George Strickland

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 10, 1926 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: February 21, 2010 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: May 7, 1950 (Age 24-117d, 10,707th in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 23, 1960 (Age 34-195d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: George Bevan Strickland

Nicknames: Bo

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Relatives: Cousin of Hal Bevan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

2824

633

.224

305

RBI

284

OBP

.313

SLG

.311

OPS

.624

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		KCA	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
9	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
10	10	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
11	11	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
16	16	May 2	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
18	18	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
19	19	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
20	20	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 2B
23	23	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	6	5	1	12	2	SS
24	24	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
26	26	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
28	28	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	2	3	2	7	2	SS
29	29	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
31	39 (8)	May 28	CLE		KCA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
32	40	May 30 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43 (2)	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
34	44	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
35	45	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
36	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
37	48 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	50 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GF	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	53	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	57 (3)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
43	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
44	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	60	Jun 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS	17	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
46	61	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
47	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	58	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
48	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
49	64	Jun 24	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
50	65	Jun 25	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	66	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	67	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
53	68	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
54	69	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
55	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	71	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
57	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,12-9	CG	54	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
62	77	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
64	79	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
65	80	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
66	81	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
67	82	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
68	83	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	48	9.2	0	3	0	3	1	3B
69	84	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
71	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	60	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	3B
73	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
74	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
75	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
76	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
77	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
79	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GS	47	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
81	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B SS
82	97	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
83	98	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
84	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	100	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
86	101	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	102	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
88	103	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
89	104	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
90	105	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
92	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
93	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
94	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
95	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
96	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
97	113 (1)	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
98	116 (2)	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	118	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	119	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
102	120	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
103	121	Aug 21	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
104	122	Aug 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
105	123	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
106	124	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
108	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	127	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
110	128	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	129	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	130	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	131	Sep 2	CLE		KCA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
114	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
116	134	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	135	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	GS	26	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	136	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	137	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
120	138	Sep 9 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	139	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	140	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	142 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	143	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	145	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	26	4.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
128	147	Sep 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
129	148	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,13-7	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	149	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
131	150	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							134gm		1097.0	153	281	18	452	54