Al Naples

Aloysius Francis Naples (August 29, 1926 – February 26, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns in . He is one of about 200 players in major league history to be credited with exactly one base hit.

I ran like all get-out when I poked that double down the right field line for my first hit in the Big Show. I felt rather good after that. One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories (George Rose) from 1946 to 1949. He signed a professional contract with the St. Louis Browns in 1949 Springfield Browns of the Three-I League. That year, Naples hit .232 with no home runs in 56 games for Springfield, who finished last and folded after the season. On October 21, 1949, Naples was released unconditionally by the Browns. or for any other professional team afterwards; at age 23, his professional baseball career was over.

Naples died on February 26, 2021, at the age of 94.