Boots Day
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Charles Frederick Day
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.
- School Mohawk Valley Community College
- Debut June 15, 1969
- Final Game September 24, 1974
- Born August 31, 1947 in Ilion, NY USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Boots Day was the first ever batter at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia on April 10, 1971. He and Rusty Staub had the highest batting averages on the 1971 Montreal Expos, a team during the second dead-ball era that hit .246.
He was primarily a centerfielder in the majors, getting 300+ at-bats twice.
Boots was a two-way player in the minors, pitching in 87 games. He had eleven seasons total in the minors, spending parts of five of them with Evansville. In his best season as a pitcher, he had a 2.40 ERA in 14 appearances with Evansville in 1978, a year in which he also played outfield and first base. He had no pitching appearances in the majors.
Day began his coaching career in 1982 in the Detroit Tigers organization and later scouted for the Tigers, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. He has coached in the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals' farm systems.
- 2006 Coach High Desert Mavericks
- 2007 Coach Columbus Clippers
- 2008 Coach Lancaster Barnstormers
