Mike Chartak
| Mike Chartak | |||
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| Right fielder/First baseman | |||
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Born: April 28, 1916 Brooklyn, New York | |||
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Died: July 25, 1967 (aged 51) Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 13, 1940, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 1944, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .243 | ||
| Runs scored | 96 | ||
| Fielding percentage | .975 | ||
| Putouts | 620 | ||
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Michael George (Shotgun) Chartak (April 28, 1916 – July 25, 1967[1]) was a Major League Baseball outfielder.
Chartak was born in 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Mike played four seasons in the major leagues: 1940 with the New York Yankees; 1942 with the Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns; and 1943–1944 with the Browns. In his major league career, Chartak appeared in 256 games and had 186 hits, including 21 home runs, in 765 at bats. He appeared as a pinch hitter in two games of the 1944 World Series, the second appearance resulting in a strikeout to end the sixth and final game.
He died of tuberculosis on July 25, 1967, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
References
- David Alan Heller, As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns. 2003 Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- Obituary, The Sporting News, Aug. 12, 1967, p. 38
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