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{{short description|American baseball player (1908-2003)}}
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'''Albert Cohen''' (December 25, 1908 – March 11, 2003), nicknamed "'''Alta'''", was an American professional baseball player. He attended ] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cohenal01.shtml |title=Alta Cohen Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He was Jewish.<ref name=JSR>{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=] |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=18}}</ref>
'''Alta Albert Cohen''' (], ] in ] - ], ] in ]), is a former professional baseball player who played ] from 1931-1933 with the ] and ].


In the minor leagues, he was an ] with the Triple A ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cohen.Alta.Obit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907081948/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cohen.Alta.Obit.html |archive-date=2008-09-07 |title=TheDeadballEra.com: Alta Cohen's Obit |date= |access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
Cohen died at his home in ].<ref>, '']'', ], ]. Accessed ], ].</ref>

In 1931 he batted .316–5–47 for the ], and led the league in walks (87). Cohen made hid major league debut in the second game of the 1931 season, taking over for ] ].<ref name=milb100>{{Cite web |url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=26 |title=Minor League Baseball Top 100 Team #26: 1931 Hartford Senators |access-date=2009-04-09 |archive-date=2011-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519142054/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The next day, Cohen was farmed out to Hartford. Cohen was leading the ] in hitting in 1932 with a .409 average in 59 games when the league folded in mid-season.<ref name=milb100/> He became a pitcher and had two good years with Toledo (American Association) in 1936–37 with a 29–19 record.<ref name=milb100/> He played ] in the majors from 1931 to 1933 with the ] and ].

Cohen's father gave him the name Alta (] for "old") as the traditional Jewish trick to fool the angel of death during the ]. In the majors, Alta's teammates called him "Schoolboy."<ref>{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Cohen founded the Altco Products Co. in 1940, with offices throughout the state, and served as president for 44 years before retiring in 1984. He was a member of the board of directors of the ] and the Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center in ], and a member of the Green Brook Country Club in ]. Also a philanthropist, he was honored in the 1980s by ], in New York City.

He lived in ] and ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cohen.Alta.Obit.html |title=Cohen's obituary at The Dead Ball Era |access-date=2009-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907081948/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cohen.Alta.Obit.html |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before moving to ], where he died in his home.<ref>, '']'', March 12, 2003. Accessed March 27, 2008.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 01:34, 19 September 2024

American baseball player (1908-2003)

Baseball player
Alta Cohen
Outfielder
Born: (1908-12-25)December 25, 1908
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: March 11, 2003(2003-03-11) (aged 94)
Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
MLB debut
April 15, 1931, for the Brooklyn Robins
Last MLB appearance
June 17, 1933, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.194
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
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Albert Cohen (December 25, 1908 – March 11, 2003), nicknamed "Alta", was an American professional baseball player. He attended South Side High School in New York. He was Jewish.

In the minor leagues, he was an All Star with the Triple A Toledo Mud Hens.

In 1931 he batted .316–5–47 for the Hartford Senators, and led the league in walks (87). Cohen made hid major league debut in the second game of the 1931 season, taking over for pinch hitter Ike Boone.

The next day, Cohen was farmed out to Hartford. Cohen was leading the Eastern League in hitting in 1932 with a .409 average in 59 games when the league folded in mid-season. He became a pitcher and had two good years with Toledo (American Association) in 1936–37 with a 29–19 record. He played outfield in the majors from 1931 to 1933 with the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.

Cohen's father gave him the name Alta (Yiddish for "old") as the traditional Jewish trick to fool the angel of death during the 1918 flu epidemic. In the majors, Alta's teammates called him "Schoolboy."

Cohen founded the Altco Products Co. in 1940, with offices throughout the state, and served as president for 44 years before retiring in 1984. He was a member of the board of directors of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and the Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center in West Orange, and a member of the Green Brook Country Club in North Caldwell. Also a philanthropist, he was honored in the 1980s by Hebrew University, in New York City.

He lived in Verona and South Orange before moving to Maplewood, New Jersey, where he died in his home.

References

  1. "Alta Cohen Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  2. "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.
  3. "TheDeadballEra.com: Alta Cohen's Obit". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Minor League Baseball Top 100 Team #26: 1931 Hartford Senators". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  5. Jewish Week article
  6. "Cohen's obituary at The Dead Ball Era". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  7. "Oldest Brooklyn Dodgers' alumnus dies", The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 12, 2003. Accessed March 27, 2008.

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