Bowman baseball card - 1949 Series, #075

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Mayo (born April 15, 1910 in Holyoke, Massachusetts - November 27, 2006) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants (1936), Boston Braves (1937-1938), Philadelphia Athletics (1943) and Detroit Tigers (1944-1948). Mayo batted left handed and threw right handed. He was nicknamed "Hotshot". Image File history File links Eddie_Mayo. ... Image File history File links Eddie_Mayo. ... Bowman Gum was a manufacturer of bubble gum and trading cards in the period surrounding World War II. Originally known as Gum, Inc. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...   See Holyoke, Colorado for the city in Colorado. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,4,11,24,27,30,36,44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885-1957) New York Gothams (1883-1885) Troy Union Cities / Trojans (1879-1882) Ballpark AT&T Park (2000... Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) East Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,21,35,41,42,44 Name Atlanta Braves (1966–present) Ballpark Turner Field (1997–present) Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (1966-1996) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee) (1953-1965) Braves Field (Boston) (1915-1952) Fenway Park... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9,27,34,43 Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Ballpark McAfee Coliseum (1968–present) a. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium(1961-1999) a. ...

Career

In a nine-season career, Mayo posted a .252 batting average with 26 home runs and 287 RBI in 834 games played. Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run scored by each runner who was already on base), with no errors by the defensive team on... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ... In baseball statistics, games played (denoted by G) indicates the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity). ...

Best season

• 1945: Posted career-highs in average (.285), home runs (10), doubles (24) and on base percentage (.347), made the American League All-Star team, and won the TSN Most Valuable Non-Pitcher Award.

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Post-Season appearances

• 1936 World Series
• 1945 World Series

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Highlights

• Led American third basemen in fielding percentage (1943)
• Led AL second basemen in double plays (1944)
• Led AL second basemen in fielding percentage (1945)
• Was part of a double-play tandem with shortstop Skeeter Webb that helped the Tigers win the 1945 Series
• Started two triple plays of the bat of Gil Torres (July 20, 1945 and May 8, 1946)

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Sources

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball Library
• Baseball Reference
• Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
• The oldest living Tiger
• Obituary