Dean Stafford

Dean Lee Stafford

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.

• Born December 8, 1921 in Los Angeles, CA USA
• Died November 15, 2010 in Corpus Christi, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Dean Stafford was one of the top sluggers in the Big State League in the early 1950s.

Stafford began his minor league career in 1946 and joined the Sherman-Denison Twins of the Big State League two years later. With the Twins in 1951, he led the league with 151 RBI and 32 home runs. Splitting the next summer between the Paris Indians and Tyler East Texans, he again paced the circuit with 47 homers. He split the 1954 campaign between the Galveston White Caps and the Corpus Christi Clippers and won the league's Triple Crown with a .362 average, 38 home runs, and 171 RBI. Corpus Christi went on the the league championship series that year, falling to the Waco Pirates. Back with the Clippers the following year, he hit .339 with 37 homers and a league-leading 159 RBI as his club won the league crown. Overall, he hit 260 home runs in nine seasons in the Big State League.

After baseball, Stafford remained in Corpus Christi and worked as an insurance agent. He died in 2010 at age 88.