Buddy Booker
Richard Lee "Buddy" Booker (born May 28, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1966 and the Chicago White Sox in 1968.
| Buddy Booker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Catcher | |||
| Born: May 28, 1942 Lynchburg, Virginia | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 4, 1966, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 14, 1968, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .182 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 5 | ||
| Teams | |||
Booker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and earned most of his prep accolades as a William Campbell High School basketball player in Naruna, Virginia. He broke the Virginia state scoring record with 719 points during the 1960 season.
He was a Carolina League All-Star in 1962 with the Burlington Indians, and after some short stints in Low-A ball, he advanced to Triple-A. Booker retired from the Milwaukee Brewers’ organization in 1974.
Booker was the President of Brookneal Dixie Youth baseball for seven years. Booker later received the Brookneal Town Council Good Citizen Award for his work with Dixie Youth and Babe Ruth baseball.
Booker was one of six inductees into the Lynchburg Area Sports Hall of Fame on June 20, 2007