finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofdate death_place finaldate hofvote image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1930 26 march 1973 1915 .340 102 2,812 1,175 boston braves march 24 , 1893 1939 richmond heights , missouri september 22 85.8 % -lrb- fourth ballot -rrb- george-sisler . jpg batting average home runs hits runs batted in st. louis browns george sisler left manchester , ohio june 28 left first baseman george sisler

george sisler

george harold sisler -lrb- march 24 , 1893 -- march 26 , 1973 -rrb- , nicknamed `` gentleman george '' and `` gorgeous george , '' was an american professional baseball player for 15 seasons , primarily as first baseman with the st. louis browns .
from until , sisler held the major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- record for most hits in a single season , until it was broken by ichiro suzuki .
sisler 's 1922 season -- during which he batted .420 , hit safely in a then-record 41 consecutive games , led the american league in hits -lrb- 246 -rrb- , stolen bases -lrb- 51 -rrb- , triples -lrb- 18 -rrb- , and was probably the best fielding first baseman in the game -- is considered by many historians to be among the best individual all-around single-season performances in baseball history .
sisler was elected to the baseball hall of fame in .
in editors at `` the sporting news '' named him 33rd on their list of `` baseball 's 100 greatest players . ''
after sisler retired as a player , he worked as a major league scout and aide .
he was on a team of scouts appointed by branch rickey to find black players for the brooklyn dodgers ; the team 's work resulted in the signing of jackie robinson .
