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Dick Siebert First baseman Born: February 19, 1912
Fall River, MassachusettsDied: December 9, 1978 (aged 66)
Minneapolis, MinnesotaBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut September 7, 1932 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance September 23, 1945 for the Philadelphia Athletics Career statistics Batting average .282 Home runs 32 Runs batted in 482 Teams - Brooklyn Dodgers (1932, 1936)
- St. Louis Cardinals (1937-1938)
- Philadelphia Athletics (1938-1945)
Career highlights and awards - 1943 American League All-Star
Richard Walther Siebert (February 19, 1912 – December 9, 1978) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1932, 1936-1945. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, both of the National League, and the Philadelphia A's of the American League.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1943.
Following his playing career, Siebert became head baseball coach at the University of Minnesota, leading the team to College World Series titles in 1956, 1960 and 1964. He died at age 66 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.In 1948, Siebert took over as head coach of the Golden Gophers. The "Chief" would go on to become one of the greatest coaches in college baseball history and helped develop baseball at all levels in Minnesota. By the time his career had ended in Gold Country, Siebert had become the winningest coach in Gopher history with a 754-361-6 record and a .676 winning percentage. He sent five different teams to the College World Series and, of course, he brought home three NCAA titles in 1956, 1960 and 1964. His teams also captured 12 Big Ten titles. Amazingly, he endured only three losing seasons.
Siebert served as the president of the American College Baseball Coaches Association. Among his many honors and accolades, Siebert was twice named as college baseball's Coach of the Year; is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame; and was a recipient of college baseball's highest award, the Lefty Gomez Trophy, which recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution and given service to the development of college baseball.
On Saturday, April 21, 1979, Minnesota renamed its baseball stadium Siebert Field in Siebert's honor.
Facts
- His son, Paul Siebert, pitched for the Astros, Padres and Mets from 1974to 1978.
- In addition to coaching the Minnesota Gophers, during the 1950s Siebert was a player/coach for the Litchfield Optimists, the Willmar Rails, and the Minneapolis Kopps Realty teams in Minnesota amateur Town Team Baseball. This arrangement allowed Siebert to evaluate talent and coach his Gophers players during the collegiate off-season.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Minnesota Golden Gophers head baseball coaches No coach (1876) • No team (1877) • No coach (1878) • No team (1879) • No coach (1880) • No team (1881–1882) • No coach (1883–1902) • No team (1903) • No coach (1904) • No team (1905) • No coach (1906–1907) • Walter Wilmot (1908–1909) • Perry Werden & Walter Wilmot (1910) • Wilkie Clarke (1911) • No team (1912) • Denny Sullivan (1913–1914) • Frosty Thomas (1915) • No team (1916–1921) • Russ Ford & Bee Lawler (1922) • Lee Watrous, Jr. (1923–1926) • George Clark (1927) • Dutch Bergman (1928–1930) • Frank McCormick (1931–1941) • Dave MacMillan (1942–1947) • Dick Siebert (1948–1978) • George Thomas (1979–1981) • John Anderson (1981– )
Categories:- 1912 births
- 1978 deaths
- American League All-Stars
- Brooklyn Dodgers players
- Philadelphia Athletics players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball coaches
- People from Fall River, Massachusetts
- Baseball players from Massachusetts
- American baseball first baseman stubs
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