Herb Plews

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Herb Plews

Second base

Born: June 14, 1928 (1928-06-14) (age 79)
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1956 for the Washington Senators
Final game
July 26, 1959 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.262
Hits	266
RBI	82
Teams
Washington Senators (1956-1959) Boston Red Sox (1959)
Career highlights and awards
On June 21, 1958, Herb went 4-for-4, driving in three runs to help lift his Senators to an 11-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians Hit .372 for Birmingham (AA) in 1961

Herbert Eugene Plews played baseball for Major League Baseball from 1956 to 1959. In the Minor League Baseball farm system he played for Kansas City, Binghamton, Norfolk, and Denver before hitting the majors in 1956. After 1959, Herb finished his career playing in the MLB farm system for Toronto, Birmingham, Hawaii, Tacoma, and Arkansas, retiring in 1965. During his playng career he served in the military from 1951 to 1952.

In 1954 he led the Southern Association in Triples and the following year at Denver he drew the attention of the Senators who in turn got him a trade with New York. ^[1]

Herb attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently lives in a retirement community in Boulder, Colorado.