Ty Pickup
{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ty Pickup
|image=ClarenceTyPickup.jpg
|position=Outfielder
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1897|10|29}}
|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|death_date={{death date and age|1974|8|2|1897|10|29}}
|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 30
|debutyear=1918
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 30
|finalyear=1918
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games played
|stat1value=1
|stat2label=At bats
|stat2value=1
|stat3label=Hits
|stat3value=1
|teams=
- Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1918}})
}}
Clarence William "Ty" Pickup (October 29, 1897 – August 2, 1974) was an American professional baseball player. He played one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1918.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pickuty01.shtml "Ty Pickup Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
Career
Pickup was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1897. He started his professional baseball career in 1918. That season, he played in his first and only Major League Baseball game on April 30 for the Philadelphia Phillies. Pickup singled in his only at bat and played one inning in right field.LeBuffe, Jim (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pGgr-n3MbZUC&q=%22pickup%22&pg=PA289 Parallel Hitters]. iUniverse. p. 289. He also appeared in 49 games for the Eastern League's New London Planters in 1918 and had a batting average of .234.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pickup002cla "Ty Pickup Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
The following year, Pickup played for the Eastern League's Pittsfield Hillies. He batted .285 in 100 games played, and according to the Milwaukee Journal, he was one of the stars of the club, which won the pennant.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7MQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LSEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4517,2505281&dq=clarence-pickup&hl=en "Panther Boss Has Boost for New Colonels"]. Milwaukee Journal. January 9, 1920. p. 22. Pickup then played for three different minor league teams in 1920, batting .236 overall, and then batted .243 in 1921. He was out of professional baseball for six years before returning for one season, in 1928, in the Eastern Carolina League. That year, he set career-highs with a .293 batting average and nine home runs.
Pickup died in Philadelphia in 1974 and was buried in St. Dominic Cemetery.
References
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External links
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Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Philadelphia Phillies players
Category:New London Planters players
Category:Pittsfield Hillies players
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Category:Waterbury Brasscos players
Category:Wilmington Pirates players