Francis Healy (baseball)
Appearance
Francis Healy | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. | June 29, 1910|
Died: February 12, 1997 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 86)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 29, 1930, for the New York Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 1934, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .241 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 5 |
Teams | |
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Francis Xavier Paul Healy (June 29, 1910 – February 12, 1997) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played in parts of four seasons for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. He made it into 15 games for the 1934 World Series winners, mostly as a pinch hitter, but did not play in the series.
Healy is the uncle of former MLB catcher and current broadcaster Fran Healy.
Sources
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- Major League Baseball catchers
- New York Giants (baseball) players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Bridgeport Bears (baseball) players
- Columbus Red Birds players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Memphis Chickasaws players
- Houston Buffaloes players
- Baseball players from Holyoke, Massachusetts
- 1910 births
- 1997 deaths
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs