Eddie Miksis

Eddie Miksis

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#083c6b
bgcolor2=#083c6b
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Eddie Miksis
position=Second Baseman/Outfielder
birthdate= September 11 1926
deathdate=death date and age|2005|4|8|1926|9|11
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=June 17
debutyear=by|1944
debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=by|1958
finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
stat1label=AVG.
stat1value=.236
stat2label=HR
stat2value=44
stat3label=R
stat3value=383
teams=
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1944, 1946-1951)
*Chicago Cubs (1951-1956)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1957)
*Baltimore Orioles (1957-1958)
*Cincinnati Reds (1958)
highlights=
*Participated in the 1947 & 1949 World Series

Edward Thomas "Eddie" Miksis played Major League Baseball. He was born on September 11, 1926 in Burlington, New Jersey and stood 6' 0" and weighed 185 lbs. Miksis was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 and on June 17, 1944, at the age of only 17, he debuted in the Majors and went on to have a 14 year career as a right handed hitting and throwing utility infielder with the Dodgers (1944-'51), Chicago Cubs (1951-'56), St. Louis Cardinals (1957), Baltimore Orioles (1957-58) and Cincinnati Reds (1958). Miksis hit .236 for his career and played all of the infield position plus the outfield. Only in five of his fourteen seasons did he play in more than 100 games. Miksis served in the Navy for almost 2 years during the end of World War II.

He played in both the 1947 and 1949 World Series with the Dodgers, both against the New York Yankees. Miksis batted .273 in eight World Series games.

In Game 4 of the 1947 World Series against the New York Yankees, when Bill Bevens was attempting to complete the first no-hitter in the history of the World Series, Miksis pinch ran for an injured Pete Reiser with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. He came around to score from first base the winning run on the only hit of the game, Cookie Lavagetto's pinch hit double.

In June of by|1951, with the Dodgers leading the National League by 14 1/2 games, Miksis was traded to the much less successful Chicago Cubs. His main claim to fame as a Cub was lending his glove to Ernie Banks in Banks' first ever major league game. Miksis played his final major league game on September 28, 1958, at the age of 32, with the Cincinnati Reds.

Miksis died on April 8, 2005, at the age of 79, in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

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