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Hall of Fame

A.F. Malinosky

A.F. Malinosky

  • Class
  • Induction
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Track & Field

One of Whittier College’s Greatest Baseball Players

Attended High School in Illinois and El Monte

  • Earned 1 Letter in Track

  • Won 2 Varsity Letters in Baseball 

  • No Team in 1932 due to budget cut

  • Hit a remarkable .620 on 1930 Championship Team

  • Captain of 1931 Team

  • All SCIAC at Shortstop in 1930 and 1931

  • Played Shortstop and Third Base as a Professional for Pittsburg, Tulsa, Birmingham, Little Rock, Louisville, St. Louis and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • Played on the Pacific Coast Championship Sacramento Team

  • A Stand-Out Player on the American Association All Star Team when they defeated the League-leading Milwaukee Brewers 9 to 5 in 1936

  • Served in the U.S Army 1940-1943 in the Infantry European Theater Operation

  • Battle of the Bulge

  • Worked in the Aircraft Industry and had his own business until he retired in 1972

 

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