Milt Bocek

Milt Bocek
Left fielder
Born: July 16, 1912(1912-07-16) Chicago, Illinois
Died: April 29, 2007(2007-04-29) (aged 94) Brookfield, Illinois
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 1933 for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
August 2, 1934 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.267
Home runs	1
RBI	6
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1933-1934)

Milton F. Bocek (July 16, 1912 - April 29, 2007) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his playing career, he had an official heights of 6'1", and an official weight of 185 pounds. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was popularly known as "Beltin' Bo from Cicero".^[1]

While Bocek was a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he became a fairly prominent summer amateur and semipro player in baseball and softball.^[1] Chicago White Sox manager Lew Fonseca noticed him and arranged a tryout at Comiskey Park, during which Bocek hit several balls into the upper deck.^[1] He signed with the White Sox in the second half of 1933, becoming the fifth-youngest player in Major League Baseball that season, and then spent the first part of the 1934 season with the team as well. Subsequently, he played several years in the minor league systems of the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees.

After the end of Bocek's playing career, he worked as a draftsman for Danly Machine Company and later at a family owned business, also serving in the United States Army during World War II.^[1] He was married to his wife Victoria for 58 years before her death in 2006, and they had three children and eight grandchildren.^[1] Until Bocek's death on April 29, 2007, he held the distinction of being the oldest living White Sox player.^[1] He died in Brookfield, Illinois after a brief illness. He is buried next to his wife at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Former Chicago White Sox outfielder Milton Bocek dead at 94", the Associated Press, published April 30, 2007, accessed April 30, 2007.

External links

• Listing from Baseball Reference
• Listing from Baseball Almanac

Persondata
Name	Bocek, Milt
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	July 16, 1912
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	April 29, 2007
Place of death	Brookfield, Illinois