George Archie

{{Short description|American baseball player (1914–2001)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = George Archie

| position = Third baseman / First baseman

| image = Gene Corbett and George Archie 1946.jpg

| width = 250px

| caption = Archie (right) anticipates the throw as Sacramento Solons player Gene Corbett (left) slides safely into third base.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|4|27}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|9|20|1914|4|27}}

| death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 14

| debutyear = 1938

| debutteam = Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = April 21

| finalyear = 1946

| finalteam = St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .273

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 3

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 53

| teams =

}}

George Albert Archie (April 27, 1914 – September 20, 2001) was a Major League Baseball infielder with the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns spanning three seasons. Archie was predominantly a third baseman, but also played first base. Archie began his career with the Detroit Tigers in 1938, and subsequently played for the Washington Senators (1941) and St. Louis Browns (1941, 1946).{{cite book |title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia |year=2007 |publisher=Sterling Publishing |isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7 |pages=286}}

Personal life

Archie served as a corporal in the 65th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II. Enlisting in December 1941, he served in Europe.{{Cite web |last=Bedingfield |first=Gary |title=Baseball in Wartime - George Archie |url=http://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/archie_george.htm |access-date=June 25, 2020}}

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