Culley Rikard

Outfielder

Born: May 9, 1914
Oxford, Mississippi

Died: February 20, 2000 (aged 85)
Memphis, Tennessee

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 20, 1941, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Last MLB appearance

September 25, 1947, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Batting average

.270

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Pittsburgh Pirates (1941–42, 1947)

Culley Rikard (May 9, 1914 – February 20, 2000) was a professional baseball player. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball, 1941, 1942, and 1947, with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, primarily as an outfielder.

After a handful of games as a pinch hitter the first two seasons, he was drafted for World War II before the 1943 season.^[1]

His best season was in 1947 when he played in 109 games with 324 at bats as a fourth outfielder. He batted .287 with four home runs and 32 runs batted in. On June 5, 1947, in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers he hit a line drive to center field. All-Star outfielder Pete Reiser caught the ball, but collided with the Ebbets Field wall, knocking him unconscious. Reiser famously received last rites by the Catholic Church, but eventually managed to recover with a concussion. The injury also caused a case vertigo which damaged his career.^[2]

Rikard was released to Indianapolis of the American Association after the 47 season.^[3] Rikard was later traded to the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals during the 1949 season for Dino Restelli.

Rikard died in Memphis, Tennessee.

References

↑ "CLARK REQUESTS HIS RELEASE AS COACH OF RAMS". Chicago Tribune. March 11, 1943. p. 24. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Michael D'Antonio. Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley. Penguin Group. pp. 101–102. ISBN 1-59448-856-8.
↑ "Rikard Released by Pirates". New York Times. January 28, 1948. p. 29. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Memphis Tigers head baseball coaches

Clyde H. Wilson (1915–1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Clyde H. Wilson (1919)
Elmer George (1920)
No team (1921–1923)
Lester Barnard (1924)
No team (1925–1926)
Zach Curlin (1927)
No team (1928–1933)
Zach Curlin (1934)
No team (1935–1947)
Leo Davis (1948–1951)
R. A. Long (1952)
Arnold Ryan (1953)
Culley Rikard (1954–1955)
Frank Price (1956–1957)
Dean Ehlers (1958–1961)
Bob Stephenson (1962)
Al Brown (1963–1971)
Bob Kilpatrick (1972–1992)
Jeff Hopkins (1993–2001)
Dave Anderson (2002–2004)
Daron Schoenrock (2005– )

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