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Mike Milosevich

American baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6848035
Source-derived summary

Michael Milosevich (January 13, 1915 – February 3, 1966) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball player who played from 1944 to 1945 for the New York Yankees. Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), 172 pounds (78 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.

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The public source identifies “Mike Milosevich” as american baseball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mike, Milosevich and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1915, 1966, 1944, 1945—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1915-01-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mike, Milosevich and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mike Milosevich”, the useful work is to connect “american baseball player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6848035. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1915, 1966, 1944 and 1945.

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This entry incorporates text from Mike Milosevich” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.