Charlie Metro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Baseball player and manager
Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1919
Place of Birth: Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 18-Mar-2011
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Charlie Metro
- Charlie Metro (born Charles Moreskonich; April 18, 1918 – March 18, 2011) was an American professional baseball player, manager, coach and scout.
- Notably, he was an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics as well as the manager of the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.
- Metro was born and grew up in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, graduating from Nanty Glo High School in 1937, and also worked in the coal mines there during breaks from school.
- In baseball, he took his last name from his father, Metro Moreskonich, a Ukrainian immigrant.
- Metro threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).
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