Sunday, February 12, 2023

George Shoch

Career:
Played in the big leagues for parts of 11 seasons with four different teams, including Brooklyn from 1893 to 1897.

Did you know? Led NL second basemen in range factor at age 38 in 1897.

Post-game: Managed in the minor leagues for one season, and then worked as a cement contractor and thereafter, for nearly 20 years, as a highway inspector for the City of Philadelphia ... died of a heart attack at age 78 on September 30, 1937.

Sources: Baseball-Reference; Ancestry.com; arslongaartcards.com, accessed 2/12/2023; Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/1/1937; Philadelphia Times, 5/2/1900; Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 10/2/1937.

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