PHILADELPHIA - Andy Seminick, a catcher on the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies team that won the NL pennant, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 83.
Seminick spent 12 seasons with the Phillies and three with the Cincinnati Reds. He died at Home Regional Hospital near his home in Melbourne, Fla., the Phillies said.
An All-Star in 1949, Seminick was the starting catcher on the Philadelphia team that beat out the Brooklyn Dodgers for the NL title in 1950.
"He was tough, I mean tough, and a great competitor," Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts said in a statement released by the Phillies.
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