Boyd Bartley

Boyd Owen Bartley

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8½", Weight 165 lb.
• School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• High School Hyde Park Academy High School
• Debut May 30, 1943
• Final Game June 7, 1943
• Born February 11, 1920 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died December 21, 2012 in Richland Hills, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Boyd Bartley briefly played in the majors and then was a longtime minor league manager and scout.

After starring on the diamond at the University of Illinois, Bartley was scouted by both his hometown Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers before signing with Brooklyn in 1943. He went straight to the Dodgers big league club and made his major league debut on May 30th, starting both games of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds. Two days later, he got his only big league hit, a single off Howie Pollet of the St. Louis Cardinals. Overall, he hit just .048 in 9 games for Brooklyn and went on to appear in 34 games for the Montreal Royals that year before joining the military.

Serving in the Army during World War II, Bartley was injured in a jeep accident. He returned to baseball in 1947 with the Ponca City Dodgers, serving as a player-manager. He led the club to a Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League title in 1950 but missed the following summer while returning to the military. He came back in 1952 and managed in the Dodgers chain through 1956. From 1968 until the 1990s, he was a Los Angeles Dodgers scout, most notable for signing Orel Hershiser.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1947	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League	61-62	6th	Brooklyn Dodgers
1948	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League	79-47	1st	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lost in 1st round
1949	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League	66-59	4th	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lost in 1st round
1950	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League	80-42	1st	Brooklyn Dodgers	League Champs
1952	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League	68-58	3rd	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lost League Finals
1953	Shawnee Hawks	Sooner State League	86-53	2nd	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lost in 1st round
1954	Thomasville Dodgers	Georgia-Florida League		--	Brooklyn Dodgers		replaced by George Pfister on July 8
1955	Hornell Dodgers	PONY League	50-76	6th	Brooklyn Dodgers
1956	Hornell Dodgers	PONY League		--	Brooklyn Dodgers		replaced by Charlie Gelbert on July 19

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