Showboat Fisher
PositionOutfielder
BatsLeft
ThrowsRight
Birth dateJanuary 16, 1899
Birth placeWesley, Iowa
Death dateMay 15, 1994 (aged 95)
Death placeSt. Cloud, Minnesota
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateApril 24
Debutyear1923
DebutteamWashington Senators
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateAugust 4
Finalyear1932
FinalteamSt. Louis Browns
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelBatting average
Stat1value.335
Stat2labelHome runs
Stat2value8
Stat3labelRuns batted in
Stat3value71
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George Aloys "Showboat" Fisher (January 16, 1899 – May 15, 1994) was a baseball player who played in the 1930 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a .335 lifetime batting average (114-for-340) in Major League Baseball with 8 home runs and 71 RBI in 138 games. He played several games for the racially integrated Jamestown Red Sox in 1934 under the management of Ted Radcliffe.

He was the last surviving member of the 1924 Washington Senators, the last DC team to win the World Series, until the Nationals won in 2019.

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