Al Flair
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Albert Dell Flair (Broadway)
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 4", Weight 195 lb.
- School Louisiana State University
- High School Fortier High School
- Debut September 6, 1941
- Final Game September 28, 1941
- Born July 24, 1916 in New Orleans, LA USA
- Died July 26, 1988 in New Orleans, LA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Al "Broadway" Flair played in the majors in 1941. His minor league career went from 1937 to 1951 with a break for World War II, when he served in the Army.
He was born and died in New Orleans, LA, and played minor league ball for the New Orleans Pelicans as well.
Flair came up to the majors with the 1941 Boston Red Sox, a team remembered for Ted Williams hitting .406. Flair played first base in his ten games with the Red Sox, while the regular first baseman in 1941 for the team was the 33-year-old Jimmie Foxx.
Flair was at Louisiana State University from 1935-38, at the same time as Bama Rowell, who was there from 1935-37. Rowell would later come up to play with the Boston team in the National League.
Al hit at least .290 each year in the minors from 1937-41, spending most of 1941 with the minor-league Baltimore Orioles. After the war he came back to minor league baseball, playing for teams in the South from 1946-51. He was a teammate of the veteran Bobo Newsom on the 1949-50 Chattanooga Lookouts.
In 2009 he was named to the New Orleans Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
He attended Fortier High School.
