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ROBERT SHAW “BUCK” FAUSETT - INDUCTEE #31

hall of fame fast fact:

Buck Fausett's niece, Anita Martini, carved her own piece of baseball fame. A Houston sportscaster, Martini in 1974 became the first woman to enter a major league locker room. Martini, who died at age 54 in 1993, was the inaugural inductee into the Houston Baseball Media Wall of Honor in 2007.

Robert Shaw "Buck" Fausett

Robert Shaw Fausett had two claims to fame in baseball. In the Panhandle, he’s remembered as the player-manager who guided the Amarillo Gold Sox to their first championship. At East Texas State Teachers College, now Texas A&M University Commerce, he is recalled as the school’s only product to make the major leagues.

In 1935, Fausett was playing for Galveston in the Texas League. In 1943, Fausett, still in the minor leagues, hit .362 as the player-manager for Little Rock.

Called up to the Cincinnati Reds in wartime 1944, Fausett saw infrequent action as a pitcher and third baseman.

After a short time in the major leagues, Fausett returned to playing and managing in the minors. He piloted the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League in 1945 and part of 1946.

Then he managed the Albuquerque Dukes, which he and his older brother H.G. Fausett had purchased, in the West Texas New Mexico League.

Robert Shaw Fausett died at age 86 in 1994.