Tony Kubek

Tony Kubek
Kubek, circa 1964–65
Shortstop
Born: (1935-10-12) October 12, 1935 (age 89)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1957, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1965, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average.266
Home runs57
Runs batted in373
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Non-MLB stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2016

Anthony Christopher Kubek (born October 12, 1935)[1] is an American former professional baseball player and television broadcaster. During his nine-year playing career with the New York Yankees, Kubek played in six World Series in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting in 37 World Series games. For NBC television, he later broadcast twelve World Series between 1968 and 1982, and fourteen League Championship Series between 1969 and 1989. Kubek received the Ford C. Frick Award in 2009.

  1. ^ Most sources have cited 1936 as Kubek's year of birth, but his Topps 1957 baseball card (visible here Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine) shows his year of birth as 1935 which shows that Tony C Kubek was born on October 12, 1935