Carl Sawatski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1927
Place of Birth: Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 24-Nov-1991
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Carl Sawatski
- Carl Ernest Sawatski (November 4, 1927 – November 24, 1991) was an American professional baseball player and executive.
- In the Major Leagues, he was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948, 1950 and 1953), Chicago White Sox (1954), Milwaukee Braves (1957–58), Philadelphia Phillies (1958–59) and St.
- Louis Cardinals (1960–63).
- He also was an influential figure in minor league baseball. A left-handed batter who threw right-handed, Sawatski the player stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) (178 cm) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg).
- The native of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, helped the Braves win the 1957 National League pennant.
- In 11 MLB seasons, he played in 633 games and had 1,449 at bats, 133 runs, 351 hits, 46 doubles, 5 triples, 58 home runs, 213 runs batted in, 2 stolen bases, 191 walks, .242 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, .401 slugging percentage, 581 total bases, 2 sacrifice hits, 13 sacrifice flies and 38 intentional walks.
- During the 1957 World Series against the New York Yankees, Sawatski had two appearances as a pinch hitter (Games 3 and 6) and struck out twice, but Milwaukee prevailed in seven games to win the world title. Sawatski was a prodigious minor league hitter.
- He batted .352 and slugged 34 homers in the Class D North Atlantic League in 1947.
- Then, two seasons later, he led the Double-A Southern Association with 45 homers and batted .360, second in the league.
- After his playing career ended, Sawatski served as the general manager of the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A Texas League, a Cardinal affiliate, from 1967–75.
- He then was elected president of the Texas League itself and served in the post from 1976 until his 1991 death in Little Rock at the age of 64.
- During his presidency, the league prospered as part of the renaissance of minor league baseball that began in the 1980s. In a 1976 Esquire magazine article, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", consisting of five ethnic baseball teams.
- Sawatski was the catcher on Stein's Polish team.
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