Beauty McGowan
Beauty McGowan | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Branford, Connecticut, U.S. | November 8, 1901|
Died: May 6, 1982 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 80)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 12, 1922, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 13, 1937, for the Boston Bees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .262 |
Home runs | 6 |
Runs batted in | 108 |
Teams | |
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Frank Bernard "Beauty" McGowan (November 8, 1901 – May 6, 1982) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in 375 games over five seasons (1922–1923; 1928–1929; 1937) in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Boston Bees. The native of Branford, Connecticut, threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
McGowan spent the intervening seasons as a stalwart in minor league baseball. He played all or parts of 13 seasons in the top-level International League — largely with the minor league edition of the Baltimore Orioles, but also with the Newark Bears and Buffalo Bisons — and was a member of the inaugural class (1947) of the International League Hall of Fame. McGowan was a slugger in the minors, once hitting 37 home runs for the Orioles.
After retiring from the field, he became a long-time scout for the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, the former St. Louis Browns franchise. He died in Hamden, Connecticut, at age 80.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- 1901 births
- 1982 deaths
- Baltimore Orioles (International League) managers
- Baltimore Orioles (International League) players
- Baltimore Orioles scouts
- Boston Bees players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Newark Bears (International League) players
- New Haven Weissmen players
- Philadelphia Athletics players
- St. Louis Browns players
- International League MVP award winners
- People from Branford, Connecticut
- Baseball players from New Haven County, Connecticut
- American baseball outfielder, 1900s birth stubs