Loyd Christopher

Loyd Eugene Christopher (December 31, 1919 September 5, 1991) was an American professional baseball player and scout. During his on-field career (1938–1952; 1955), he was an outfielder who appeared in Major League Baseball for 16 games for the Boston Red Sox (1945), Chicago Cubs (1945) and Chicago White Sox (1947). The native of Richmond, California, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. His brother Russ Christopher was a Major League pitcher.

Loyd Christopher
Christoper, circa 1946
Outfielder
Born: (1919-12-31)December 31, 1919
Richmond, California, U.S.
Died: September 5, 1991(1991-09-05) (aged 71)
Richmond, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1945, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
May 13, 1947, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.243
Home runs0
Runs batted in4
Teams

In the Majors, Loyd Christopher collected nine hits in 37 at bats for a batting average of .243, with one triple, four runs batted in, five runs scored, and an on-base percentage of .333. In the field he recorded 24 putouts, one assist, no errors and participated in one double play.[1]

In the Minors, Christopher played a total of 16 seasons, including 13 seasons at the highest (Double-A, then Triple-A) level, from 1940 through 1952. One of his best seasons was 1946, when he played 158 games for the Los Angeles Angels, batted .304, and hit 26 home runs to lead the Pacific Coast League in that category.[1]

After his playing career, Christopher became a scout based in Northern California for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos and California Angels, signing players such as future Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, Dick Tidrow, Carney Lansford, Larry Andersen, Gary Pettis, Steve Dunning and Ron Romanick.

Christopher died in his hometown of Richmond at the age of 71.

References

  1. Loyd Christopher at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Bill Nowlin, Retrieved 2016-03-12.


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