The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame is proud to announce the induction, posthumously, of the late Joseph Michael Erautt of Vibank into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015.
Joseph Michael Erautt was born Sept. 1, 1921, in Vibank. Limited information is available on Joe as a youth while growing up in Vibank.
Joe became a professional baseball player at the age of 28, when he made his debut as a Major Leaguer with the Chicago White Sox on May 9, 1950.聽 He was a right-handed pitcher and batter.
Nicknamed, 鈥淪tubby鈥�, he was a catcher over parts of two seasons [1950-1951] with the White Sox.
For his career, Joe compiled a .186 batting average in 43 at bats, with one run batted in. Erautt was an alumnus of the University of Portland.
He played his last Major League game July 22, 1951, for the Chicago White Sox.
Joseph Michael Erautt died at the young age of 55 years, on October 6, 1976 from Parkinson鈥檚 disease. Joe is buried at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon, USA.
As Joseph Erautt is one of the eight born and raised Saskatchewan baseball players that made the Major Leagues, the Saskatchewan Baseball HOF is proud to have him join the other six that have already been inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.
