George Zeber
| George Zeber | |
|---|---|
| Second baseman | |
| Born: August 29, 1950 Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 7, 1977, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 14, 1978, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .296 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 10 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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George William Zeber (born August 29, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1978 for the New York Yankees. He was used primarily as a backup to second baseman Willie Randolph.
Early life
[edit]Zeber graduated from Loara High School in 1968, and was drafted into the United States Army in 1970 and deployed to Vietnam during the Vietnam War in March 1971.[1] He spent five months in the Quang Tri area and was discharged from the army in September 1971.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota
References
[edit]- ^ Bush, Frederick C. "George Zeber", Society for American Baseball Research website. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
- Florida Instructional League Yankees players
- Kinston Eagles players
- Johnson City Yankees players
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- New York Yankees players
- People from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Tacoma Yankees players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- West Haven Yankees players
- United States Army soldiers
- Baseball players from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania