Fenton Mole

Fenton Mole
Fenton Mole
	Mole with Phil Rizzuto in the dugout, 1949
	First baseman
	Born: June 14, 1925; San Leandro, California, U.S.
	Died: February 20, 2017 (aged 91); Danville, California, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 1, 1949, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1949, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average	.185
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	2
Teams
	New York Yankees (1949);

Fenton Le Roy "Muscles" Mole (June 14, 1925 – February 20, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball player.

Biography

Mole was born in San Leandro, California. He played two seasons for Newark in the minor leagues, 1947 and 1949. He was called up on September 1, 1949. Mole played in ten games for the New York Yankees in the 1949 season. He had five hits in 27 at-bats, with a .185 batting average. Mole batted and threw left-handed. In the field, he accepted 65 total chances (59 putouts, 6 assists) as a first baseman without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. He served in the U.S. Arm Air Forces^[1] during World War II.^[2]

He died on February 20, 2017, at the age of 91.^[3]

References

^ Bedingfield, Gary. "Those Who Served". baseballinwartime.com. Gary Bedingfield (Baseball in Wartime). Retrieved August 31, 2024.
^ "Baseball Gauge - Fenton Mole". Retrieved September 13, 2015.
^ Baseball Almanac: Fenton Mole

External links

Fenton Mole statistics and history on Baseball-Reference.com

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[1] Bedingfield, Gary. "Those Who Served". baseballinwartime.com. Gary Bedingfield (Baseball in Wartime). Retrieved August 31, 2024.

[urlseamheads.com-2] "Baseball Gauge - Fenton Mole". Retrieved September 13, 2015.

[3] Baseball Almanac: Fenton Mole

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