Riley Seevers |
Full Name: James Riley Seevers Born: November 3, 1932 Died: September 16, 2017, Tallahassee, Fla. |
FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1955 OF 5-9 165 L R Fr * Tallahassee 1956 OF 5-9 165 L R So * Tallahassee 1957 OF 5-9 165 L R Jr * Panama City |
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Obituary for James Riley Seevers Published in Tallahassee Democrat on Sept. 24, 2017 James Riley Seevers, 84, passed away on September 16, 2017. He was a resident of Havana and Tallahassee FL. Riley played baseball for FSU and was the first player to hit a .400 in his day. He was a long time member of the Tallahassee Elks Lodge #937. Riley worked at Department of Transportation and retired in 1999. He enjoyed playing golf @ Havana Golf and Country Club along with hanging out with his friends at Salty Dawg, Leggett's and Shuckers Oyster Bar. He was well known and liked by all, he will be missed. He is survived by his sister, Kathryn Bleume, daughter, Kimberly Miller, and several nieces.
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FSU Statistics |
Baseball |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 .415 19 13 65 14 27 2 0 0 11 29 .446 1 .424 0 0 4 1956 .241 19 11 58 14 14 3 0 1 10 20 .345 2 .267 0 0 3 1957 .231 22 12 52 11 12 1 1 0 4 15 .288 6 0 5 .310 0 2 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .303 60 36 175 39 53 6 1 1 25 64 .366 6 3 5 0 .337 0 2 9 0 |
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1955 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 11 Florida Southern Col 5 .333 1 RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Mar 12 Florida Southern Col 3 .200 1 RF 2 0 0 1 0 0 Mar 18 Furman 3 .429 1 RF 2 3 2 1 1 3 0 Mar 19 Furman 3 .273 1 RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 19 Louisiana State 6a .333 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Mar 21 Georgia 3 .375 1 RF 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 Mar 22 Georgia 3 .381 1 RF 5 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 Mar 23 Amherst College 6 .417 1 RF 3 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 Mar 24 Amherst College 8a .440 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Apr 4 Stetson 8 .414 1 RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Apr 5 Stetson 1 .485 1 RF 4 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 Apr 8 Wisconsin 1 .444 1 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Apr 9 Wisconsin 5a .444 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 12 Rollins College 5a .444 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 15 Miami 5a .432 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 16 Miami 1 .463 1 RF 4 0 3 1 3 3 3 1 0 May 2 Georgia 1 .468 1 RF 6 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 May 3 Georgia 1 .451 1 RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 May 6 Stetson 5a .451 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .451 19 13 51 12 23 2 0 0 10 25 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 11 0 1 1956 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 16 Furman 6a .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 17 Furman 5a1.000 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 Mar 20 Georgia Teachers 2a .500 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 Mar 23 Florida Southern Col 1 .400 1 RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 Mar 24 Florida Southern Col 1 .308 1 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Apr 2 West Virginia 1 .368 1 RF 6 2 3 1 1 6 0 3 0 Apr 3 Illinois 1 .333 1 RF 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Apr 4 Wisconsin 8 .296 1 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Apr 5 Illinois 3a .296 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 6 Wisconsin 1a .286 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 9 Florida 9d .276 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 16 Cincinnati 1 .265 1 LF 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Apr 20 Stetson 1 .270 1 LF 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Apr 21 Stetson 1 .275 1 LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Apr 23 Georgia 1 .250 1 LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Apr 27 Miami 1 .250 1 LF 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 May 7 Georgia 6a .240 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 May 8 Georgia 6 .241 1 RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 May 11 Rollins College 9c .236 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .236 19 11 55 12 13 3 0 1 8 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 16 2 1 1957 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 19 Auburn 5a .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 20 Auburn 5a .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 29 Yale 7a .333 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mar 30 Duke 9a .500 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Apr 2 Ithaca College 8 .250 1 RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Apr 3 Ithaca College 8 .364 1 LF 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 Apr 5 Florida 7a .385 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 Apr 6 Florida 6 .333 1 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Apr 16 Miami 2 .316 1 LF 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Apr 17 Miami 1 .304 1 RF 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 Apr 20 Georgia Teachers 2 .259 1 RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 22 Auburn 2 .267 1 LF 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 Apr 23 Auburn 2 .294 1 LF 4 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 Apr 30 Miami 2 .263 1 LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 Apr 30 Miami 2 .238 1 RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 May 31 Georgia Teachers 2 .244 1 LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 May 31 Duke 9b .239 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 1 Duke 6a .239 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 3 Duke 6a .239 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 9 Connecticut 2 .229 1 RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .229 20 12 48 11 11 1 1 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 2 1 |