Laddie Placek

Latimer Placek

• Born August 1903
• Died February 1961

Laddie Placek was a Cleveland Indians scout from 1946-1961 at least. He signed Al Smith, Sam Jones, Joe Caffie, Russ Nixon, Roy Nixon and Mike Lutz among others. He also talked Al Rosen out of retirement when Rosen was a minor league player. He died in 1961 of a heart attack.

Sources

• The Deadball Era
• SABR
• Baseball's Canadian-American League by David Pietrusza
• Various newspaper accounts of Placek's signings