Chuck Aleno
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Charles Aleno
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1½", Weight 215 lb.
- Debut May 15, 1941
- Final Game September 23, 1944
- Born February 19, 1917 in St. Louis, MO USA
- Died February 10, 2003 in DeLand, FL USA
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[edit] Biographical Information
In 1937 the Cincinnati Reds organization signed Chuck Aleno to a professional baseball league contract and shipped him off to the class D Florida State League DeLand Reds. This was to be the start of a seventeen year tour of ten different leagues and eighteen different ball clubs.
After four seasons Aleno got his chance with the 1941 Cincinnati Reds. He started his major league career with 4 consecutive multi-hit games. He continued on to set the current record for the longest hitting streak to start a career (17 games). He played parts of the next four seasons with the Reds. In those four years he was used as an infielder, playing only two games in the outfield. He appeared in 118 games with 320 at bats geting 67 hits for a .209 BA and a .281 OBP. 1944 was his last chance in the majors and the next season, 1945 he was with the AAA Pacific Coast League Seattle Rainiers
Aleno was a much traveled man from the 1945 through 1953 seasons, playing, (even pitching) and managing several minor league teams. From 1948 through 1951 he was a player-manager in the class B Florida International League and pulled the same duty in the class D Florida State League in the 1952, 1953 seasons.
Aleno's pitching record was during the last six seasons of his career, showing 6 wins and 8 losses, appearing in 250 innings in 79 games. His ERA was a good 3.73.
Chucks minor league record shows that he played in 1,764 games, had 6,189 at bats, 283 doubles, 49 triples and 158 home runs for a total of 1,816 base hits. This gave him a life time batting average of .285 and a .404 slugging percentage. Alenos best season was probably with the 1949 Fort Lauderdale Braves where he had 155 base hits (31 home runs), and a .303 batting average along with a .529 slugging average.
In the six seasons that Aleno served as manager he had only one winning year, in 1948 the Lakeland Pilots of the class C Florida International League finished third with a 82-72 record.
[edit] Year-by-Year Managerial Record
| Year | Team | League | Record | Finish | Organization | Playoffs | Niotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Lakeland Pilots | Florida International League | 3rd | none | Lost in 1st round | replaced Bill Perrin on May 25 | |
| 1949 | Fort Lauderdale Braves | Florida International League | 65-88 | 6th | none | ||
| 1950 | Fort Lauderdale Braves | Florida International League | 70-80 | 5th | none | ||
| 1951 | Fort Lauderdale Braves | Florida International League | 8th | none | replaced Ed Goosetree on June 25 | ||
| 1952 | Sanford Seminole Blues | Florida State League | 64-70 | 6th | none | ||
| 1953 | Lakeland Pilots | Florida State League | 8th | none | replaced Peter Kantor on June 23 |
[edit] Source
SABR Minor League Data base
Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Third Edition
baseball-reference.com
