Stephen Demeter (January 27, 1935 – February 3, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and

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. He played in

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as a

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for two seasons.

Career

Demeter played for the

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in 1959. Prior to the 1960 season he was traded to the

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for

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. The trade turned out to be one of the most lop-sided trades in Major League Baseball history, as Demeter played only four games for the Indians before being returned to the minor leagues, from which he never returned. Cash went on to win the 1961 AL batting championship and was one of the top sluggers of the 1960s, hitting 377 career home runs. Demeter was a fixture of the

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teams of the mid- to late 1960s, hitting 272 minor league home runs in his long career, and has been inducted into both the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame, in 1990, and the

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, in 2009. He served one year (in ) as a

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with the MLB

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, working at first base through June 13, and then as bench coach, and also managed for nine seasons in the Pirates' farm system, at the helm of the Sherbrooke Pirates (1972),

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(1973; 1976–77),

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(1974–75),

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(1978), and

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(1979–80). He also was a roving instructor and scout for the Bucs.

Personal life

Demeter's grandson,

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References

External links

Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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