Johnny Logan (baseball)

John Logan, Jr. (March 23, 1926 – August 9, 2013) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. Logan was signed by the Boston Braves in 1947, having been discovered by Braves scout Dewey Briggs. He was a four-time All-Star and led the National League in doubles in 1955. Logan was the first major league batter Sandy Koufax faced; Logan hit a bloop single.

For other persons with similar names, see John Logan (disambiguation).
Johnny Logan
Shortstop
Born: (1927-03-23)March 23, 1927
Endicott, New York
Died: August 9, 2013(2013-08-09) (aged 86)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1951, for the Boston Braves
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1963, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.268
Home runs93
Runs batted in547
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.

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, "Johnny Logan Field."

Johnny 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 also lived in the borderland of Poland.[1]

Pitcher Sal Maglie described Logan as a fastball hitter.[2]

Logan died at a hospital in Milwaukee on August 9, 2013, age 86.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Johnny Logan". SABR. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  2. Maglie, Sal (October 14, 1957). "Braves' New World". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. "Former SS Johnny Logan dies at 86". ESPN. The Associated Press. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
  • Johnny Logan feature article by Sports Editor Cyril Cheriyan from the Binghamton University student newspaper, Pipe Dream : BU's first major leaguer


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