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Walter Charles Post (July 9, 1929 – January 6, 1982) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball.〔(Wally Post Fielding ) at fangraphs.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 From 1949 through 1964, Post played for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs (1949, 1951–57, 1960–63), Philadelphia Phillies (1958–60), Minnesota Twins (1963) and Cleveland Indians (1964).〔(Wally Post Batting ) at thebaseballcube.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 He batted and threw right-handed.〔(Wally Post Player Page ) at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 In a 15-season career, Post was a .266 hitter with 210 home runs and 699 RBI in 1204 games.〔(Wally Post Batting ) at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 Post is a native of St. Wendelin, Ohio,〔 and played baseball for St. Henry High School.〔(Wally Post still huge in tiny town ) at enquirer.com, URL accessed November 24, 2014〕 He spent most of his career with Cincinnati teams.〔 A powerful slugger in the mid-1950s,〔(Wally Post ) at baseballlibrary.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 he also was respected for his strong and accurate throwing arm.〔 Post broke into professional baseball as a minor league pitcher in 〔 and was converted to an outfielder in 1949, the year of his majors debut.〔(The Obit for Wally Post ) at thedeadballera.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 Post spent time in both the minor and major leagues for the next two years before finally being permanently called up to Cincinnati in .〔 His most productive season came in , when he hit .309 with 40 home runs with 109 RBI, all career highs.〔 In , Post and six of his Redleg teammates—Ed Bailey, Johnny Temple, Roy McMillan, Don Hoak, Gus Bell and Frank Robinson—were "voted" starters on the National League All-Star team, the result of a ballot stuffing campaign by Redlegs fans. Major League Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick intervened, removing Bell and Post from the starting line up and replacing them with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Frick allowed Bell to remain on the team as a reserve, while Post was injured and would have been unable to play in any event.〔(''Rocking The Vote'', By John Donovan at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ) July 6, 1999〕〔(1957 All-Star Game ) at baseball-almanac.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 Post is also noted as the man who ended Aaron's record-setting stint on the 1950s Home Run Derby show.〔(Walter Charles "Wally" Post ) at findagrave.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 Post also hit the first home run at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 10, 1962.〔(Building O'Malley's Dream Stadium ) at walteromalley.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 After playing for the Phillies, Twins, Indians, and in a second stint with the Reds, Post retired in 1963.〔 He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1965.〔(Hall of Fame & Museum ) at mlb.com, URL accessed August 20, 2009〕 Post died in St. Henry, Ohio in 1982.〔 He had been undergoing treatments for cancer.〔 He was married to Patricia (Beckman) and they had four children together: Sue, John, Mary, and Cynthia. Post has thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.〔 One of his grandchildren is former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Bobby Hoying.〔(Wally Post still huge in tiny town ) at reds.enquirer.com, URL accessed December 11, 2009.〕 ==See also== * List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wally Post」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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