George Van Haltren
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| George Van Haltren | ||
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| Outfielder/Pitcher | ||
| Born: March 30, 1866 | ||
| Died: September 29 1945 (aged 79) | Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | ||
| June 27, 1887 for the Chicago White Stockings | ||
| Final game | ||
| September 26, 1903 for the New York Giants | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .316 | |
| Hits | 2532 | |
| Runs batted in | 1014 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
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George Edward Martin Van Haltren (March 30 1866 - September 29, 1945) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who also pitched and played shortstop infrequently. He batted and threw left-handed. Van Haltren played with the Chicago Cubs for the first 3 years of his career, and played the last 10 with the New York Giants. He played with a number of teams in between.
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
His career statistics include a .316 batting average with 69 home runs and 1014 RBIs. He also ended his career with 2532 hits and 583 stolen bases. He was tied for the lead in triples in 1896, with Tom McCreery. They had 21.
He died in Oakland, California at the age of 79.
[edit] See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- List of Major League Baseball players with 500 stolen bases
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- List of Major League Baseball saves champions
- List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 stolen bases
[edit] Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
| Preceded by Bob Glenalvin | Detroit Tigers Manager 1895 | Succeeded by Con Strothers |
| Preceded by Jimmy Sheckard | National League Stolen Base Champion 1900 (with Patsy Donovan) | Succeeded by Honus Wagner |
Detroit Tigers managers |
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| Stallings • Dwyer • Barrow • Lowe • Armour • Jennings • Cobb • Moriarty • Harris • Baker • Cochrane • Perkins • O'Neill • Rolfe • Hutchinson • Harris • Tighe • Norman • Dykes • Hitchcock • Gordon • Scheffing • Dressen • Swift • Skaff • Smith • Martin • Schultz • Houk • Moss • Tracewski • Anderson • Bell • Parrish • Garner • Pujols • Trammell • Leyland |
Categories: 1866 births | 1945 deaths | National League stolen base champions | Major league center fielders | Major league players from Missouri | 19th century baseball players | Chicago Cubs players | Brooklyn Ward's Wonders players | Baltimore Orioles (AA) players | Baltimore Orioles (NL) players | Baltimore Orioles (19th century) managers | Pittsburgh Pirates players | New York Giants baseball players | Baseball player-managers
