Press Cruthers
PositionSecond base
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Birth dateSeptember 8, 1890
Birth placeMarshallton, Delaware, U.S.
Death dateDecember 27, 1976 (aged 86)
Death placeKenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateSeptember 29
Debutyear1913
DebutteamPhiladelphia Athletics
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateOctober 3
Finalyear1914
FinalteamPhiladelphia Athletics
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelBatting average
Stat1value.222
Stat2labelHits
Stat2value6
Stat3labelRuns batted in
Stat3value0
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Charles Preston Cruthers (September 8, 1890 – December 27, 1976) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 152 lb, Cruthers batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Marshallton, Delaware.[1]

Cruthers played briefly for the Athletics in part of two seasons. He was a member of two American League champion teams, including the 1913 World Champion, though he did not play in the Series. As a backup for regular Eddie Collins, he posted a .222 batting average in seven games (6-for-27), including one double and one triple while scoring a run.[2][3]

In six Minor league seasons (1913–1918), Cruthers was a .268 hitter with six home runs in 648 games. He also managed the Kenosha Comets of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season.[4][5]

Cruthers is part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in , which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual figure.[6]

Cruthers was a longtime resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he died at the age of 86.[7]

References

  1. ^ Baseball Reference – major league profile
  2. ^ 1913 Philadelphia Athletics
  3. ^ 1914 Philadelphia Athletics
  4. ^ Baseball Reference – minor league statistics
  5. ^ 1946 Kenosha Comets
  6. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History
  7. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website entry