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Bud Bates

1912 – 1987

American baseball player

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Lived 1912 – 1987 (aged 75). Bud Bates was an American baseball player.

Hubert Edgar "Buddy" Bates (March 16, 1912 – April 29, 1987) was an American professional baseball player whose 18-year active career took place over a quarter century — between 1931 and 1955. All but 15 of Bates' games played occurred in the minor leagues, however. In his only trial in Major League Baseball, the outfielder spent September 1939 with the Philadelphia Phillies, where he collected 15 hits in 58 at bats; he scored eight runs.

Included among those 15 safeties was one big-league home run, struck September 29, 1939, at Shibe Park against Hal Schumacher of the New York Giants. Despite Bates' three hits in that game, the Phillies lost, 8–3 — one of 106 losses they would suffer during that season.

Born in Los Angeles, Bates batted and threw right-handed. He stood tall and weighed . His long minor league career was interrupted by United States Navy service during World War II. After the war, Bates became a player-manager and logged 11 seasons as a skipper, including 2 years with the Double-A Atlanta Crackers; his 1957 Crackers won the Southern Association championship. He last managed in the Baltimore Orioles' organization in 1961.

Bud Bates died in Long Beach, California, at age 75.

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Who was Bud Bates?

American baseball player

When was Bud Bates born?

Bud Bates was born on 16 March 1912 in Los Angeles.

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Bud Bates died on 29 April 1987 in Long Beach.

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Bud Bates was a baseball player.

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Bud Bates was American.

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· Wikipedia: Bud Bates

· Wikidata: Q4983776

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