Dusty Rhodes Awards

What awards did Dusty Rhodes win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Dusty Rhodes in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"Anytime you see a fielder get under a ball and pound his glove - even in Little League - you know he's going to catch it. I have seen (Dusty) Rhodes pound his glove and have the ball fall twenty feet behind him." - Leo Durocher in Nice Guys Finish Last (1975)

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Dusty Rhodes

Dusty Rhodes Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#299)

Dusty Rhodes Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#299)
 

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Birth Name:   James Lamar Rhodes
Nickname:   Dusty or The Colossus of Rhodes
Born On:   05-13-1927  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Mathews, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-17-2009
Place of Death Data Died In:   Las Vegas, Nevada
Cemetery:   Davis Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nevada
High School:   Madison High School (Madison, NJ)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-13-1952 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-27-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dusty Rhodes

Awards

1954 The Babe Ruth Award (World Series MVP)


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