Sam Bohne Baseball player

Samuel Arthur "Sam" Bohne (born Samuel Arthur Cohen; October 22, 1896, in San Francisco, California – May 23, 1977 in Palo Alto, California), is a former professional baseball player who played second base from 1916 to 1926.Bohne was Jewish, but according to author John Rosengren, the Cincinnati Reds persuaded him to change his name to Bohne because its front office ' "brain trust" didn't believe the city's largely German population would welcome a player named Cohen.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 22, 1896
Birth place
San Francisco
Date of deathMay 23, 1977
Place of death
Palo Alto California

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1916
Career endSeptember 26, 1926
batting sideRight
former teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Second baseman
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

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