Posted on 05/20/2016 6:03:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Longtime San Francisco Giants third baseman Jim Ray Hart has died. He was 74.
The Giants announced Hart's death Friday, saying he passed away Thursday in Acampo, California, following a long illness.
Hart played 11 seasons for the Giants from 1963-73. He also spent parts of two seasons with the New York Yankees before retiring in 1974.
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Good guy. The 60’s Giants were primo with us kids back then. RIP Jim Ray.
Loved Jim Ray Hart!
Mays-McCovey-Hart 3-4-5.
Put him in left and Davenport at third.
I remember him. He never was the #5 hitter (after Mays,McCovey) the Giants counted on. One sportswriter said he drinks too much. Back then the only black player who made the team were the best. No room for marginal types.
RIP.
Mays McCovey & Hart - Murderers row
He played 11 seasons for the Giants. A 1966 All-Star, Hart was a career .278 hitter with 170 home runs and 578 RBIs in 1,125 games.
Hardly a “marginal” player
McCovey at first; Davenport at SS; Cepeda in LF and Hart at 3B.
Mays-McCovey-Cepeda-Hart wouldn’t want to pitch against that lineup.
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