The Resume

(December 15, 1920-October 4, 2021)
Born in Paris, Texas
First baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1942, 1946–48, 1957), Washington Senators (1949-50), Chicago White Sox (1950–52), Philadelphia Athletics (1953), New York Yankees (1954–56), Kansas City Athletics (1956), Detroit Tigers (1957), and Baltimore Orioles (1957)
1946 International League Most Valuable Player
Starting baseman for the 1949 and 1952 American League All-Star teams
Four All-Star appearances (1949, 1951–53)
1,315 games (172 home runs. 723 runs batted in, and .268 batting average)
Autobiography is ‘Lucky Me: My Sixty-Five Years in Baseball’ (2011)
Batted from the left, threw with the right

Why he might be annoying:

While he was the general manager of the Braves for four years, he never played for a National League team himself.
Despite three winning seasons with the Texas Rangers, he lost his position as their general manager over their failed 1982 season.
He was the final surviving member of the last Fall Classic won by the Indians — who, in his lifetime, had only four other World Series berths.
His number 3 was not retired with him but with Earl Averill (1975).
He loved cigars.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was also the oldest surviving player of three other teams.
He was a close friend of at least one American League president.
George Steinbrenner attempted to hire him as Yankees general manager, but landed him as a scout instead.
Ironically, he would become a scout for the only Original Eight American League team he never played in: the Red Sox.
His second marriage lasted more than 60 years.

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Atlanta Braves
• Baltimore Orioles
• Baseball Players
• Bird Names
• Chicago White Sox
• Cleveland Guardians
• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 14]
• Detroit Tigers
• I am a Texan
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 100)
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 100)
• I Played on 5 or More Teams (Ranked: 7)
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Minnesota Twins
• New York Yankees
• Oakland Athletics
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 741)
• Profiles 38751-38951 (Ranked: 38774)
• Served in World War II
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20211004)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 119 Votes: 53.78% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 64 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying