Buster Boguskie

Harold McM Boguskie

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 155 lbs

• Born October 27, 1923
• Died June 16, 2001 in Nashville, TN USA

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Biographical information

Buster Boguskie began his baseball career with the 1946 Hopkinsville Hoppers, hitting .354/~.431/.510 with 116 runs (4th in the KITTY League, 35 doubles (third), 16 steals and .930 fielding percentage, second-best among league shortstops. He led the league with 190 hits, was fifth in average and among the leaders in OBP and slugging. In '47, Boguskie began an 8-year run with the Nashville Volunteers in the Southern Association, hitting .252. He followed with years of .289 and .285. In 1950, Buster put up a .271/~.382/.415 season for Nashville with 10 HR, the only time after '46 he would reach double digits. 1951 yielded results of a .332 mark, one of the top 10 in the SA. In '52, the veteran had a .255/~.347/.343 line. He hit .304 in '53 and .270 in 1954 to complete his Nashville run.

In 1955, he hit .212 for the Rock Hill Chiefs as a player-manager and also spent time with the Chattanooga Lookouts (.267) and Lake Charles Lakers (.231) in his final season as a player. He coached Belmont College in 1957.

Sources include 1947, 1951 and 1953 Baseball Guides and Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database

Personal Remembrance

Buster Boguski was a veteran infielder, who also was the manager of the Class B Rock Hill Chiefs of the 1955 Tri-State League. I was a pitcher on this team. I believe this was his first managerial job. His main baseball history was as a longtime second baseman for the Nashville Vols of the AA Southern Association. Buster was a short, somewhat stocky athlete with sandy hair. He was affable, and friendly, but had difficulty managing and left the team after a month or two, and I believe returned to play for the Vols. He also lived in Nashville, and probably retired there.

---Submitted by Bill O'Donnell, User:Pitcher53

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1955	Rock Hill Chiefs	Tri-State League	21-23	--	Washington Senators	--	replaced by Peter Meachini June 17
	Lake Charles Lakers	Evangeline League	17-24	--	none	--	replaced Jackie Bales (16-24) on June 19 replaced by Sam Tarleton (2-2) on August 1