Adam Comorosky

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Adam Comorosky
position=Outfielder


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate= December 9, 1905
city-state|Swoyersville|Pennsylvania
deathdate= March 2, 1951
city-state|Swoyersville|Pennsylvania
debutdate=September 13
debutyear=by|1926
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 18
finalyear=by|1935
finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.285
stat2label=HR
stat2value=28
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=417
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*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1926-by|1933)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1934-by|1935)
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* Is the only National League outfielder ever to have two unassisted double plays in a season. They occurred on May 31, 1931 and June 6, 1931.
* Held the Pittsburgh Pirates team record for most doubles in a season by a right-handed batter for 76 years (47) until the record was broken by Freddy Sanchez in 2006 (48).
* Led the Major League in triples (23) and sacrifice hits (a tie with the Philadelphia Athletics's Mule Haas with 33) in 1930.
* Posthumously awarded membership into the Wyoming Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, the first year membership was decided.
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Adam Anthony Comorosky (December 9, 1905 - March 2, 1951) was an American former Major League Baseball player. He started working in the coal mines of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania at the age of 12, where he worked as a breaker boy. His lesson from the experience was that it "teach [es] you values. If you're ever lucky enough to get a good job outside, you value that job." [cite web|last=Lally|first=Richard|title="Breaking the Slump"|url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/breaking_the_slump3.stm|work=The Baseball Library]

He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds November of 1933 along with Tony Piet for Red Lucas and Wally Roettger.

His minor league career included stops with the Williamsport Grays in 1926 [cite web|last=Williamsport Crosscutters|title=Comprehensive Listing of Williamsport Alumni That Have Appeared in the Major Leagues and the Years They Played for Williamsport|url=http://www.crosscutters.com/alumni1.htm|work=Williamsport Crosscutters] and the Minneapolis Millers in 1936 [cite web|last=Thornley|first=Stew|title=Minnepolis Millers statistics, 1931-1940|url=http://stewthornley.net/millers_1931_1940.html|work=Stew Thornley] After his baseball career was over, he owned a store in the town of Swoyersville, PA until the age of 46, when he died from heart failure due to syphilis.

The New York Times in March 6th, 1951 printed his obituary, which read:

Wilkes Barre, Pa., March 3--Adam Comorosky, retired major league baseball player, died at his home in Swoyersville shortly before midnight after a long illness.

An outfielder, he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1927 and was traded to Cincinnati in 1934. In 1930, when he batter .315, he led the National League with 23 triples. [cite web|last=Russo|first=Frank|title=Adam Comorosky obituary|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Comorosky.Adam.Obit.html|work=The Deadball Era]

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball triples champions

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/comorad01.shtml Adam Comorosky MLB statistics]
* [http://www.speary.com/WVSHOF.htm Wyoming Valley Sports Hall of Fame, 1971]