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Roy Sievers
Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and left fielder from 1949 through 1965. A five-time All-Star, Sievers was the first American League (AL) rookie-of-the-year in 1949, and the 1957 AL home run leader and RBI champion. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion Washington Senators. Sievers batted and threw right-handed.
Sievers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 18, 1926, and was raised by his parents in St. Louis with his two brothers. He attended Beaumont High School, and played on the baseball team where coach Ray Elliott taught him how to hit with power. Three of his high school teammates became major league players, and contemporaneous Beaumont junior varsity player Earl Weaver became a Hall of Fame manager. Sievers was nicknamed "Squirrel" as a schoolboy basketball star.
Sievers grew up three blocks from Sportsman's Park where both the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns played major league baseball. His father worked for an iron supply company, and once had a tryout as a professional baseball player.
Sievers was signed out of high school in 1944 by the St. Louis Browns, but then served two years in the U.S. Army before starting his minor league career in the Browns' farm system.
In 1947, Sievers was assigned to the Class C Hannibal Pilots of the Central Association. He had a .317 batting average, with 34 home runs, 141 runs batted in (RBI), 121 runs scored, 159 base hits, a .583 slugging percentage and .990 OPS (on-base plus slugging). Sievers led the Central Association in base hits, home runs, runs, RBIs and total bases. He played the majority of the 1948 season with the Class B Springfield Browns, batting .309, with 19 home runs and 75 RBIs in only 343 at bats. He also met his future wife Joan (Colburn) Sievers, whom he married the next year.
In 1949, Sievers won the inaugural American League (AL) Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News (TSN) Rookie of the Year awards. He had a .306 batting average (which would be the highest of his career), with 16 home runs, 91 RBIs, 84 runs and an .869 OPS, for the seventh place St. Louis Browns. His average fell to .238 in 1950, with only ten home runs. In 1951, he played in only 31 games for the Browns, and was sent to the Double-A San Antonio Missions to work on his hitting. After only 39 games, he suffered a right shoulder injury with the Missions, while trying to make a diving catch in the outfield. The injury, with a dislocation and torn muscles, was so severe he blacked out.
The following winter he was diagnosed as having a chronic dislocation of his right shoulder, and it was expected he would miss at least half of the 1952 season. He had not responded to treatment and was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for more specialized diagnosis and treatment. There was a fear he would never play again if he could not use his throwing arm, and the Browns moved him from the outfield to first base. He played in only 11 games for the Browns in 1952, but in 1953 Sievers played in 92 games and hit .270, with eight home runs in 285 at bats.
The Browns were moving to Baltimore in 1954, and had become the Baltimore Orioles. In February 1954, the Orioles traded Sievers to the Washington Senators for Gil Coan before the 1954 season; without his ever having played as an Oriole.
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Roy Sievers
Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and left fielder from 1949 through 1965. A five-time All-Star, Sievers was the first American League (AL) rookie-of-the-year in 1949, and the 1957 AL home run leader and RBI champion. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion Washington Senators. Sievers batted and threw right-handed.
Sievers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 18, 1926, and was raised by his parents in St. Louis with his two brothers. He attended Beaumont High School, and played on the baseball team where coach Ray Elliott taught him how to hit with power. Three of his high school teammates became major league players, and contemporaneous Beaumont junior varsity player Earl Weaver became a Hall of Fame manager. Sievers was nicknamed "Squirrel" as a schoolboy basketball star.
Sievers grew up three blocks from Sportsman's Park where both the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns played major league baseball. His father worked for an iron supply company, and once had a tryout as a professional baseball player.
Sievers was signed out of high school in 1944 by the St. Louis Browns, but then served two years in the U.S. Army before starting his minor league career in the Browns' farm system.
In 1947, Sievers was assigned to the Class C Hannibal Pilots of the Central Association. He had a .317 batting average, with 34 home runs, 141 runs batted in (RBI), 121 runs scored, 159 base hits, a .583 slugging percentage and .990 OPS (on-base plus slugging). Sievers led the Central Association in base hits, home runs, runs, RBIs and total bases. He played the majority of the 1948 season with the Class B Springfield Browns, batting .309, with 19 home runs and 75 RBIs in only 343 at bats. He also met his future wife Joan (Colburn) Sievers, whom he married the next year.
In 1949, Sievers won the inaugural American League (AL) Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News (TSN) Rookie of the Year awards. He had a .306 batting average (which would be the highest of his career), with 16 home runs, 91 RBIs, 84 runs and an .869 OPS, for the seventh place St. Louis Browns. His average fell to .238 in 1950, with only ten home runs. In 1951, he played in only 31 games for the Browns, and was sent to the Double-A San Antonio Missions to work on his hitting. After only 39 games, he suffered a right shoulder injury with the Missions, while trying to make a diving catch in the outfield. The injury, with a dislocation and torn muscles, was so severe he blacked out.
The following winter he was diagnosed as having a chronic dislocation of his right shoulder, and it was expected he would miss at least half of the 1952 season. He had not responded to treatment and was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for more specialized diagnosis and treatment. There was a fear he would never play again if he could not use his throwing arm, and the Browns moved him from the outfield to first base. He played in only 11 games for the Browns in 1952, but in 1953 Sievers played in 92 games and hit .270, with eight home runs in 285 at bats.
The Browns were moving to Baltimore in 1954, and had become the Baltimore Orioles. In February 1954, the Orioles traded Sievers to the Washington Senators for Gil Coan before the 1954 season; without his ever having played as an Oriole.