Peanuts Lowrey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peanuts Lowrey

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1917

Place of Birth: Culver City, California, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1986

Profession: actor, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Peanuts Lowrey

  • Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (August 27, 1917 – July 2, 1986) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1942–43; 1945–49), Cincinnati Reds (1949–50), St.
  • Louis Cardinals (1950–54) and Philadelphia Phillies (1955). He was born in Culver City, California, and nicknamed as a child by an uncle who, remarking on Lowrey's small size, said, "Why, he's no bigger than a peanut." While Lowrey was growing up in Greater Los Angeles, he worked as a child actor on the Our Gang comedies.Lowrey the ballplayer stood 5 feet, 8½ inches (1.74 m) tall, weighed 170 pounds (77 kg) and threw and batted right-handed.
  • In a 13-season career, Lowrey posted a .273 batting average with 1,177 hits, 37 home runs and 479 RBI in 1,401 games played.
  • In his late career, he became known as one of the top pinch hitters in the Major Leagues.
  • He set an MLB record with seven consecutive pinch hits in 1952, and the following season made 21 pinch hits to fall one shy of the then-MLB all-time record.He missed the 1944 season while serving in the Army with the Military Police unit.
  • Lowrey was discharged after six months and rejoined the Chicago Cubs in 1945.After a brief managing career in minor league baseball, Lowrey returned to the Major Leagues as a coach with the Phillies (1960–66), San Francisco Giants (1967–68), Montreal Expos (1969), Cubs (1970–71; 1977–81) and California Angels (1972). Lowrey died in Inglewood, California, at the age of 68 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.

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