George Alusik

George Joseph Alusik (born February 11, 1935) was a Major League Baseball player who played 5 seasons with the Detroit Tigers (by|1958, by|1961-by|1962) and Kansas City Athletics (1962-by|1964). Born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, Alusik stood 6 feet 4 inches tall. Alusik was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in by|1953, but did not get substantial playing time until 9 years later. He got 2 at bats for the Tigers in 1958 and did not play in the big leagues again until 1961. In 1961, he had only 14 at bats. In 1962, Alusik was traded to the Athletics and finally got substantial playing time. In 1962, he played in 92 games and had 11 home runs and 35 RBIs with a .270 batting average. In by|1963, he played in 87 games, and 102 in 1964. After the 1964 season, he was traded to the San Francisco Giants, but never played for the major league Giants. Instead, he ended his career hitting .206 in 53 games for the Tacoma Giants.

Until Frank Thomas broke the record for home runs in consecutive games by an Athletics player, Alusik was one of three Athletics players who held the record of hitting home runs in 5 consecutive games.

On August 26, 1962, Alusik broke up a perfect game in the 9th inning against Twins' pitcher Jack Kralick. Alusik also beat Kralick with a 2-run home run on August 8, 1962. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=George_Alusik_1935&page=chronology]

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Alusik BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alusige01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=alusige01 Basbeall Almanac]