Cyril Roy Weatherly (February 25, 1915 – January 19, 1991), nicknamed "Stormy", was an American

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player whose career extended for two decades (1934–1943; 1946–1954; 1958). The native of Tyler County, Texas, an

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, appeared in 811 Major League games over ten seasons for the

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and

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. Weatherly batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Despite his relatively small size — he stood 5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m) tall and weighed — he hit more than 100

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in minor league baseball. As a Major Leaguer, Weatherly collected 794 hits, with 152 doubles, 44

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, and 43 home runs. Defensively, he recorded a .975 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. His finest season was , when he batted .303 with career highs in runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and

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for the contending Indians, finishing eleventh in the

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voting. Traded to the Yankees after the season, he appeared in one game as a

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during the

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, popping out in the eighth

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of Game 2 against Mort Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals. Although the Yankees lost that game, that was the only contest they would drop as they won the Series in five games. Weatherly missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving in the United States Army during World War II.Baseball in Wartime web site
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