Cal Emery
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| Cal Emery | |
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| First Baseman | |
| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB Debut | |
| July 15, 1963 for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Final game | |
| September 20, 1963 for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Career Statistics | |
| Batting average | .158 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBI | 0 |
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Calvin Wayne Emery (born Monday, June 28, 1937 in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was 6'2", 205 pounds, and he threw and batted left handed. Emery chose to attend Penn State University.
Emery was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. About 5 years later, on July 15, 1963 at the age of 26, he made his Major League debut. In 16 career Major League games, (most of which he was used as a pinch hitter) he hit .158 in 19 at-bats. He had one double, and actually showed a good eye at the plate by striking out only twice (In a 500 at-bat season, that would only be about 53 strikeouts). Emery played his final Major League game on September 20, 1963.
During Emery's only season in the Major Leagues, he wore number 9.
Emery currently resides in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
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- Emery won the Most Outstanding Player Award in the 1957 College World Series.
- Emery served as a coach for the Chicago White Sox in 1988.
- Emery was the 1959 MVP of the Three-I League (aka the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League). He played for the Des Moines Demons.
