Lou Novikoff Trades and Transactions

The Lou Novikoff trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Lou Novikoff has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Lou 'The Mad Russian' Novikoff had the weirdest superstition of any batter in baseball - he insisted that his wife Esther taunt him from the stands! He claimed that her shouts of derision inspired him. The superstition began when Novikoff was in the Pacific Coast League. Esther was sitting in a box seat behind home plate when he stepped up to the bat. 'You big bum!' she shouted. 'You can't hit!' The words turned Novikoff's ears red. He swung on the first pitch and sent the ball sailing over the left-field wall for a home run. Later, when fans asked Esther why she shouted such nasty things to her husband, she explained, 'I yell at him like that to make him mad. And when he gets mad, he hits.'" - Bruce Nash in Baseball Hall of Shame 4 (Pocket Publishers, 05/01/1991, 'Lou Novikoff', Page 180)

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Lou Novikoff
 
 
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Birth Name:   Louis Alexander Novikoff
Nickname:   The Mad Russian
Born On:   10-12-1915  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Glendale, Arizona
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-30-1970
Place of Death Data Died In:   South Gate, California
Cemetery:   Russian Molokan Cemetery, Commerce, California
High School:   Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-15-1941 (Age 25)
Last Game:   06-10-1946
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lou Novikoff

Trades & Transactions

11-01-1945: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 major league draft.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

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