George Vukovich

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George Vukovich
Right fielder
Born: (1956-06-24) June 24, 1956 Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 13, 1980 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1985 for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	27
Runs batted in	203
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1980–82) Cleveland Indians (1983–85) Seibu Lions (1986–87)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1980)

George Stephen Vukovich (June 24, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois), is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors from 1980 to 1985 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians. He also played two seasons in Japan for the Seibu Lions in 1986 and 1987.

Vukovich was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. He made his major league debut as a pinch hitter on April 13, 1980, against the Montreal Expos. Following the 1982 season he was traded (with Jay Baller, Julio Franco, Manny Trillo, and Jerry Willard) to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.

Vukovich attended college at Southern Illinois University where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.^[1]

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

References

↑ The Signet of Phi Sigma Kappa: The Boys of Summer, Summer 2012, pp. Vol CIII, No. 3, pg 13, retrieved 2014-01-04

v t e Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series Champions

6 Keith Moreland 8 Bob Boone 9 Manny Trillo 10 Larry Bowa 14 Pete Rose 15 Ramón Avilés 18 John Vukovich 19 Greg Luzinski 20 Mike Schmidt (World Series MVP) 21 Bake McBride 23 Greg Gross 25 Del Unser 27 Lonnie Smith 29 George Vukovich 31 Garry Maddox 32 Steve Carlton 33 Kevin Saucier 38 Larry Christenson 40 Warren Brusstar 41 Bob Walk 42 Ron Reed 44 Dick Ruthven 45 Tug McGraw 48 Dickie Noles 50 Marty Bystrom Manager 46 Dallas Green Coaches 2 Billy DeMars 3 Lee Elia 4 Herm Starrette 5 Mike Ryan 7 Bobby Wine 12 Rubén Amaro, Sr.

Regular season National League Championship Series

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Name	Vukovich, George
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	June 24, 1956
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death

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