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Friday, March 22, 2013

Jersey Born


A look at Garden State-born Major League Baseball Players. Some you will know and some are unknown to us all, but represented Jersey in the show.


Allie Clark (South Amboy, NJ)
Indians/Athletics/Yankees/WhiteSox 1947-1953

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkal01.shtml

Career Highlights: Was member of back-to-back World Series champions.

In 1947, he pinched hit for Yogi Berra in Game 7 with a single, driving in Phil Rizzuto.

The following season, he was a member of the last Cleveland Indians team to win the World Series. In his only appearance, he was 0-3, but had a sac bunt that lead to a run in a Game 2 victory.