Oscar Bielaski

Oscar Bielaski
Oscar Bielaski
	Right fielder
	Born: March 21, 1847; Washington, D.C., U.S.
	Died: November 8, 1911 (aged 64); Washington, D.C., U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 24, 1872, for the Washington Nationals
Last MLB appearance
	July 21, 1876, for the Chicago White Stockings
MLB statistics
Batting average	.240
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	52
Teams
	Washington Nationals (1872); Washington Blue Legs (1873); Baltimore Canaries (1874); Chicago White Stockings (1875–76);

Oscar Bielaski (March 21, 1847 – November 8, 1911) was an American right fielder and the first Polish-American to play Major League Baseball, playing from 1872 until 1876. His father, Alexander Bielaski, a captain in the Union army, died at the Battle of Belmont. A. Bruce Bielaski, head of the Bureau of Investigation, and his sister, Ruth Shipley, head of the State Department's Passport Division, were first cousins of Oscar. Oscar learned to play baseball while enlisted in the Union Army as a drummer.^[1]

Oscar was born in Washington, D.C., and died there, at the age of 64. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Oscar Bielaski". polishsportshof.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
^ "Oscar Bielaski's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved March 24, 2009.

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