Kerby Farrell | |
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First baseman / Manager | |
Born: McNairy County, Tennessee, U.S. | September 3, 1913|
Died: December 17, 1975 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 62)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 24, 1943, for the Boston Braves | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 23, 1945, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .262 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 55 |
Managerial record | 76–77 |
Winning % | .497 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
As player
As coach As manager |
Major Kerby Farrell (September 3, 1913 – December 17, 1975) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He was a longtime minor league manager who spent a single season — 1957 — managing in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. Farrell was a three-time winner of The Sporting News' Minor League Manager of the Year award (1954, 1956 and 1961) and is the only man to have won that award more than twice (as of 2015).