American baseball player (1919-2007)
Baseball player
Mickey Rutner Third baseman Born: (1919-03-18 ) March 18, 1919Hempstead, New York , U.S.Died: October 17, 2007(2007-10-17) (aged 88)Georgetown, Texas , U.S.Batted: Right
Threw: Right
September 11, 1947, for the Philadelphia Athletics September 28, 1947, for the Philadelphia Athletics Batting average .250 Home runs 1 Runs batted in 4 Stats at Baseball Reference
Milton "Mickey" Rutner (March 18, 1919 – October 17, 2007) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly with the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1947 season. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 190 lb., Rutner batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hempstead, New York , and was Jewish.[ 1] James Monroe High School , and St. John's University in Brooklyn, New York .[ 2] [ 3]
In a 12-game career, Rutner was a .250 hitter (12-for-48) with one home run and four RBI , including one double and four runs . In 11 third base appearances, he recorded five putouts with 18 assists and committed three errors in 26 chances for a .885 fielding percentage .
Rutner died in Georgetown, Texas at age 88.
He is the basis for the main character, Mike Kutner, in the Eliot Asinof novel, Man On Spikes.
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