 He was known as one of the best fielding third basemen of his era, setting a major league single-season record for third basemen with a .988 fielding percentage in .Born in Staten Island, New York, Majeski began his professional baseball career as a second baseman in at the age of 18 with the Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League.In his second season at Eau Claire, he posted a .365 batting average to finish as runnerup in the Northern League batting championship.