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American baseball player
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Male
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Birth:
30 May 1946(Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Michael George Sadek (born May 30, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. Originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1969, he spent his entire major league career with the San Francisco Giants. He was a backup throughout his eight-year major league career, which spanned the years 1973 and 1975 through 1981. Sadek's nicknamewas "The Sheik," possibly a reference to his last name being prevalent in the Middle East.
In the 1996 film The Fan, Sadek served as Robert De Niro's body double in scenes where DeNiro's character was throwing a baseball.
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)