Lew Post | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Bats: | Unknown |
Throws: | Unknown |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1875 |
Birth Place: | Woodland, Michigan |
Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 21 |
Debutyear: | 1902 |
Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 22 |
Finalyear: | 1902 |
Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting Average |
Stat1value: | .083 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | RBI |
Stat3value: | 2 |
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Lewis George Post (April 12, 1875 – August 21, 1944), was a Major League Baseball player.
Post was born in 1875 in Woodland, Michigan.[1]
Post played for the Detroit Tigers in 1902. Post played in three games over a two-day span from September 21 to 22. He had one hit in 12 at-bats for a .083 career batting average. He played in the outfield made one error in five chances.[1] He was the eighth person to appear in right field for the Tigers during the 1902 season.[2] He also played for Flint in the Michigan State League.[1]
Post later worked as an elevator operator at the county hospital in Chicago. He died at his home in Chicago in 1944.[3]
In early baseball encyclopedias, he is listed under the name "E. Poste", before further research in the 1980s revealed his full, proper name.