Brant Alyea
| Brant Alyea | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: December 8, 1940 Passaic, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 11, 1965, for the Washington Senators | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 20, 1972, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .247 | ||
| Home runs | 38 | ||
| RBI | 148 | ||
| Teams | |||
Garrabrant Ryerson Alyea [all-yay] (born December 8, 1940) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball outfielder who played with four different teams from 1965 through 1972.
Alyea grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey and graduated from Rutherford High School
Originally signed by the Cincinnati Reds, Alyea was drafted a year later by the Washington Senators.
Alyea made his major league debut on September 12, 1965. Called to the plate as a pinch hitter, he hit a home run off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Rudy May on the first pitch he saw in the Majors.
His most productive season came in 1970 for the Minnesota Twins, when he posted career numbers in batting average (.291) home runs (16) and runs batted in (61), including seven-RBI games on April 7 and September 7.[1]
In between, Alyea played winter ball for the Cardenales de Lara, Tiburones de La Guaira and Tigres de Aragua clubs of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, leading the circuit in home runs in 1968 (17) and 1971 (12), and for RBI in 1971 (36). In addition, he played with the VPBL champion Tigres in the 1972 Caribbean Series.[2]
After his baseball playing days were over, Alyea oversaw the crap tables at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Gutiérrez, Daniel; González, Javier (2000). Records de la Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional. Caracas. ISBN 980-6996-01-1
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- BR Bullpen
- Profile at ArmchairGM
- Pura Pelota (Venezuelan League)
- Retrosheet
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from New Jersey
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Caribbean Series players
- Florida Instructional League Senators players
- Geneva Redlegs players
- Hawaii Islanders players
- Hofstra Pride baseball players
- Hofstra University alumni
- Iowa Oaks players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Minnesota Twins players
- Montgomery Rebels players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Peninsula Senators players
- People from Passaic, New Jersey
- People from Rutherford, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
- York White Roses players
