American baseball player and executive (1916–1998)
Baseball player
Al Campanis
Campanis in 1964
Second baseman
Born:(1916-11-02)November 2, 1916 Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Kingdom of Italy
Died: June 21, 1998(1998-06-21) (aged 81) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 23, 1943, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1943, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.100
Hits
2
Runs scored
3
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1943)
Alexander Sebastian Campanis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Σεβαστιανός Καμπάνης; November 2, 1916 – June 21, 1998) was an American executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had a brief major league playing career, as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943; he was the first Greek player in MLB history.[1] Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 8, 1987, as a result of controversial remarks regarding black people in baseball made during an interview on Nightline two days earlier.
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his major league career with a 0–4 record and a 6.52 ERA in 26 games. AlCampanis, the Dodgers' scouting director, hired Lasorda as a scout in 1960. In...
affairs. Edwards contacted Campanis first about minority candidates who could make good managers. The first name Campanis listed was Baker. Baker also...
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