Rudolph Preston "Rudy" York

Major League Baseball Player

Born: 1913, Ragland, AL Died: 1970, Cartersville, GA Buried: Sunset Memory Gardens, Cartersville In a career that spanned over two decades playing for the Detroit Tigers, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Red Sox, and the Philadelphia Athletics, York played in three World Series and six all-star games, broke three records, tied two, and continues to hold the World Series record for most assists by a first baseman (8 in 1945), was inducted into three Sports Halls of Fame and the 200 Home Run Club (277). York also patented the "Tracker" glove, and holds the unusual record of having broken two windows in the same car with two grand slams, for which he was written up in Ripley's Believe it or Not!

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