Philip Weintraub (October 12, 1907 – June 21, 1987) was an American professional

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and

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. Weintraub played for 13

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teams, for whom he had an aggregate

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of .337, as well as for the

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, the

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, and the

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.Phil Weintraub , Society for American Baseball Research
/ref> He was primarily a reserve

in the majors, though he was platooned at

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in the last few years of his career. He posted a .295 career batting average in the major leagues, and a .398

on-base percentage In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batting (baseball), batter reaches base (baseball), base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA ...

.Phil Weintraub Stats , Baseball-Reference.com
/ref> In one game in 1944, Weintraub had 11 RBIs, one fewer than the major league record, and he still has as of , the third- most runs batted in ( RBIs) in a single game (11, behind

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and

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) in Major League history. Author Joe Cox, writing in ''The Immaculate Inning: Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Baseball's Rarest Feats'' (

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, 2018), observed: "The biggest mystery of Weintraub is why a hitter with a career .295 batting average and capable power (.440

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) could never get more than 361

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s in a big league season -- or top 1,382 career at bats... One biographer cites anti-semitic theories of the time ...."Joe Cox
''The Immaculate Inning: Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Baseball's Rarest Feats''.
/ref> Through 2010, Weintraub was fifth all-time in batting average (behind

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, and

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) among Jewish major league baseball players. With an excellent eye and bat control, he walked 232 times in his career, while

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only 182 times, for a 1.27 BB/K ratio.

Early life

Weintraub was born in

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, and was Jewish. He attended

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. He then played for the

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baseball team.Phil Weintraub Minor Leagues Statistics & History , Baseball-Reference.com
/ref>Howard Megdal

/ref> His father owned a small butcher shop, and wanted him to follow him in the business.''Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience'' - Peter Levine
/ref> His parents, who were from

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, in the

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(now Kyiv,

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), were against him being a baseball player, as they were of the view that all baseball players were "bums."''Jews and Baseball'' - Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman
/ref> He later lived in

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Minor leagues

Weintraub was a heavy hitter in the minors, hitting 194 career

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s. In 1926 he played for the

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, in 1927 Weintraub played for the Waco Cubs and the Danville Veterans, and in 1928 he played for the

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. He was a

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until he hurt his arm in 1930.Tom Schott, Nick Peters
''The Giants Encyclopedia''.
/ref> He took some time off from baseball after his father died to take over his father's business. In 1931 Weintraub played for the

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(had a .372

(3rd in the league) with a .600

(2nd)), in 1932 he played for the Terre Haute Tots (batting .323 with a .500 slugging percentage) and the

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(batting .352 with a .575 slugging percentage), and in 1933 he played for the

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. In 1934, he batted .401 (the first hitter to bat .400 in the league) with a league-leading .664 slugging percentage for the

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of the

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, as Weintraub was second in the league with 16 home runs in 371

s. In 1936 Weintraub played for the

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of the

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(batting .371 (2nd in the league) while leading the league with a .660 slugging percentage) and the

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(batting .361 with a .506 slugging percentage). In 1937 he played for the

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, and in 1938 he played for the International League

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(batting .345 with a .604 slugging percentage). In 1939 and 1940 he played for the

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in the American Association, batting .331 with 33 home runs (2nd in the league behind

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) and 126 RBIs, and .347 with 27 home runs and 109 RBIs, with slugging percentages of .633 (2nd in the league) and .600. In 1941 he played for the

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and batted .302 with 18 home runs (3rd in the league) and a .504 slugging percentage, in 1942 he played for the

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(during the season, he fought a verbally abusive fan in Minneapolis, and "clocked" him) and the

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, and in 1943 he again played for Toledo, batting .334 with 16 home runs and 96 RBIs (each 3rd in the league) and a .443

and .507 slugging percentage (both 2nd in the league). In 1945, his last season at the age of 37, he played for the

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and batted .311.

Major league career

New York Giants (1933–1935)

His professional debut was on September 5, 1933, for the

, at 25 years of age."Phil Weintraub Stats" , Baseball-Reference.com
/ref> Weintraub played in eight games that season. In 1934, Weintraub batted .351 with a .461 on-base percentage in 31 games. ''The Sporting News'' wrote of him in December 1934: "The Giants don’t know what they’re going to do with Phil." The following season he batted .241 in 64 games. That year in spring training, despite a team reservation Weintraub and Harry Danning were once refused entry to the

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in Miami Beach, Florida, which had a "No Jews" policy, but they were allowed to stay when Giants manager

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threatened he would take the whole team to another hotel if his Jewish ballplayers were not allowed in. Called "baseball's best-dressed

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" in 1935 by journalist

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, Weintraub reportedly owned 100 suits.

St. Louis Cardinals

In December 1935 Weintraub was traded by the Giants with pitcher Roy Parmelee and cash to the

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for

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Burgess "Whitey" Whitehead.

Cincinnati Reds (1937)

In August 1936 he was purchased by the

from the Cardinals. Weintraub batted .271 with a .424 slugging percentage for the Reds in 198 at bats.

New York Giants (1937)

In July 1937 Weintraub was purchased by the

from the Reds, and went 3-for-9 with two doubles. Late in November he was sold by the Giants to the

of the

. In 1937, an article in ''Fortune'' magazine noted: "Players have changed ... Most clubs today welcome a good Jewish player ... like ... Phil Weintraub."

Philadelphia Phillies (1938)

In June 1938 he was traded by Baltimore to the

in exchange for

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. In that season Weintraub finished 3rd in the

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in on-base percentage (.422), 9th in batting average (.311), and 10th in walks (64). In contrast, as a team the Phillies batted .254, and only two of its players had more RBIs. For the Phillies, he had the last

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in Philadelphia's

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. When a game was scheduled on

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, he elected not to play. Late in December 1938 he was purchased by the

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from the Phillies. Weintraub did not play major league baseball from 1939 through 1943, spending those years in the minor leagues. After Japan attacked

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on December 7, 1941, the 34-year-old Weintraub reported for examination by the

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, but was declared unfit for military service.

New York Giants (1944–1945)

In November 1943 he was obtained by the

from the

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in the

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. In April 1944, in a stunt during a preseason exhibition game Weintraub caught a baseball dropped from a

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that was 400 feet above him. In 1944, Weintraub returned to the majors with the Giants after a six-year absence. In 361 at bats he was 5th in the National League in OBP (.412), slugging percentage (.524) and

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(27.8); 6th in

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(9), 8th in batting average (.316), and 9th in home runs (13). On April 30, Weintraub had 11 RBIs, setting the franchise record and one short of the major league record, as the Giants defeated the

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, 26–8. He had two doubles, a triple, and a home run. Amazingly, he missed the

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because he didn't get a

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.Gilbert, Bill (1992). ''They Also Served: Baseball and the Home Front, 1941–1945''. New York: Crown Publishers, pp. 122–23

/ref> In 1945, he batted .272/.389/.417, and on defense Weintraub led the

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as a first baseman (10.83). Weintraub played his last game on August 5, 1945, at 37 years of age. In January 1946, he was released by the Giants.

Career statistics

In 444 games over seven seasons, Weintraub posted a .295

(407-for-1382) with 215 runs, 67 doubles, 19

, 32

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, 207 RBI, 232

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, .398

and .440

. Defensively, he finished his career with a .990

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at first base and .989 fielding percentage overall. Through 2010, Weintraub was fifth all-time in batting average (behind

, and

) among Jewish major league baseball players. In 1982, he was inducted into the Chicago Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame.

After baseball

After he retired from playing baseball, in 1946 Weintraub was the Manager of the

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in the

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. Newspapers called his team "Weintraub's Troopers." He next worked in the wholesale food business in New York, and then sold real estate in

.Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvit
''The Big Book of Jewish Baseball''.
/ref> Weintraub died from a heart attack, after suffering from cancer, on June 21, 1987, in Palm Springs, at the age of 79. He was buried at the

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References

External links

Baseball Reference stats

Fangraphs stats

Baseball Almanac bio
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Early life

Minor leagues

Major league career

New York Giants (1933–1935)

St. Louis Cardinals

Cincinnati Reds (1937)

New York Giants (1937)

Philadelphia Phillies (1938)

New York Giants (1944–1945)

Career statistics

After baseball

See also

References

External links