Homer Summa

American baseball player (1898-1966)

Baseball player

Homer Summa
Summa in 1924
Right fielder
Born: (1898-11-03)November 3, 1898 Gentry, Missouri, U.S.
Died: January 29, 1966(1966-01-29) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1920, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1930, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.302
Home runs	18
Runs batted in	363

Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1920) Cleveland Indians (1922–1928) Philadelphia Athletics (1929–1930)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1929)

Homer Wayne Summa (November 3, 1898 – January 29, 1966) was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1920 to 1930. He began his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but played most of his career for the Cleveland Indians before finishing as a reserve with the Philadelphia Athletics. His career batting average was .302. He is buried in Glendale, California's Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.^[1]

On May 31, 1927, he became the first player in history to hit into a game ending unassisted triple play.^{[citation needed]}

In 840 games over 10 seasons, Summa compiled a .302 batting average (905-for-3001) with 413 runs, 166 doubles, 34 triples, 18 home runs, 363 RBI, 166 base on balls,.346 on-base percentage and .398 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .960 fielding percentage.

References

^ Lee, Bill (2009). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More 7,600 Major League Players and Others. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. p. 449. ISBN 9780786442393.