Ernie Oravetz
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1932 – 2006
Who was Ernie Oravetz?
Ernest Eugene Oravetz was an American professional baseball player. A switch-hitting outfielder who threw left-handed, he played two seasons of Major League Baseball with the 1955–1956 Washington Senators. He was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Oravetz stood only 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds. He never hit more than two home runs in any professional season, but he batted .311 during his minor league career and in 1951, his first year as a pro, he led the Class D Florida State League in batting and runs scored and was named to the All-Star team.
After 188 games played with Washington, he was sent to the minor leagues for good after the 1956 campaign. Oravetz then played his final seven pro seasons in the high minors, mostly in the Senators/Minnesota Twins organization. Coincidentally, in 1958, the Senators would feature another diminutive outfielder, 5 ft 5 in, 140 lb Albie Pearson.
Ernie Oravetz died in Tampa, Florida, where he had settled after his baseball career was over, at the age of 74.
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- Born
- 1932
Johnstown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Johnstown
- Died
- Dec 3, 2006
Tampa
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on July 23, 2013
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