Kal Segrist
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Kal Hill Segrist (born April 14, 1931 in Greenville, Texas) is a former utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1952) and Baltimore Orioles (1955). Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Segrist batted and threw right-handed. He attended at University of Texas at Austin.
In a two-season career, Segrist was a .125 hitter (4-for-32) with four runs and one RBI in 20 games. He did no hit extrabases. In 17 infield appearances, he played at second base (12), third base (4) and first base (1), and posted a collective .977 fielding percentage (one error in 43 chances).
[edit] On the records
- Before the 1955 season, in the largest transaction in major league history, the Yankees sent Segrist along Harry Byrd, Don Leppert, Jim McDonald, Bill Miller, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Gene Woodling and Ted Del Guercio to Baltimore in exchange for Mike Blyzka, Jim Fridley, Billy Hunter, Darrell Johnson, Dick Kryhoski, Don Larsen and Bob Turley. Del Guercio played 12 seasons in the minor leagues and was the only member of the group not to make the majors.