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Eddie Joost

Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)

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Born
June 5, 1916
Died
April 12, 2011
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1916

About Eddie Joost

Edwin David Joost was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball for all or portions of 17 seasons between 1936 and 1955. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games. After that season, they relocated to Kansas City. Mack, the team's Hall of Fame patriarch and manager, retired at age 87 after a disastrous 1950 campaign in which the A's finished dead last in the majors with a 52-102 record. He held the Athletics record by a shortstop for most home runs during a single season and in a career, before Miguel Tejada broke both records in 2002. During a 1941 game with the Reds, Joost fielded 19 balls at shortstop, recording 9 put-outs and 10 assists.

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Eddie Joost timeline

  1. During a 1941 game with the Reds, Joost fielded 19 balls at shortstop, recording 9 put-outs and 10 assists.
  2. Mack, the team's Hall of Fame patriarch and manager, retired at age 87 after a disastrous 1950 campaign in which the A's finished dead last in the majors with a 52-102 record.
  3. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics.
  4. He held the Athletics record by a shortstop for most home runs during a single season and in a career, before Miguel Tejada broke both records in 2002.

The world when Eddie Joost was born

Eddie Joost was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eddie Joost's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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