Joseph Szekely (February 2, 1925 – October 16, 1995) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played professionally for six seasons (1949–1954) and who appeared in five Major League

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for the Cincinnati Redlegs. Born in

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, Szekely attended Baylor University; he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . His son, Joe Szekely, a catcher in minor league baseball from 1982 to 1992, is a longtime minor league manager and instructor who spent the 2011 season as a

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in the Tampa Bay Rays' organization. The elder Szekely debuted in the major leagues on September 13, 1953, as the starting right fielder in a doubleheader against the

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. He went hitless in seven at bats that day. Two unsuccessful at bats as a

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extended Szekely's hitless skein to nine. But in what would be his final Major League game on September 27, he started in right field against star

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lefthander Warren Spahn — a future Hall of Famer — and collected his only MLB hit, a

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, in four times at bat. All told, he batted 13 times in the Majors, scored no runs, and struck out three times. His minor league career was spent in two circuits, the Double-A Texas League and the Class B Big State League.Minor league statistics
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Major League Baseball right fielders Cincinnati Redlegs players Shreveport Sports players Texarkana Bears players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Baseball players from Ohio People from Paris, Texas Baylor University alumni 1925 births 1995 deaths {{US-baseball-outfielder-1920s-stub