Reuben Ewing

Reuben Ewing
Reuben Ewing
	Outfielder
	Born: November 30, 1899; Odessa, Ukraine
	Died: October 5, 1970 (aged 70); West Hartford, Connecticut
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	June 21, 1921, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
	June 27, 1921, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Games played	3
At bats	1
Hits	0
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (1921);

Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen on November 30, 1899) was a Jewish Ukrainian-American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Early life

Ewing (then Cohen) was born in Odessa, Ukraine to Jewish-Ukrainian parents and emigrated with them to the United States in 1904, and was Jewish.[1] As a child he showed brilliant athletic talent, a foreshadow of his later achievement of making the major leagues. In order to avoid anti-semitism Cohen became "Ewing". He later attended Hartford High School and Lebanon Valley College.[2]

Professional career

In 1921, Reuben received a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. His short career featured no highlights and lasted only three games and spanned only seven days from June 21 to June 27, with Ewing at bat once. He was an outfielder Although in his amateur career he had at times played second base.

References

"Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.
Burton A. Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman (10 October 2014). Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871-1948. ISBN 9781476605142. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

Sources

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[JSR-1] "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.

[2] Burton A. Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman (10 October 2014). Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871-1948. ISBN 9781476605142. Retrieved 2020-02-04.