Today's Birthday: Fred Hatfield, Jamestown Tigers' Manager (1963)

Credits: Glendale Hot Dogs via Trading Card Database

Former New York-Penn League manager Fred Hatfield was born on this date in 1925. He managed the Jamestown Tigers in 1963.

Hatfield played for the Boston Red Sox (1950-52), Detroit Tigers (1952-56), Chicago White Sox (1956-57), Cleveland Indians (1958), and Cincinnati Reds (1958). He was the head baseball coach at Florida State University (1964-68) and managed in the minors for several years. He was a coach for the Detroit Tigers during the 1977 and '78 seasons.

He died on May 22, 1998, at the age of 73

Source: Baseball Reference 

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