# Marv Rickert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marv_Rickert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marv_Rickert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Rickert > Source revision: 1278220787 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player (1921–1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Marv Rickert |position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) |image= |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1921|1|8}} |birth_place=[Longbranch, Washington](/source/Longbranch%2C_Washington), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1978|6|3|1921|1|8}} |death_place=[Oakville, Washington](/source/Oakville%2C_Washington), U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 10 |debutyear=1942 |debutteam=Chicago Cubs |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 26 |finalyear=1950 |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) |stat1value=.247 |stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s |stat2value=19 |stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in) |stat3value=145 |teams= *[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) (1942, 1946–1947) *[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) (1948) *[Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)) (1948–1949) *[Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) (1950) *[Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) (1950) }} '''Marvin August Rickert''' (January 8, 1921 – June 3, 1978) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. The native of [Longbranch, Washington](/source/Longbranch%2C_Washington), was an [outfielder](/source/outfielder) who appeared in 402 [Major League](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [games](/source/games_played) in {{baseball year|1942}} and from {{baseball year|1946}} to {{baseball year|1950}} for the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs), [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds), [Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)), [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) and [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox). He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|195|lb}}. He served in the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) during World War II. Rickert is perhaps best known for his tenure with the Boston Braves in 1948–49. Acquired by Boston from Cincinnati in a May 11, 1948, trade for fellow outfielder [Danny Litwhiler](/source/Danny_Litwhiler), Rickert spent the following {{frac|3|1|2}} months with the Braves' Triple-A [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers_(minor_league_baseball_team)) [farm club](/source/farm_system), [batting](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) .302 with 27 [home run](/source/home_run)s and 117 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) in 128 games,[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ricker001mar Minor league statistics] from [Baseball Reference](/source/Baseball_Reference) as the MLB Braves won the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) pennant. =='Emergency' player during 1948 World Series== Rickert was not summoned to Boston when the Brewers' season ended and returned home to his native [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)).{{sabrbio|761f2d5a|Gene Gumbs|July 16, 2013}} But on September 29, three days after the Braves clinched the NL [pennant](/source/pennant_(sports)), starting [left fielder](/source/left_fielder) [Jeff Heath](/source/Jeff_Heath) broke his ankle while sliding into [home plate](/source/home_plate) against the [Brooklyn Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers), knocking him out of action for the [1948 World Series](/source/1948_World_Series), just seven days away. Needing a left-handed hitting outfielder to replace Heath, the Braves put in an urgent call to Rickert, summoned him back East, and placed him on their roster, while successfully appealing to [Commissioner of Baseball](/source/Commissioner_of_Baseball) [Happy Chandler](/source/Happy_Chandler) to make Rickert eligible for the World Series on an emergency basis. Rickert — temporarily inheriting Heath's #4 Braves' uniform — shook off the rust by starting Boston's final three regular season games in left field (collecting three [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) in 13 [at bat](/source/at_bat)s, including a [triple](/source/triple_(baseball))). He then started Game 1 of the 1948 Fall Classic against the [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians), and got one of the Braves' two hits in their 1–0 victory over [Bob Feller](/source/Bob_Feller) at [Braves Field](/source/Braves_Field). Held hitless in Game 2, then out of the lineup in the third game against southpaw [Gene Bearden](/source/Gene_Bearden), he returned to the starting lineup in Game 4 to collect two more hits in four at bats off [Steve Gromek](/source/Steve_Gromek), one of them a solo home run for the Braves' only tally in a 2–1 defeat. Rickert then started the final two games of the Series as well, but collected only one hit in eight at bats.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1948/Irickm1013091948.htm Retrosheet] All told, he batted .211 in the World Series (four for 19), won by Cleveland in six games. Rickert made the [1949 Braves](/source/1949_Boston_Braves_season) roster and enjoyed his finest Major League season that year. Replacing Heath as Boston's most-used left fielder, Rickert appeared in an even 100 games and batted .292 with six home runs and 49 runs batted in. But Rickert's time in Boston was over: his contract was sold to the Pirates in December. Rickert would split the {{baseball year|1950}} season between Pittsburgh and the White Sox, then play two more years in the minors before retiring after the 1952 season. During his Major League career, Rickert collected 284 hits, including 45 [doubles](/source/double_(baseball)), nine triples, and 19 home runs. ==Death== Rickert died from a [heart attack](/source/Myocardial_infarction) at the age of 57 on June 3, 1978, on his farm in [Oakville, Washington](/source/Oakville%2C_Washington). ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=r/rickema01|brm=ricker001mar}} *{{sabrbio|761f2d5a|Gene Gumbs|July 16, 2013}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rickert, Marv}} Category:1921 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Baseball players from Washington (state) Category:Boise Pilots players Category:Boston Braves players Category:Chicago Cubs players Category:Chicago White Sox players Category:Cincinnati Reds players Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Category:Baseball players from Pierce County, Washington Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players Category:Tacoma Tigers players Category:Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Category:Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Category:United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marv Rickert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Rickert) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Rickert?action=history)). 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