Otto Vogel
Otto Vogel | |
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Rightfielder | |
Born: Mendota, Illinois | October 26, 1899|
Died: July 19, 1969 Iowa City, Iowa | (aged 69)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 5, 1923, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 1924, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .249 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 30 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Otto Henry Vogel (October 26, 1899 – July 19, 1969) was a Major League Baseball player. Vogel played for the Chicago Cubs in the 1923 and 1924 seasons. in 111 career games, Vogel had 63 hits in 253 at-bats, with a .249 batting average.
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Besides baseball, Vogel attended the University of Illinois and played basketball from 1920-1922. Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.
Head baseball coach at Iowa for 39 years; coach of Big Ten championship teams in 1927, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1949, runner-up in 1929, 1941, 1957, 1963 and eleven Major League Baseball players; career record of 505-431-14 (.540); president of National Association of College Baseball Coaches in 1953; author of textbook “The Ins and Outs of Baseball” published in 1951; and member of College Baseball Hall of Fame of Helms Athletic Foundation.
He was born in Mendota, Illinois and died in Iowa City, Iowa.
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball-Almanac
- 1899 births
- 1969 deaths
- American football guards
- Baseball players from Illinois
- Chicago Cubs players
- Iowa Hawkeyes baseball coaches
- Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
- People from Mendota, Illinois
- Educators from Illinois
- American men's basketball players
- American baseball outfielder, 1890s birth stubs