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- Jigger_Statz abstract "Arnold John "Jigger" Statz (October 20, 1897 – March 16, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who also had a lengthy minor league career. He is one of only seven players (along with Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, Julio Franco, Hank Aaron, Ichiro Suzuki, and Stan Musial) known to have amassed at least 4,000 combined hits in the major leagues and minor leagues. Jake Beckley and Sam Crawford may also have hit 4,000, but data for some of their minor league seasons is missing.Statz attended Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he moved from Illinois along with his parents at an early age. He played baseball for two years at Holy Cross before enlisting in the U. S. Navy during World War I. Though he signed with the Giants in 1919, Statz continued his studies at Holy Cross and graduated with his class in 1921.Jigger Statz played in the major leagues during eight seasons from 1919 to 1928 for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, and Brooklyn Robins. His best season was in 1923 with the Cubs, when he played in all 154 games, compiling a .319 batting average, with 10 home runs and 70 runs batted in.Statz also played 18 minor league seasons, all of them for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. In an era when many players had lengthy minor league careers, Jigger Statz's statistics surpassed those of his contemporaries, e.g. a grand total of 4,093 major and minor league hits, and a total number of games played which was exceeded only by Pete Rose.Statz had a distinguished career in the Pacific Coast League. He holds the PCL records for games played (2790), hits (3356), doubles (597), triples (136), and runs scored (1996). His career PCL batting average was .315. The year after his playing career ended, he was a member of the first group of players elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.Statz managed for five years in the minor leagues. He was the Angels' player-manager during 1940-41-42, and managed the Visalia Cubs of the California League in 1948-49.Jigger Statz played himself in the 1929 Paramount film, Fast Company, and in 1952 served as a technical advisor for The Winning Team, a fictionalized Warner Bros. biography of Grover Cleveland Alexander which starred Ronald Reagan.".
- Jigger_Statz activeYearsEndDate "1928-09-30".
- Jigger_Statz activeYearsStartDate "1919-07-30".
- Jigger_Statz alias "Statz, Arnold John".
- Jigger_Statz battingSide "Right".
- Jigger_Statz birthDate "1897-10-20".
- Jigger_Statz birthPlace Waukegan,_Illinois.
- Jigger_Statz birthYear "1897".
- Jigger_Statz deathDate "1988-03-16".
- Jigger_Statz deathPlace Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach.
- Jigger_Statz deathYear "1988".
- Jigger_Statz formerTeam Los_Angeles_Dodgers.
- Jigger_Statz formerTeam San_Francisco_Giants.
- Jigger_Statz position Outfielder.
- Jigger_Statz statisticLabel Batting_average.
- Jigger_Statz statisticValue "0.285".
- Jigger_Statz team Boston_Red_Sox.
- Jigger_Statz team Chicago_Cubs.
- Jigger_Statz team Los_Angeles_Dodgers.
- Jigger_Statz team San_Francisco_Giants.
- Jigger_Statz throwingSide "Right".
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- Jigger_Statz alternativeNames "Statz, Arnold John".
- Jigger_Statz bats "Right".
- Jigger_Statz birthDate "1897-10-20".
- Jigger_Statz birthPlace Waukegan,_Illinois.
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- Jigger_Statz dateOfBirth "1897-10-20".
- Jigger_Statz dateOfDeath "1988-03-16".
- Jigger_Statz deathDate "1988-03-16".
- Jigger_Statz deathPlace Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach.
- Jigger_Statz debutdate "--07-30".
- Jigger_Statz debutteam "New York Giants".
- Jigger_Statz debutyear "1919".
- Jigger_Statz finaldate "--09-30".
- Jigger_Statz finalteam "Brooklyn Robins".
- Jigger_Statz finalyear "1928".
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- Jigger_Statz name "Jigger Statz".
- Jigger_Statz name "Statz, Jigger".
- Jigger_Statz placeOfBirth Waukegan,_Illinois.
- Jigger_Statz placeOfDeath Corona_del_Mar,_Newport_Beach.
- Jigger_Statz position Outfielder.
- Jigger_Statz shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Jigger_Statz stat1label Batting_average.
- Jigger_Statz stat1value "0.285".
- Jigger_Statz stat2label "Home runs".
- Jigger_Statz stat2value "17".
- Jigger_Statz stat3label Run_batted_in.
- Jigger_Statz stat3value "215".
- Jigger_Statz teams "* New York Giants * Boston Red Sox * Chicago Cubs * Brooklyn Robins".
- Jigger_Statz throws "Right".
- Jigger_Statz description "American baseball player".
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