Cal Emery

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cal Emery

|position=First baseman

|image=Cal Emery.JPG

|caption=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1937|6|28}}

|birth_place=Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2010|11|28|1937|7|28}}

|death_place=Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 15

|debutyear=1963

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 20

|finalyear=1963

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.158

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.213

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=8

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=30

|teams=

Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1963}})
Hankyu Braves ({{npby|1970}})

|highlights=

}}

Calvin Wayne Emery (June 28, 1937 – November 28, 2010{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centredaily/obituary.aspx?n=calvin-emery-cal&pid=147131995|title=Obituary: Calvin "Cal" Emery|date=May 15, 2010|publisher=Centre Daily Times|accessdate=October 17, 2011}}) was an American professional baseball first baseman and batting coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also spent the {{npby|1970}} season with Hankyu Braves of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=emery-001cal|date=2019|title=Cal Emery Minor Leagues Statistics & History|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=May 19, 2019}} During his playing days, Emery stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}} tall, weighing {{convert|205|lb|kg}}; he threw and batted left-handed. Emery attended Penn State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/emeryca01.shtml|date=2019|title=Cal Emery Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=May 19, 2019}}

Career

Emery was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent, on June 5, 1958. Five years and one month later, on July 15, 1963, he made his big league debut at the age of 26. In 16 career MLB games (most of them as a pinch hitter), he hit .158, in 19 at-bats. Of Emery’s three major league hits, one was a double; however, he showed a keen eye at the plate, by striking out only twice. (In a 500 at-bat season, that would only be about 53 strikeouts.) Emery played his final big league game on September 20, 1963.

During Emery's only MLB season, he wore uniform number 9.

Emery hit .400 for the Triple-A Eugene Emeralds in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in {{by|1969}}, collecting 104 hits in 260 at-bats. The following season, he played for the NPB Hankyu Braves.

After his playing career, Emery managed in minor league baseball (MiLB), scouted for multiple organizations, and served as a big league batting coach for the {{by|1988}} Chicago White Sox.{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/E/Pemerc101.htm|title=Cal Emery|date=2019|publisher=Retrosheet|work=retrosheet.org|accessdate=May 19, 2019}}

On November 28, 2010, Emery died at age 73 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Other information

Emery won the Most Outstanding Player Award in the 1957 College World Series.
Emery served as a coach for the Chicago White Sox in 1988.
Emery was the {{by|1959}} MVP of the Three-I League (aka the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League). He played for the Des Moines Demons.
Emery was selected as the first baseman on the 1969 Sporting News Triple-A West All-Star Team.