Myron Winthrop "Mike" McCormick (May 6, 1917 — April 13, 1976) was an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. He was an outfielder

Outfielder

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 for the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 (1940-43 and 1946), Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 (1946-48), Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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 (1949), New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1950), Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 (1950) and Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 (1951) of Major League Baseball

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. He was born in Angels Camp, California

Angels Camp, California

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, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, weighed 190 pounds (86.2 kg), and threw and batted right-handed.

McCormick helped the Reds win the 1940 World Series

1940 World Series

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, the Braves win the 1948

1948 Boston Braves season

- Offseason :* October 28, 1947: Hoyt Wilhelm was purchased by the Braves from the Mooresville Moores....

 National League pennant and the Dodgers win the 1949

1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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 NL pennant. He led the National League in sacrifice hits in 1940.

In 10 seasons he played in 748 Games and had 2,325 At Bats, 302 Runs, 640 Hits, 100 Doubles, 29 Triples, 14 Home Runs, 215 RBI, 16 Stolen Bases, 188 Walks, .275 Batting Average, .330 On-base percentage, .361 Slugging Percentage, 840 Total Bases and 72 Sacrifice Hits.

McCormick died in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, at the age of 58.

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