Art Mahan
| Art Mahan | |||
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| First baseman | |||
| Born: June 8, 1913 Somerville, Massachusetts |
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| Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Villanova, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 30, 1940, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 1940, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .244 | ||
| Stolen bases | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 39 | ||
| Teams | |||
Arthur Leo Mahan (June 8, 1913 – December 7, 2010) was a professional baseball player, who played as a first baseman in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he batted and threw left-handed.[1]
Mahan played in the Boston Red Sox organization from 1936 until he was sold to the Phillies in April 1940.[2] He played one season for the Phillies, and posted a .244 batting average (133-for-544) with two home runs and 39 RBI in 146 games played, including 55 runs, 24 doubles and five triples.[1] He hit a double off the wall his first time at bat and led the Phillies in stolen bases. During World War II, Mahan served as a training officer in the United States Navy, working in training cadets.[3] After the season, Mahan was sold back to his previous minor league team, the Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association.[2] He made one last minor league appearance, in 1946 for the Providence Chiefs of the class-B New England League.[2]
A 1936 graduate of Villanova University, Mahan later became their head baseball coach from 1950 until 1972, and athletic director until 1973.[4]
Mahan died on December 7, 2010 in Villanova, Pennsylvania at the age of 97.[4] Up to the time of his death, he had been recognized as the fourth-oldest living Major League baseball player.
See also
References
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- ↑ http://cst-phl.com/rydal-resident-art-mahan-is-oldest-living-phillie-p2129-150.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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)
- Baseball Library
- Retrosheet
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1913 births
- 2010 deaths
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Rocky Mount Red Sox players
- Hazleton Red Sox players
- Little Rock Travelers players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Villanova Wildcats athletic directors
- Villanova Wildcats baseball coaches
- United States Navy officers
- Baseball players from Massachusetts
- People from Somerville, Massachusetts
