| 词条 | George Scales |
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|name=George "Tubby" Scales |image=George Scales 1931.jpg |image_size= |position=2nd Baseman / Manager |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1900|8|16}} |birth_place=Talladega, Alabama |death_date={{Death date and age|1976|4|15|1900|8|16}} |death_place=Compton, California |debutyear={{by|1921}} |debutteam=St. Louis Giants |finalyear={{by|1946}} |finalteam=Baltimore Elite Giants |teams=As Player
}} George Louis Scales (August 16, 1900 - April 15, 1976),[1] nicknamed "Tubby", was an American second baseman and manager in Negro league baseball, most notably with the New York Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Elite Giants. Born in Talladega, Alabama,[1] he batted .321 over a 25-year career during which he played several positions. He also managed for twelve seasons in the Puerto Rican winter league, winning six pennants,[1] and led the Caribbean World Series champions in {{baseball year|1951}}. Buck Leonard claimed that George Scales was the best curveball hitter he ever saw.[2]At age 52, Scales received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.[3] After retiring from baseball in 1958, he became a stockbroker.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} He died at age 75 in Compton, California.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/scales_tubby.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608102049/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/scales_tubby.htm |archivedate=2007-06-08 |title=Pre-Negro Leagues Candidate Profile: George Walter "Tubby" Scales}} 2. ^{{cite book |author1=Charlton, James |author2=Shatzkin, Mike |author3=Holtje, Stephen |title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference |publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow |location=New York |year=1990|isbn=0-87795-984-6 |oclc= |doi= |page= 965}} 3. ^"1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players" External links{{Negro-league-stats |seam=705 |brn=scales000geo}}
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