Roy sievers biography

Few players in the history of baseball suffered as many professional setbacks as Roy Sievers (1926–2017). After an award winning rookie season in 1949, he endured a year and a half–long slump, a nearly career-ending injury and a major position change—all from 1950 through 1953.
Traded in 1954, he prevailed and became one of the most feared hitters of the decade, the Washington Senators’ home run leader and the biggest gate attraction since Walter Johnson.
Drawing on original interviews with Sievers and teammates, this first full-length biography covers the life and career of a first baseman who overcame adversity to restore a dispirited franchise.

Paul Scimonelli, retired teacher and musician, had a successful music career for more than 60 years. He has written numerous articles for music journals and his dissertation on the history of the Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music is a widely read resource in the university library’s database. He lives in Woodstock, Maryland.

Paul Scimonelli
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 220
Bibliographic Info: 24 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2018
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6869-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766

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Roy Sievers

American baseball player (1926–2017)

Baseball player

Roy Sievers
Sievers with the Washington Senators in 1959
First baseman / Left fielder
Born:(1926-11-18)November 18, 1926 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died: April 3, 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 90) Spanish Lake, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
April 21, 1949, for the St. Louis Browns
May 9, 1965, for the Washington Senators
Batting average	.267
Home runs	318
Runs batted in	1,147
Stats at Baseball Reference

Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and left fielder from 1949 through 1965. A five-time All-Star, Sievers was the 1957 American League home run leader and RBI champion. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion Washington Senators. Sievers batted and threw right-handed.

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Sievers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1926; he was nicknamed "Squirrel" as a schoolboy basketball star.^[1] He won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year and TSN Rookie of the Year awards in

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MLB Stats keep watch on Roy Sievers

Roy Sievers Sport Stats | Baseball Almanac

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Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1949	23	Browns	140	471	84	144	28	1	16	1	91	70	1	75	2	-	2	15	.306	.398	.471
1950	24	Browns	113	370	46	88	20	4	10	1	57	34	1	42	2	-	2	11	.238	.305	.395
1951	25	Browns	31	89	10	20	2	1	1	0	11	9	0	21	0	-	1	4	.225	.303