Ivey Wingo
| Ivey Wingo | |
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| Catcher / Manager | |
| Born: July 8, 1890 Gainesville, Georgia | |
| Died: March 1, 1941 (aged 50) Norcross, Georgia | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 20, 1911, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 6, 1929, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .260 |
| Home runs | 25 |
| Runs batted in | 455 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ivey Brown Wingo (July 8, 1890 – March 1, 1941) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played all or part of seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher.
Early life
It is not known exactly where Ivey Wingo was born, with some accounts say Gainesville, Georgia[1][2] and others Norcross, Georgia.[3] Regardless, he spent the entirety of his life as a resident of the state of Georgia.[3]
Playing days
Wingo spent the first four years of his career (1911–14) with the Cardinals and last thirteen years with the Reds. He also managed the Reds for two games during the 1916 season. He led the National League in at bats per strikeout (30.7) in 1917.[4]
Wingo is best known for being the backstop for the 1919 World Series Championship Reds team. That team is known for winning the a series fixed by, amongst others, Arnold Rothstein and Abe "Little Champ" Attell. He played with the Reds until 1926, then continued with the team as a coach before getting in one final major league appearance on the last day of the 1929 season, replacing regular catcher Johnny Gooch in the late innings of a game against the Cardinals.
Overview
At the time of his retirement, he held the National League record for games caught in a career at 1,233.[3] He still holds the post-1900 major league records for most career errors by a catcher (234).[3]
Honors
Wingo was selected to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ivey Wingo at Baseball Almanac
- ^ Ivey Wingo at Retrosheet
- ^ a b c d Ivey Wingo at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jim Sandoval, Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ Ivey Wingo at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame page for Ivey Wingo
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Ivey Wingo at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jim Sandoval, Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- Baseball Almanac - Ivey Wingo
- http://www.members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/wingo.htm
- Major League Baseball catchers
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Cincinnati Reds managers
- Major League Baseball player-managers
- Cincinnati Reds coaches
- Greenville Spinners players
- Columbus Senators players
- Atlanta Crackers players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1890 births
- 1941 deaths