This day in baseball: Eddie Mayo
Posted: December 19, 2017 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, Eddie Mayo, history, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, Pacific Coast League, sports, The Sporting News, World War II Leave a commentOn December 19, 1936, the Boston Braves purchased second baseman Eddie Mayo from the Giants. Mayo, however, would not see a lot of playing time with the Braves, hitting only .216 in the time he did get to play. After leaving Boston in 1938, Mayo would not appear in a major league game for five years, playing instead for the Los Angeles Angels in the Pacific Coast League. When World War II broke out, however, and the league was depleted of players, Mayo became a productive player for the Tigers, being named the Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News in 1945.
