Alfred Federoff (July 11, 1924 – August 2, 2011), nicknamed "Whitey," was an American professional

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infielder and

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. He spent his career in minor league baseball, except for 76 games spread over the

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and

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seasons, when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers of

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Biography

Federoff was born in

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, and was Jewish. He attended Bairdford High School in

, graduated from Etna High School in

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, and attended

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for two years. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed as an active player. His playing career extended from 1946 through 1959, with another decade spent as a minor league manager (1960–61; 1963–70). Most of his career was spent with the Tigers: he signed with Detroit in 1946, played for seven seasons in their farm system, and then managed in that system for nine more years during the 1960s. As a skipper, his teams won two league championships. He was a Tigers' scout in 1962. For the MLB Tigers in 1951–52, Federoff played 71 games as a second baseman and batted .238 in 235

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, with no home runs and 14

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. He was a .279 hitter during his minor league career, where he saw service with the Triple-A

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and

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, and the Open Classification

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and

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. In 1954, he led the Pacific Coast League in runs (110), walks (108), and hit by pitch (11), was 8th in OBP (.389), was tied for 8th in stolen bases (15) and sacrifice flies (6), and was 10th in hits (175) while batting .278.

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