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Zinn Beck
Third baseman
Born: (1885-09-30)September 30, 1885
Steubenville, Ohio
Died: March 19, 1981(1981-03-19) (aged 95)
West Palm Beach, Florida
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
September 14, 1913, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last appearance
July 22, 1918, for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Batting average.226
Home runs3
Runs batted in73
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Teams

Zinn Bertram Beck (September 30, 1885 – March 19, 1981) was a Major League Baseball Third baseman and Shortstop also minor league manager and baseball scout. Beck played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1913 to 1916, and the New York Yankees in 1918. In 290 career games, he had a .226 batting average with 204 hits in 902 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. From 1923 to 1925 Beck managed the minor league Greenville Spinners in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1934 he was one of the managers of the Washington Senators minor league farm team the Chattanooga Lookouts. Zinn Beck Field at Sanford Memorial Stadium in Sanford, Florida is named in his honor.

Read more: The Sanford Herald - Briefs `

Beck was born in Steubenville, Ohio and died in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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