Fenton Mole
Appearance
Fenton Mole | |
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First baseman | |
Born: San Leandro, California, U.S. | June 14, 1925|
Died: February 20, 2017 Danville, California, U.S. | (aged 91)|
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 | |
Fenton Le Roy "Muscles" Mole (June 14, 1925 – February 20, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball player.
Biography
[edit]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 military during World War II.[1]
He died on February 20, 2017, at the age of 91.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baseball Gauge - Fenton Mole". Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ^ Baseball Almanac: Fenton Mole
External links
[edit]- Fenton Mole statistics and history on Baseball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2017 deaths
- New York Yankees players
- Sportspeople from San Leandro, California
- Baseball players from Alameda County, California
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Beaumont Exporters players
- Beaumont Roughnecks players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Newark Bears (International League) players
- Norfolk Tars players
- Portland Beavers players
- San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
- American baseball first baseman stubs