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Shanaman Sports Museum

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2005.01.35

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Marv Rickert, in a photo with his son, Byron, who is holding a baseball glove, was a versatile player for the various big league teams he played for during his six-year career. A Long Branch, Washington, native, Rickert was born into the sport of baseball. His Long Branch team won the Washington State Semipro championship in 1908 with eight Rickert’s on the team. Rickert became a top-level hitter with the Tacoma Tigers of the Western International League in his late teens. Rickert signed right out of high school, playing first base for Class B Tacoma, outfield for Class C Boise (where he hit .354, 14 homers and 75 RBI in 100 games) and during the 1940 season returned to Tacoma (.288, 77 RBI, eight HRs) splitting his time between first and the outfield. Rickert was just starting to break through the majors (he was sold to the Chicago Cubs and in 1941) when the outbreak of WWII saw Rickert enlist in the Coast Guard. Rickert served in the Aleutian Islands before returning to Seattle. Rickert returned to the diamond and picked up where he left off, but wound up as more of a journeyman, earning World Series ring with the Braves in 1948 despite being a late-season call-up. Rickert was traded in 1949 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and eventually to the White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto. By 1953 Rickert walked away from baseball and returned to Washington and his family. Rickert was inducted into the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame in 1964. Photo donated by Marc Blau.

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