Kernek attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played baseball and basketball, and joined the Cardinals' minor league organization in 1961. After hitting .295 with 17 home runs and 86 runs batted in in the Triple-AInternational League in 1965, Kernek was recalled in September; he got into ten games and batted .290 in 31 at bats with four extra-base hits. That winter, the Redbirds traded their veteran All-Star first baseman, Bill White, to the Philadelphia Phillies, opening up his position for competition among younger players like the 26-year-old Kernek. He was St. Louis' Opening Day first baseman (against White's Phillies)[2] and went on to start 14 more games for the Cardinals through May 1. But despite two three-hit games, he was hitting only .239 with one extra-base hit when he lost his starting job. A week later, future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Orlando Cepeda was acquired from the San Francisco Giants. That same day, Kernek struck out as a pinch hitter against the Giants' Lindy McDaniel. It was his last MLB appearance.
Kernek returned to the minors for 41⁄2 more seasons, retiring at the end of 1970. In the majors, he collected 21 hits in 81 official at-bats, including three doubles and two triples, batting .259 with six career runs batted in.
george, kernek, george, boyd, kernek, january, 1940, august, 2022, american, professional, baseball, player, appeared, games, major, league, baseball, first, baseman, pinch, hitter, 1965, 1966, louis, cardinals, born, holdenville, oklahoma, threw, batted, left. George Boyd Kernek January 12 1940 August 14 2022 was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 30 games in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the 1965 1966 St Louis Cardinals 1 Born in Holdenville Oklahoma he threw and batted left handed stood 6 feet 3 inches 1 91 m tall and weighed 170 pounds 77 kg during his active career George KernekKernek in 1965First basemanBorn 1940 01 12 January 12 1940Holdenville Oklahoma U S Died August 14 2022 2022 08 14 aged 82 Purcell Oklahoma U S Batted LeftThrew LeftMLB debutSeptember 5 1965 for the St Louis CardinalsLast MLB appearanceMay 8 1966 for the St Louis CardinalsMLB statisticsBatting average 259Home runs0Runs batted in6TeamsSt Louis Cardinals 1965 1966 Kernek attended the University of Oklahoma where he played baseball and basketball and joined the Cardinals minor league organization in 1961 After hitting 295 with 17 home runs and 86 runs batted in in the Triple A International League in 1965 Kernek was recalled in September he got into ten games and batted 290 in 31 at bats with four extra base hits That winter the Redbirds traded their veteran All Star first baseman Bill White to the Philadelphia Phillies opening up his position for competition among younger players like the 26 year old Kernek He was St Louis Opening Day first baseman against White s Phillies 2 and went on to start 14 more games for the Cardinals through May 1 But despite two three hit games he was hitting only 239 with one extra base hit when he lost his starting job A week later future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Orlando Cepeda was acquired from the San Francisco Giants That same day Kernek struck out as a pinch hitter against the Giants Lindy McDaniel It was his last MLB appearance Kernek returned to the minors for 41 2 more seasons retiring at the end of 1970 In the majors he collected 21 hits in 81 official at bats including three doubles and two triples batting 259 with six career runs batted in Kernek died on August 14 2022 3 References edit George Kernek Stats baseball reference com sports reference com Retrieved February 10 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 3 St Louis Cardinals 2 Retrosheet April 13 1966 Retrieved August 22 2022 George Boyd Kernek purcellregister com Retrieved August 22 2022 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet nbsp This biographical article relating to a baseball first baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in Oklahoma is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Kernek amp oldid 1142955786, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
