Bibb Falk

Bibb Falk
Left fielder
Born: (1899-01-27)January 27, 1899 Austin, Texas, U.S.
Died: June 8, 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 90) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 17, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 1931, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.314
Home runs	69
Runs batted in	784
Teams
As player Chicago White Sox (1920–1928) Cleveland Indians (1929–1931) As coach Cleveland Indians (1933) Boston Red Sox (1934)
Coaching career Coaching career (HC unless noted) Baseball 1940–1942 Texas 1946–1967 Texas Head coaching record Overall 434–152–10 Accomplishments and honors Championships 2x College World Series (1949, 1950) 20x SWC Regular season Champion (1940, 1941, 1946–1954, 1957, 1958, 1960–1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) College Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007

Bibb August Falk (January 27, 1899 – June 8, 1989) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1920–28) and Cleveland Indians (1929–31).

Born in Austin, Texas, Falk played football and baseball at the University of Texas before signing with the White Sox in 1920. He was a spare outfielder with the Sox until news of the 1919 Black Sox scandal broke and eight players were suspended; Falk replaced Shoeless Joe Jackson in left field. Falk was a consistent hitter, ending his career after twelve seasons with a .314 career batting average. He was also known as a heady player whose merciless riding of opponents earned him the nickname "Jockey." His best season was in 1926 with the White Sox; he had a .345 batting average, 43 doubles, and 108 runs batted in, and finished 12th in the MVP voting that year.^[1] After the 1928 season, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Chick Autry, and played three more seasons in the major leagues before retiring as a player and becoming a coach.

In 1353 games over 12 seasons, Falk posted a .314 batting average (1463-for-4652) with 655 runs, 300 doubles, 59 triples, 69 home runs, 784 RBI, 47 stolen bases, 412 bases on balls, .372 on-base percentage and .449 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .967 fielding percentage playing at left and right field.^[2]

After Major League coaching stints with the Indians (1933) and Boston Red Sox (1934), Falk coached baseball at the University of Texas from 1940 to 1942, then again from 1946 to 1967, winning consecutive College World Series titles in 1949 and 1950. In 1975, the new Disch-Falk Field at the University of Texas was named in honor of Falk and his former coach, Billy Disch. He died at age 90 in Austin.^[3]

The records shown below are only the collegiate record, not the overall record against not collegiate teams.

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference
• "Texas Baseball History: Coaching Records". Texassports.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
• Interview with baseball player Bibb Falk, with comments (sound recording) (1974) by Eugene C. Murdock, available at Cleveland Public Library's Digital Gallery. Site states: "Interview with Bibb Falk by Dr. Eugene Murdock on June 3, 1974, in Austin, TX (75 min.)"
• Bibb Falk at Find a Grave