George Strickland

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 10, 1926 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: February 21, 2010 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: May 7, 1950 (Age 24-117d, 10,707th in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 23, 1960 (Age 34-195d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: George Bevan Strickland

Nicknames: Bo

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Relatives: Cousin of Hal Bevan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

2824

633

.224

305

RBI

284

OBP

.313

SLG

.311

OPS

.624

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	26 (25)	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
2	30 (3)	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	33 (2)	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	28	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
4	34	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
5	35	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	39 (3)	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,15-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	40	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
8	42 (1)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
9	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	46 (1)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
12	48 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	50 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5		16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
14	51	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
15	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	GS	56	11.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS 2B
16	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
17	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	55	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
19	56	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS 2B
20	57	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GF	17	3.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
21	63 (5)	Jun 26	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
22	66 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
23	67	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GF	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
25	69	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
26	70	Jul 3	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
27	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
28	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
29	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
30	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
31	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
32	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
33	80 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
34	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	5	3	1	9	0	2B
35	82	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	2B
36	83	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	84	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	87 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
39	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
40	89	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
41	90	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
42	91	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
43	92	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	93	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS	29	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
45	94	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	95	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GF	14	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GF	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	99	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	100	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	103 (2)	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
52	105 (1)	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
53	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	108 (1)	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	109	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-3	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
56	111 (1)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
57	112	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
58	113	Aug 17	CLE		KCA	L,3-9	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
59	114	Aug 18	CLE		KCA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
60	115	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	117 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	120 (2)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B 3B
63	121	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	34	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	137 (15)	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
65	138	Sep 12	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	139	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B SS
67	140	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	141	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
69	143 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS	37	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
70	146 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
71	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
72	148	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
73	149	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	150	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS	32	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
75	151	Sep 25	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GS	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
76	152	Sep 26	CLE		KCA	W,8-4	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	153	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
78	154	Sep 29	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
79	155	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
							82gm		478.2	118	145	5	268	34