Loyd Eugene Christopher (December 31, 1919 – September 5, 1991) was an American professional baseball player and

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. During his on-field career (1938–1952; 1955), he was an outfielder who appeared in Major League Baseball for 16

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for the Boston Red Sox (1945),

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(1945) and Chicago White Sox (1947). The native of

Richmond, California Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a Richmond, California City Council, city council.

, stood tall and weighed , and threw and batted right-handed. His brother Russ Christopher was a Major League pitcher. In the Majors, Loyd Christopher collected nine

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in 37 at bats for a batting average of .243, with one

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, four runs batted in, five

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, and an

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of .333. In the field he recorded 24 putouts, one assist, no errors and participated in one

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. In the Minors, Christopher played a total of 16 seasons, including 13 seasons at the highest ( Double-A, then Triple-A) level, from 1940 through 1952. One of his best seasons was 1946, when he played 158 games for the Los Angeles Angels, batted .304, and hit 26 home runs to lead the

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in that category. After his playing career, Christopher became a

based in

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for the

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, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos and

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, signing players such as future

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r Dennis Eckersley, Dick Tidrow, Carney Lansford, Larry Andersen, Gary Pettis, Steve Dunning and Ron Romanick. Christopher died in his hometown of Richmond at the age of 71.

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