Johnny Logan
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John Logan, Jr. (March 23, 1926-2013) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball.
Logan was signed by the Boston Braves in 1947, after Braves Scout Dewey Briggs discovered him.
In 1955, he was a four-time All-Star and captained the National League in doubles.
Logan was the first big league batter to face Sandy Koufax; Logan was the first big league batter to face him; Logan was a bloop single. Logan was a lifetime.268 batter with 93 home runs and 547 RBIs in 1503 games during his 13-year career.
He has had 651 runs scored and 19 stolen bases in his career.
In 5244 at bats, he had 216 doubles and 41 triples, totaling 1407 hits.
Logan spent one season with the Nankai Hawks in Japan before his big league career. Logan grew up in Endicott, New York, and attended Union-Endicott High School, where he was a five-sport star.
"Johnny Logan Field" is the name of Endicott's little league field. Johnny Logan, who was of Russian and Croatian descent, was of Russian and Croatian descent.
His father, John Sr., was born in Tsaritsyn, now Volgograd, and his mother, Helen Senko, was born in Croatia, but he also lived in Poland's borderland.
Early life
Logan grew up in Endicott, New York, and attended Union-Endicott High School, where he was a five-sport star. Endicott has a little league field named after him. Logan was of Russian and Croatian descent. His father, John Sr., was from Tsaritsyn, now Volgograd, and his mother, Helen Senko, was born in Croatia but she also lived in Poland's borderland.
Logan served in the Army, where he played baseball in the latter half of World War II. He was honorably discharged. When Logan was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers in minor leagues, Clint Courtney of Kansas City hit him in the chest while sliding hard into second base, knocking Logan's front two teeth out.
Later life
Logan lived in Milwaukee after he retired. He was involved in the founding of the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association, and he has often visited Miller Park for Brewers games. On August 9, 2013, age 86, he died at a Milwaukee hospital. He had been suffering from circulatory and kidney disease since childhood, and he needed a wheelchair. An infection was a factor in his death.
Career
Logan debuted for the Braves in 1951. In 1953, around the time he became an everyday starter, he married Dorothy Ahlmeyer. She lived until 1989 and they had three sons.
Logan had one of his best seasons in 1955, playing in all 154 games, batting .297, leading the league with 37 doubles, and finishing 11th in Most Valuable Player voting. He received his first of four All-Star selections that year. In the 1957 World Series, Logan hit the first home run of the series in a Game 2 victory over the New York Yankees.
Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in June 1961 for Gino Cimoli, Logan played in no more than 81 games for the Pirates before they released him following the 1963 season.
In a 13-season career, Logan was a lifetime .268 batter with 93 home runs and 547 RBIs in 1503 games. He has a total of 651 career runs scored and 19 stolen bases. He accumulated 216 doubles and 41 triples with a total of 1407 hits in 5244 career at bats. After his major league career, Logan played one season in Japan for the Nankai Hawks in 1964, where he became the first player to win both a World Series and a Japan Series.
Pitcher Sal Maglie described Logan as a fastball hitter.