Chick Fewster

Chick Fewster
Chick Fewster slides into third base during a game in 1924, as a member of the Cleveland Indians
Second baseman
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 1917 for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
May 1, 1927 for the Brooklyn Robins
Career statistics
Batting average	.258
Home runs	6
RBI	167
Teams
New York Yankees (1917-1922) Boston Red Sox (1922-1923) Cleveland Indians (1924-1925} Brooklyn Robins (1926-1927)

Wilson Lllyd "Chick" Fewster (November 10, 1895 – April 16, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Brooklyn Robins. In his career, he hit 6 home runs and drove in 167 RBI. He died of coronary occlusion at age 49.

Fewster played for the Yankees in the 1921 World Series. He was the first player to bat at Yankee Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Fewster is perhaps best known for being a part of one of the most famous flubs in baseball history, the "three men on third" incident that occurred during the 1926 season. Fewster was on first and future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance was on second when teammate Babe Herman hit a long ball and began racing around the bases. As Herman rounded second, the third base coach yelled at him to go back, since Fewster had not yet passed third. Vance, having rounded third, misunderstood and thought the instructions to reverse course were for him. Thus, Vance returned to third at the same time Fewster arrived there. Meanwhile, Herman ignored the instruction to go back and also arrived at third at the same time. The third baseman tagged out Herman and Fewster; Vance was declared safe by rule.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Persondata
Name	Fewster, Chick
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	November 10, 1895
Place of birth
Date of death	April 16, 1945
Place of death