Al Campanis

Al Campanis
Campanis in 1964
Second baseman
Born: (1916-11-02)November 2, 1916 Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Kingdom of Italy
Died: June 21, 1998(1998-06-21) (aged 81) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 23, 1943, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1943, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.100
Hits	2
Runs scored	3
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1943)

Alexander Sebastian Campanis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Σεβαστιανός Καμπάνης; November 2, 1916 – June 21, 1998) was an American executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had a brief major league playing career, as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943; he was the first Greek player in MLB history.^[1] Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 8, 1987, as a result of controversial remarks regarding black people in baseball made during an interview on Nightline two days earlier.