George Vukovich

Right fielder

Born: June 24, 1956
Chicago

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 13, 1980, for the Philadelphia Phillies

Last MLB appearance

October 6, 1985, for the Cleveland Indians

MLB statistics

Batting average

.268

Home runs

Runs batted in

203

Teams

Philadelphia Phillies (1980–1982)
Cleveland Indians (1983–1985)
Seibu Lions (1986–1987)

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (1980)

George Stephen Vukovich (June 24, 1956) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians in all or part of six seasons from 1980–1985. Listed at 6' 0" (1.83 m), 198 lb. (90 k), Vukovich batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in Chicago.

Vukovich attended college at Southern Illinois University, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.^[1] The Phillies selected him in the fourth round of the 1977 MLB draft out of SIU.

Vukovich made his major league debut with the Phillies in 1980, appearing as a pinch hitter in a game against the Montreal Expos. He received a World Series ring in his rookie season, even though he did not play in the Series.

In 1981, Vukovich hit a game-winning home run against the Montreal Expos in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. It remains the only walk-off home run in Phillies playoff history.

In December 1982, Vukovich was sent along with Jay Baller, Julio Franco, Manny Trillo and Jerry Willard to the Indians in the same transaction that brought Von Hayes to Philadelphia. Afterwards, he played two seasons in Japan for the Seibu Lions from 1986 to 1987.

In between, Vukovich played winter ball with the Águilas del Zulia of the Venezuelan League during three seasons spanning 1979–1982.^[2] He later made a brief appearance for the Daytona Beach Explorers of the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1991.^[3]

References

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

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Appeared as a guest on BaD Radio on KTCK Sports Radio 1310/96.7 in Dallas/Fort Worth on March 3, 2014 as part of the Dan McDowell Birthday Show

Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series Champions

6 Keith Moreland 8 Bob Boone 9 Manny Trillo (NLCS MVP) 10 Larry Bowa 14 Pete Rose 15 Ramón Avilés 18 John Vukovich 19 Greg Luzinski 20 Mike Schmidt (National League and 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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