third-string catcher of 1950 "Whiz Kid" Phillies
Appeared in one game of 1950 World Series

Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (May 3, 1916 – March 31, 1992) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. During his 16-year playing career, he was a backup catcher in the Major Leagues over eight seasons scattered between 1939 through 1951, appearing for the Chicago White Sox (1939–40), New York Yankees (1941; 1946–47) and Philadelphia Phillies (1950–51). As a big leaguer, Silvestri was a .217 hitter with 44 hits, 11 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 25 RBI in 102 games played.

Silvestri was born in Chicago and attended Purdue University. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). He served in the United States Army during World War II.

Following his MLB career, he managed in the minor leagues in the Yankee farm system and coached for the Phillies (1952–53; 1959–60), Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1963–75) and the White Sox (1976; 1982). He also managed the Atlanta Braves for the final three games of the 1967 season after skipper Billy Hitchcock was fired.^[1] The Braves lost all three games Silvestri managed.^[2]

Silvestri died in Tallahassee, Florida at age 75.^[3]

References

Sources

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
BaseballLibrary
Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

Preceded by Johnny Sain Ron Schueler	Chicago White Sox pitching coach 1976 1982	Succeeded by Stan Williams Dave Duncan

New York Yankees 1941 World Series Champions

1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Joe Gordon 7 Tommy Henrich 8 Bill Dickey 9 Charlie Keller 10 Phil Rizzuto 12 Buddy Rosar 14 Jerry Priddy 15 Red Ruffing 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Tiny Bonham 21 Spud Chandler 22 Marius Russo 24 Marv Breuer 26 Ken Silvestri 27 Frenchy Bordagaray 28 Atley Donald 34 Johnny Sturm

Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Earle Combs 33 Johnny Schulte

Regular season Rivalry Subway Series

Atlanta Braves managers

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John Morrill (1882)
Jack Burdock (1883)
John Morrill (1883–1886)
King Kelly (1887)
John Morrill (1887–1888)
Jim Hart (1889)
Frank Selee (1890–1901)
Al Buckenberger (1902–1904)
Fred Tenney (1905–1907)
Joe Kelley (1908)
Frank Bowerman (1909)
Harry Smith (1909)
Fred Lake (1910)
Fred Tenney (1911)
Johnny Kling (1912)
George Stallings (1913–1920)
Fred Mitchell (1921–1923)
Dave Bancroft (1924–1927)
Jack Slattery (1928)
Rogers Hornsby (1928)
Emil Fuchs (1929)
Bill McKechnie (1930–1937)
Casey Stengel (1938–1942)
Bob Coleman (1943)
Casey Stengel (1943)
Bob Coleman (1944–1945)
Del Bissonette (1945)
Billy Southworth (1946–1949)
Johnny Cooney (1949)
Billy Southworth (1950–1951)
Tommy Holmes (1951–1952)
Charlie Grimm (1952–1956)
Fred Haney (1956–1959)
Chuck Dressen (1960–1961)
Birdie Tebbetts (1961–1962)
Bobby Bragan (1963–1966)
Billy Hitchcock (1966–1967)
Ken Silvestri (1967)
Lum Harris (1968–1972)
Eddie Mathews (1972–1974)
Clyde King (1974–1975)
Connie Ryan (1975)
Dave Bristol (1976–1977)
Ted Turner (1977)
Vern Benson (1977)
Dave Bristol (1977)
Bobby Cox (1978–1981)
Joe Torre (1982–1984)
Eddie Haas (1985)
Bobby Wine (1985)
Chuck Tanner (1986–1988)
Russ Nixon (1988–1990)
Bobby Cox (1990–2010)
Fredi González (2011–)

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