Today's New York-Penn League Birthday: Buddy Booker (Batavia Pirates, 1961)

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Happy Birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Buddy Booker, who was born on this date in 1942, in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Booker was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent on September 3, 1960, and played in 118 games in the New York-Penn League for the 1961 Batavia Pirates (.294/.373/.452, 14 HR, 75 RBI).

He played in a total of 23 in the major leagues over two seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1966) and Chicago White Sox (1968).

Source: Baseball Reference

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