Английская Википедия:Dick Reichle
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Richard Wendell Reichle (November 23, 1896 – June 13, 1967) was a professional baseball player who appeared in 128 games for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. Listed at Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Reichle was also a college football player, and played in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1923 season.
Biography
Reichle was a native of Lincoln, Illinois;[1] he first attended Lincoln College, and later the University of Illinois.[2] His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War I; he played for the 1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team that won the 1919 Rose Bowl.[2] Reichle was also a member of the 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.[3]
In a short professional baseball career, 1922 to 1924, Reichle was primarily an outfielder who also played some games as a first baseman.[4] He appeared in 164 minor league games and 128 major league games.[4]
Reichle's major league debut was on September 19, 1922,[1] appearing for the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Indians; he went hitless in four at bats in a 7–4 loss.[5] Reichle got his first major league hit the next day,[6] singling against George Uhle of the Indians in a 5–2 loss.[7] With the 1922 Red Sox, Reichle went 6-for-24 for a .250 batting average in six games with Boston.[1]
Reichle played in 122 games with the 1923 Red Sox,[1] a team that compiled a 61–91 record. On April 20, 1923, Reichle hit the only home run of his career, coming off of Waite Hoyt of the New York Yankees;[8]Шаблон:Efn it was also the first home run hit by a visiting player at Yankee Stadium,[3] which had officially opened two days earlier. For the season, Reichle batted .258 with 39 RBIs.[1]
Overall, Reichle appeared in 128 major league games, all with the Red Sox, recording a .257 batting average with one home run and 39 RBIs.[9] In 101 defensive appearances (99 in the outfield, 2 at first base) he posted a .978 fielding average.[9]
Reichle played in six games with the 1923 Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League at right end.[10][11] He was a second-team selection to the 1923 All-Pro Team by Collyer's Eye.[12]
After his brief professional sports career, Reichle pursued a career in insurance.[2] Per his April 1942 draft registration card, he was employed by Investors Syndicate (present-day Ameriprise Financial) in St. Louis.[13] Reichle died at the age of 70 in Richmond Heights, Missouri,[1] a suburb of St. Louis.
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