Buck Etchison
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Buck Etchison (Clarence Hampton Etchison) was born on January 27, 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1943 for the Boston Braves. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .214 with 8 home runs and 33 RBI. Etchison played for the Boston Braves for his entire 2 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 10
| 19
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .316
| .381
| .474
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 109
| 308
| 30
| 66
| 8
| 33
| .214
| .292
| .344
| 16
| 0
| 33
| 50
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 327
| 32
| 72
| 8
| 35
| .220
| .298
| .352
| 19
| 0
| 35
| 52
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
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| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 757
| 48
| 6
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 798
| 50
| 8
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Boston Braves to Milwaukee (American Association) (October 14, 1944) as part of trade in which Milwaukee (American Association) traded Dick Culler and Tommy Nelson to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September, 1944); Milwaukee (American Association) received Carl Lindquist (January, 1945).
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