Held put in some nice seasons in the ‘60’s with the Cleveland Indians, averaging about 20 homers a year between 1959 through 1964 before heading over to the Washington Senators and hitting 16 more homers in 1965.
He was also able to play both the outfield and infield, putting in equal time with around 500 career games between the two, mainly in center field and shortstop.
In 1969, his final season, he played in 56 games for the Chicago White Sox, batting .143 with nine hits over 63 at-bats, with three homer and six runs batted in.
For his career, Held finished with a .240 average and 179 homers, with 559 RBI’s over 1390 games played and 4019 at-bats.
