Sammy Vick Stats & Facts

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Sammy Vick Essentials

Positions:
Bats: R Throws: R
70 Weight: 163
Born: 4 12, 1895 in Batesville, MS USA
Died: 8 17 1986 in Memphis, TN USA
Debut: 9/20/1917
Last Game: 9/24/1921
Full Name: Samuel Bruce Vick

Sammy Vick was noted as the only player to ever pinch-hit for Babe Ruth. Vick had been the regular right fielder of the Yankees in 1919, but New York had purchased Ruth from the Boston Red Sox over the winter and Vick lost his starting job. But he said he had an opportunity to pinch-hit for the man who replaced him. Read more: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/sammy-vick/

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