Al Federoff

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Al Federoff

|position=Second baseman

|image=Al Federoff.jpeg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1924|7|11}}

|birth_place=Bairdford, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|08|02|1924|07|11}}

|death_place=Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear={{mlby|1951}}

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear={{mlby|1952}}

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.238

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=14

|teams=

Detroit Tigers (1951–1952)

}}

Alfred Federoff (July 11, 1924 – August 2, 2011[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastvalleytribune/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-federoff&pid=152885201 Obituary]), nicknamed "Whitey", was an American professional baseball infielder and manager. He spent his career in minor league baseball, except for 76 games spread over the 1951 and 1952 seasons, when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/federal01.shtml |title=Al Federoff Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-02}}

Biography

Federoff was born in Bairdford, Pennsylvania, and was Jewish.{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=18}} He attended Bairdford High School in Bairdford, Pennsylvania, graduated from Etna High School in Etna, Pennsylvania, and attended Duquesne University for two years.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/federal01.shtml |title=Al Federoff Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-04}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&dq=%22Al+Federoff%22&pg=PA57 Horvitz, Peter S., and Horvitz, Joachim, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball. New York: SPI Books, 2001; page 57] He threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m}} tall and weighed {{convert|165|lb|kg}} as an active player. His playing career extended from 1946 through 1959, with another decade spent as a minor league manager (1960–61; 1963–70). Most of his career was spent with the Tigers: he signed with Detroit in 1946, played for seven seasons in their farm system, and then managed in that system for nine more years during the 1960s. As a skipper, his teams won two league championships. He was a Tigers' scout in 1962.

For the MLB Tigers in 1951–52, Federoff played 71 games as a second baseman and batted .238 in 235 at bats, with no home runs and 14 runs batted in. He was a .279 hitter during his minor league career, where he saw service with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, Buffalo Bisons and Louisville Colonels, and the Open Classification San Diego Padres and Seattle Rainiers.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=federo001alf |title=Al Federoff Minor Leagues Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-02}} In 1954, he led the Pacific Coast League in runs (110), walks (108), and hit by pitch (11), was 8th in OBP (.389), was tied for 8th in stolen bases (15) and sacrifice flies (6), and was 10th in hits (175) while batting .278.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=fe4e15b1 |title=1954 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-02}}