Ken Silvestri
[edit] Biography
Ken Silvestri (Kenneth Joseph Silvestri) was born on May 3, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1939 for the Chicago White Sox. Silvestri played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 75
| 6
| 13
| 2
| 5
| .173
| .244
| .293
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 24
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 10
| .250
| .357
| .583
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| 17
| 40
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 4
| .250
| .362
| .450
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| 13
| 21
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .286
| .375
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| NY
| A
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 11
| 20
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .250
| .400
| .350
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .417
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 19
| 33
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 5
| .212
| .395
| .273
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 83
| 170
| 21
| 37
| 5
| 20
| .218
| .311
| .371
| 11
| 0
| 22
| 35
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 102
| 203
| 26
| 44
| 5
| 25
| .217
| .326
| .355
| 11
| 1
| 31
| 41
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| C
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 15
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| C
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| C
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1947
| NY
| A
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| C
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 29
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1936).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Bill Knickerbocker (December 31, 1940).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1948).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories