Roy Hartsfield

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Roy Hartsfield
position=Second Baseman
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 28
debutyear=1950
debutteam=Boston Braves
finaldate=June 14
finalyear=1952
finalteam=Boston Braves
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.273
stat2label=Stolen bases
stat2value=14
stat3label=Runs
stat3value=138
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*Boston Braves (by|1950-by|1952)
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Roy Thomas Hartsfield (born October 25, 1925 in Chattahoochee, Georgia) was a second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball; his MLB playing and managing careers each lasted three years. Hartsfield played his entire major-league career with the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves) from by|1950 to by|1952. He was then traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers for outfielder Andy Pafko. Hartsfield spent the next 19 years in the Dodger organization as a minor league player and manager and major league coach. In the latter role, he worked under Los Angeles skipper Walter Alston for three seasons.

Hartsfield was a successful pilot at top levels of minor league baseball, with the Spokane Indians and the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League. In by|1977, Hartsfield was hired as the first-ever manager of the expansion Toronto Blue Jays by the Jays' first general manager, Peter Bavasi, who had worked with him in the Dodger organization.

Hartsfield managed the Jays in 1977-by|1978-by|1979, compiling a record of 166-318 (.343) in 484 games. The fledgling Jays finished last in the American League East Division each season.

Managerial career