Bibb Falk
Left fielder
Born:(1899-01-27)January 27, 1899 Austin, Texas, U.S.
Died: June 8, 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 90) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 17, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 1931, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.314
Home runs	69
Runs batted in	784
Stats atBaseball Reference
Teams
As player Chicago White Sox (1920–1928) Cleveland Indians (1929–1931) As coach Cleveland Indians (1933) Boston Red Sox (1934)
Coaching career Coaching career (HC unless noted) Baseball 1940–1942 Texas 1946–1967 Texas Head coaching record Overall 434–152–10 Accomplishments and honors Championships 2xCollege World Series (1949,1950) 20xSWC Regular season Champion (1940, 1941, 1946–1954, 1957, 1958, 1960–1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) College Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007

Bibb August Falk (January 27, 1899 – June 8, 1989) was an Americanleft fielder inMajor League Baseball who played for theChicago White Sox (1920–28) andCleveland Indians (1929–31).

Born inAustin, Texas, Falk played football and baseball at theUniversity of Texas before signing with the White Sox in 1920. He was a spare outfielder with the Sox until news of the1919 Black Sox scandal broke and eight players were suspended; Falk replacedShoeless Joe Jackson in left field. Falk was a consistent hitter, ending his career after twelve seasons with a .314 careerbatting average. He was also known as a heady player whose merciless riding of opponents earned him the nickname "Jockey." His best season was in 1926 with the White Sox; he had a .345 batting average, 43doubles, and 108runs batted in, and finished 12th in theMVP voting that year.^[1] After the 1928 season, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians forChick Autry, and played three more seasons in the major leagues before retiring as a player and becoming a coach.

In 1353 games over 12 seasons, Falk posted a .314batting average (1463-for-4652) with 655runs, 300doubles, 59triples, 69home runs, 784RBI, 47stolen bases, 412bases on balls, .372on-base percentage and .449slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .967fielding percentage playing at left and right field.^[2]

After Major Leaguecoaching stints with the Indians (1933) andBoston Red Sox (1934), Falk coached baseball at theUniversity of Texas from 1940 to 1942, then again from 1946 to 1967, winning consecutiveCollege World Series titles in1949 and1950. In 1975, the newDisch-Falk Field at the University of Texas was named in honor of Falk and his former coach,Billy Disch. He died at age 90 in Austin.^[3]

The records shown below are only the collegiate record, not the overall record against not collegiate teams.

• Career statistics fromBaseball Reference · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac
• "Texas Baseball History: Coaching Records". Texassports.com. Archived fromthe original on September 29, 2007.
• Interview with baseball player Bibb Falk, with comments (sound recording) (1974) by Eugene C. Murdock, available atCleveland Public Library's Digital Gallery. Site states: "Interview with Bibb Falk by Dr.Eugene Murdock on June 3, 1974, in Austin, TX (75 min.)"
• Bibb Falk atFind a Grave

• 1899 births
• 1989 deaths
• Baseball players from Austin, Texas
• Major League Baseball left fielders
• Chicago White Sox players
• Cleveland Indians players
• Texas Longhorns baseball players
• Texas Longhorns baseball coaches
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• Boston Red Sox coaches
• Toledo Mud Hens managers
• National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
• Toledo Mud Hens players
• Baseball coaches from Texas
• Austin High School (Austin, Texas) alumni
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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