Sherry Magee
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| Sherry Magee | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: August 6, 1884 Clarendon, Pennsylvania |
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| Died: March 13, 1929 (aged 44) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| June 29, 1904 for the Philadelphia Phillies |
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| Final game | ||
| September 27, 1919 for the Cincinnati Reds |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .291 | |
| Runs batted in | 1176 | |
| Runs scored | 1112 | |
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Sherwood Robert (Sherry) Magee (August 6, 1884 - March 13, 1929) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1904 through 1919, Magee played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1904-14), Boston Braves (1915-1917[start]) and Cincinnati Reds (1917[end]-1919). He batted and threw right-handed.
In a 16-season career, Magee posted a .291 batting average with 83 home runs and 1176 RBIs in 2087 games played.
A native of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, Magee was one of the premier hitters of the Dead Ball Era. He could hit, run, field, and played with intelligence and aggressively. Nevertheless, he has been one of the most underrated ballplayers in major league history.
From 1905 through 1914, Magee finished in the National League Top-10 in home runs and RBIs seven times, including leading the NL in RBIs four times. He led the league for a fourth time in the war-shortened 1918 campaign. Magee also hit over .300 five times, including a batting title to his credit as well, while also being known as one of the finest defensive outfielders of his day. To top it all off, he collected 2,169 hits and 441 stolen bases, including 23 steals of home.
Magee was obtained by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1904 and remained with them for eleven years. His 85 RBIs in 1905 were an NL high. His most productive season came in 1910, when he led the league in batting (.310), RBIs (123), runs (110), total bases (263), on base percentage (.445), slugging average (.507) and OPS (.952), and finished second in doubles (39) and triples (17).
In 1914 Magee led the league in hits (171), doubles (39), RBIs (103), extra-bases (65), total bases (277) and slugging (.509). A year later, he was traded to the Boston Braves. He remained at Boston until the 1917 midseason, when he was sent to the Cincinnati Reds. In 1918, for the fourth time, he led the league in RBIs (76), and became a member of the Reds team that won its first NL pennant in 1919. In that year Magee was seriously ill for two months, and concluded his major league career by pinch-hitting twice during the 1919 World Series.
Magee later played in the minors and also umpired in the New York-Penn League (1927) and the National League (1928).
A victim of pneumonia, Magee died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age of 44. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery Co in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
[edit] See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- Baseball Hall of Fame balloting:
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBIs
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 stolen bases
[edit] Sources
| Preceded by Jim Nealon & Harry Steinfeldt |
National League RBI Champion 1907 |
Succeeded by Honus Wagner |
| Preceded by Honus Wagner |
National League Batting Champion 1910 |
Succeeded by Honus Wagner |
| Preceded by Honus Wagner |
National League RBI Champion 1910 |
Succeeded by Frank Schulte &Chief Wilson |
| Preceded by Gavvy Cravath |
National League RBI Champion 1914 |
Succeeded by Gavvy Cravath |
| Preceded by Heinie Zimmerman |
National League RBI Champion 1918 |
Succeeded by Hy Myers |
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