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Notable players for the Hollywood Stars include pitcher Rinaldo Ardizoia who, at the time of his death on July 19, 2015, was the oldest living former member of the New York Yankees. He moved to Los Angeles with the Mission Reds, and eventually joined the Hollywood Stars' starting rotation before being drafted by the Yankees in 1940.
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After finishing playing, Stevens returned to Long Beach. He first worked for an oil well service company, and in 1960 accepted an offer to be secretary of the Professional Baseball Players Association of America. This organization brought together former baseball players, coaches and umpires, helping those in need.
He played six seasons at the highest levels of minor league baseball with the Open-Classification Hollywood Stars and the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees and Columbus Jets. [1] He appeared in 57 MLB games for the Pirates, 51 of them during the 1958 season, when he batted.284 in 116 at bats. Among his 33 hits were six doubles and one home run. [2]
“The best part of baseball is when the guy least expected to get the big hit delivers at the end of the game. A memory that lasts a lifetime for the player and fans.
The Hollywood Stars were a professional baseball travel team nominally based in Los Angeles, California. They played their inaugural season in 2017, [ 1 ] as a member of the Pecos League , an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball .
Pitcher Frank Shellenback led the Stars and the PCL with 26 wins. [3] He pitched 335 innings and compiled a 26–12 record with a 3.98 earned run average (ERA) and 163 strikeouts. Augie Johns also pitched well, compiling a 17–10 record with a 3.90 ERA. [4] The team had five players who hit over .300 with at least 500 at bats.
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