Cyril Roy Weatherly (February 25, 1915 – January 19, 1991), nicknamed "Stormy", was an American
professional baseball
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whose career extended for two decades (1934–1943; 1946–1954; 1958). The native of
Tyler County, Texas
Tyler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in East Texas and its seat is Woodville.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,798.
Tyler County is named for John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States. De ...
, an
outfielder
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, appeared in 811
Major League games over ten seasons for the
Cleveland Indians
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,
New York Yankees
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and
New York Giants
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. Weatherly batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Despite his relatively small size — he stood 5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m) tall and weighed — he hit more than 100
home runs
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in
minor league baseball.
As a Major Leaguer, Weatherly collected 794
hits, with 152
doubles, 44
triples, and 43 home runs. Defensively, he recorded a .975
fielding percentage
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playing at all three outfield positions. His finest season was , when he
batted .303 with career highs in
runs scored
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, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and
runs batted in
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for the contending Indians, finishing eleventh in the
American League
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Most Valuable Player
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voting. Traded to the Yankees after the season, he appeared in one game as a
pinch hitter
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during the
1943 World Series,
popping out in the eighth
inning
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of Game 2 against
Mort Cooper
Morton Cecil Cooper (March 2, 1913 – November 17, 1958) was an American baseball pitcher who played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played from 1938 to 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants, and Chi ...
of the
St. Louis Cardinals
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. Although the Yankees lost that game, that was the only contest they would drop as they won the Series in five games.
Weatherly missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving in the United States Army during World War II.
Baseball in Wartime web site
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