Dave Pope
American baseball player (1921-1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Pope (June 17, 1921 – August 28, 1999) was an American Negro league and Major League Baseball outfielder who played one inning for the Homestead Grays and for four seasons in MLB for the Cleveland Indians in 1952, and from 1954 to 1955. He then played for the Baltimore Orioles after being traded from 1955 to 1956, then was traded back to Cleveland for the remainder of the 1956 season. He left MLB behind on September 30, 1956.[1]
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Outfielder | |||||||||||||
Born: (1921-06-17)June 17, 1921 Talladega, Alabama, U.S. | |||||||||||||
Died: August 28, 1999(1999-08-28) (aged 78) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||
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NgL: 1946, for the Homestead Grays | |||||||||||||
MLB: July 1, 1952, for the Cleveland Indians | |||||||||||||
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September 30, 1956, for the Cleveland Indians | |||||||||||||
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Batting average | .265 | ||||||||||||
Home runs | 12 | ||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 73 | ||||||||||||
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