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Clyde Sukeforth

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Sukeforth batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 155 pounds (70 kg) during his active career. He appeared in 486 games over all or parts of ten big-league seasons (1926–34 and 1945), compiling a
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affiliate. Instead, Sukeforth became interested in a 20-year-old Dodger prospect: Clemente. Sukeforth told Pirates' beat writer Les Biederman, "I knew then he'd be our first draft choice." Before leaving, he recalled, "I told Montreal manager
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Sukeforth soon retired permanently from the playing ranks and resumed his former job as a Brooklyn coach and occasional special-assignment scout. In that capacity, later that season, he would make history. Dodger president
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to take good care of 'our boy' and see that he didn't get hurt." Good to his word, the Pirates drafted Clemente on November 22, 1954. Clemente forged an 18-year Hall of Fame career with the Pirates, leading them to the
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Sukeforth died at the age of ninety-eight at his home in Waldoboro; he was buried in Brookland Cemetery, next to his first wife. Through his daughter, Sukeforth had four grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
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manpower shortage, despite not having played competitively since 1939, when he was a player-manager at Elmira. Sukeforth started 13 games as Brooklyn's catcher, and collected 15
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In addition to serving on Durocher's coaching staff and his scouting assignments for Dodgers president Rickey, he worked behind the scenes in 1946 to help create the new
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was making secret plans to break organized baseball's six-decades-long "gentleman's agreement" that enforced racial segregation. In August, Rickey sent Sukeforth to
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Sukeforth won his only two games as the Dodgers' manager in 1947, 5–3 and 12–6, both against Boston. Durocher had been suspended for the entire 1947 season by
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in the ninth inning of the decisive third game of the National League pennant playoff, Sukeforth, coaching in the Dodger
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Once again passing up a Major League managing assignment after turning down the chance to succeed Pirate skipper
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Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties Told by the Men Who Played It
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Branch Rickey in Pittsburgh: Baseball's Trailblazing General Manager for the Pirates
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because of "conduct detrimental to baseball." But Sukeforth and a fellow coach,
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Sukeforth remained in the Pirates organization as a scout and occasional
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in the Negro leagues. He was also instrumental in scouting and acquiring
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Sukeforth managed in the Brooklyn farm system from 1937–42 with the
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for two years where he starred as catcher and left fielder for the
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community, easing the racial integration of the league when
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assumed that role, and Shotton led the Dodgers to the
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Sukeforth was married twice. His first wife Helen (
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He batted .288 in 55 at-bats. 489:, although only one was for extra bases, a 1839: 1825: 1817: 1773:Statue of Roberto Clemente (New York City) 1631: 1617: 1609: 1381: 1329: 1315: 1307: 968:"Roamin' Around: Potentially a Great One!" 34: 23: 1699:Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories 994:Schoenfield, David (September 16, 2015). 865:"Sukeforth Certain Vision Not Impaired". 2249:Major League Baseball third base coaches 2244:Major League Baseball first base coaches 2229:Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets players 799:The Northern New England chapter of the 583:Turned down two managerial opportunities 1768:Statue of Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 1515:Statue of Jackie Robinson (Jersey City) 816: 400:His best year in the Major Leagues was 357:After university, Sukeforth joined the 173: 2254:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players 1149:Society for American Baseball Research 834:Society for American Baseball Research 824: 822: 820: 723:. Later, he worked as a scout for the 656:from the Brooklyn organization in the 2239:Major League Baseball bullpen coaches 801:Society of American Baseball Research 743: 736: 436:Witnessed Robinson's historic signing 319: 7: 1401:The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1096:Anderson, Dave (September 6, 2000). 1077:. Associated Press. October 31, 1957 1598:Paul Robeson congressional hearings 966:Hernon, Jack (September 16, 1956). 911:"Sukeforth Signed to Coach Pirates" 830:"Clyde Sukeforth (SABR BioProject)" 1737:Roberto Clemente Community Academy 1049:. Associated Press. 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Catcher
Manager
Washington, Maine
Waldoboro, Maine
Batting average
Home runs
Runs batted in
Cincinnati Reds
1926
1931
Brooklyn Dodgers
1932
1934
1945
Brooklyn Dodgers
1943
1951
Pittsburgh Pirates
1952
1957
baseball
catcher
coach
scout
manager
Jackie Robinson
first black player
Major League Baseball
Brooklyn Dodgers

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