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Warren Llewellyn Huston (October 31, 1913 – August 30, 1999) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played for two teams in Major League Baseball (MLB); the 1937 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1944 Boston Braves. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 170 pounds (77 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

Huston was born in 1913 in Newtonville, Massachusetts,[1] and graduated from Newton High School in 1933.[2] He attended Springfield College as a member of the class of 1937,[3] where he played college football as a halfback and college baseball as a shortstop.[4] He was the captain of the football team during their 1936 season, his senior year.[5] He played four seasons in minor league baseball: 1938, 1942, 1943, and 1945.[6] Statistics for his minor league career are incomplete; in his final season, 1945 with the Columbus Red Birds, he had a .243 batting average with 31 RBIs.[6]

Huston played two seasons in the major leagues.[1] In 1937, he appeared in 38 games with the Philadelphia Athletics, playing as a shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman.[1] He hit .130 (7-for-54) with three RBIs.[1] In 1944, with many younger players serving in the military due to World War II, Huston returned to the major leagues with the Boston Braves.[1] He played in 33 games, again at three infield positions, batting .200 (11-for-55) with one RBI.[1] At the end of the season, Huston was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for first baseman Joe Mack.[1] Huston would spend 1945 in the minor leagues,[1] while Mack appeared in 66 games for the Braves in his only season as a major leaguer.[7] Overall, Huston hit .165 in his 71 career major league games, with a .933 fielding average.[8]

Following his playing career, Huston managed a collegiate summer baseball team, the Brattleboro Maples of the Northern League, during 1946 and part of the 1947 season.[9][10] He served as head football coach back in his hometown at Newton High School circa 1947–1952.[11][12] Huston was inducted to the Springfield College athletic hall of fame in 1977,[3] and the Newton Public Schools athletic hall of fame in 2005.[13] He died in 1999 in Wareham, Massachusetts.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Warren Huston". Retrosheet. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Huston Gets Captaincy". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1933. p. 17. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Springfield College Athletic Hall Of Fame Inductees". springfieldcollegepride.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Huston Coming Home to Newton". The Boston Globe. November 12, 1935. p. 23. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Football Briefs: Springfield". Hartford Courant. AP. November 12, 1936. p. 20. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Warren Huston Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Joe Mack". Retrosheet. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Warren Huston Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ^ Dubuque, Bob (June 21, 1947). "Speaking of Sports (column)". Brattleboro Reformer. Brattleboro, Vermont. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Huston Resigns, Red Gendron New Maples' Manager". The Burlington Free Press. August 4, 1947. p. 13. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Allen Succeeds Huston at Springfield College". The Boston Globe. March 22, 1947. p. 4. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "14 Eastern Mass. Schools Have New Grid Coaches". The Boston Globe. September 9, 1953. p. 9. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Hall of Fame inductees". newton.k12.ma.us. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Huston