George Selkirk
[edit] Biography
George Selkirk (George Alexander Selkirk) was born on January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Ontario (Canada). He made his Major League debut on August 12, 1934 for the New York Yankees. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .313 with 5 home runs and 38 RBI. Selkirk played for the New York Yankees for his entire 9 year career. He appeared in 846 games and batted .290 (.265 in 21 World Series games), with 108 regular-season home runs in his career. One of Selkirk's best seasons was in1936, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in an 107 runs.
After military service in World War II, Selkirk managed at the A and AAA levels for the Yanks, and at AAA in the farm system of the Milwaukee Braves. He then worked as a player personnel director for the Kansas City Athletics and player development director of the Baltimore Orioles before becoming the second general manager in the history of the second Washington Senators club in the autumn of 1962.
George Selkirk died at age 79 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His successful career as a player, and the respect he earned as a general manager, earned Selkirk a place in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 46
| 176
| 23
| 55
| 5
| 38
| .313
| .370
| .449
| 7
| 1
| 15
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 128
| 491
| 64
| 153
| 11
| 94
| .312
| .372
| .487
| 29
| 12
| 44
| 36
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| NY
| A
| 137
| 493
| 93
| 152
| 18
| 107
| .308
| .420
| .511
| 28
| 9
| 94
| 60
| 1
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NY
| A
| 78
| 256
| 49
| 84
| 18
| 68
| .328
| .411
| .629
| 13
| 5
| 34
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 99
| 335
| 58
| 85
| 10
| 62
| .254
| .384
| .409
| 12
| 5
| 68
| 52
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| 128
| 418
| 103
| 128
| 21
| 101
| .306
| .452
| .517
| 17
| 4
| 103
| 49
| 8
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| 118
| 379
| 68
| 102
| 19
| 71
| .269
| .406
| .491
| 17
| 5
| 84
| 43
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| 70
| 164
| 30
| 36
| 6
| 25
| .220
| .340
| .360
| 5
| 0
| 28
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1942
| NY
| A
| 42
| 78
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 10
| .192
| .330
| .231
| 3
| 0
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 846
| 2790
| 503
| 810
| 108
| 576
| .290
| .400
| .483
| 131
| 41
| 486
| 319
| 23
| 23
| 49
| 0
| 10
|
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| 1934
| NY
| A
| OF
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 269
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1936
| NY
| A
| OF
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 290
| 10
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1937
| NY
| A
| OF
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 140
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| OF
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| OF
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 254
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| OF
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 220
| 9
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| OF
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1942
| NY
| A
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 773
| 0
| 0
| 1559
| 55
| 38
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
[edit] Transactions
- Released by New York Yankees (February 11, 1946).
[edit] Trivia
- Selkirk succeeded Babe Ruth as the rightfielder for the New York Yankees.
- He is a two time All-Star (1936, 1939), with 5 championship rings (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941).
- Selkirk earned the nickname "Twinkletoes" for his distinctive way of running on the balls of his feet.
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