Career
The 27-year-old rookie stood 5 ft 10 in (178 m) and weighed 175 lbs. Cieslak was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World World War World War II He made his major-league debut on April 18, 1944, in a home game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Shibe Park. In 85 games he was 54-for-220 (245), and 21 walks and one hit-by-pitch pushed his on-base percentage up to.314.
He had 2 home runs, 11 runs batted in, and scored 18 runs.
Cieslak made 15 errors in 122 total chances (877). In five of his games Cieslak was a left fielder, and handled 12 chances without making an error.
He died in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the age of 76.
