WAKEMAN BASEBALL CLUB (PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS)
F - H
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Last Name |
Fazey, (Faszay) |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
rf, ss |
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Year(s) |
28, 29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Filkins |
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First Name |
B. |
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Middle Name |
J. |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
club statistician, field captain |
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Year(s) |
29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Forbush |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Len |
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Position(s) |
p |
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Year(s) |
?? early 40’s |
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Hometown |
LaGrange |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Gardiner |
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First Name |
B. |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
1b |
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Year(s) |
38 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Gardner |
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First Name |
George |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
rf |
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Year(s) |
37 |
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Hometown |
Wakeman |
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Notes |
played in 39 & 40 according to Harold Brumby |
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Last Name |
Gardner, (Gardiner?) |
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First Name |
W. |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
lf |
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Year(s) |
37 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Gerber |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Don |
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Position(s) |
rf,….2b, cf |
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Year(s) |
32, 35 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Gerber |
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First Name |
Frederick |
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Middle Name |
R. |
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Nick Name |
Freddy, Fritz |
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Position(s) |
cf,….lf, rf, ss |
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Year(s) |
34 - 48 |
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Hometown |
Amherst |
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Notes |
wife Arlene confirmed years played |
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Last Name |
Gerber |
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First Name |
G. |
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Middle Name |
A. |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
board of directors |
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Year(s) |
28, 29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Gerber |
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First Name |
George |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
?? |
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Year(s) |
29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
account record book |
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Last Name |
Gerber |
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First Name |
Leonard |
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Middle Name |
D. |
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Nick Name |
Len |
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Position(s) |
lf,….rf, 2b |
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Year(s) |
30-32, 35-38, 46 |
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Hometown |
Wakeman |
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Notes |
club president in 36; daughter Brenda Friend has his uniform shirt |
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Last Name |
Good |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Sep |
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Position(s) |
? |
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Year(s) |
29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
account book says he was paid for playing |
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Last Name |
Gray |
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First Name |
John |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Johnny |
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Position(s) |
ss, p, outfield?? |
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Year(s) |
29 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
account book record |
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Last Name |
Gutman |
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First Name |
Carl |
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Middle Name |
Francis |
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Nick Name |
Red, ("Bud" at home) |
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Position(s) |
ss, 1b, 2b, (infield) |
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Year(s) |
latter part of the 30’s (grad from Oberlin HS) |
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Hometown |
Oberlin |
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Notes |
Betty Gutman Winters, sister of Red, said he was killed –’45 in New Guinea while serving in the Pacific in WWII |
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Last Name |
Hall |
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First Name |
Billy |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Bud, Billy |
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Position(s) |
ss |
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Year(s) |
38 |
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Hometown |
Avon Lake |
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Notes |
had a trial with the Columbus Red Birds according to Frank Smitek |
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Last Name |
Hastings |
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First Name |
Ford |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
2b, p |
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Year(s) |
30 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Hastings |
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First Name |
Jamie |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Jim |
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Position(s) |
all over |
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Year(s) |
early 40’s |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
total entry came from recollection of Frank Smitek. Said Hasting’s dad was a minor league pitcher. |
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Last Name |
Herbert |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
ss |
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Year(s) |
48 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Holmes |
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First Name |
Fremont |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Freezer, Flash |
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Position(s) |
ss, 3b,….2b, 1b |
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Year(s) |
35-37 |
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Hometown |
Wakeman |
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Notes |
traveled from CSU (then ) in Cleveland to play, often got ride with Sam Purvis. Confirmed by Holmes in June, 1995. |
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Last Name |
Hopkins |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
batted for Deehr in 46 |
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Year(s) |
46 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
From Willard VFW records; Frank Smitek remembered a Harvey Hopkins and his brother (LaGrange) and thought they played somewhere between 40-44! |
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Last Name |
Howe |
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First Name |
Roger |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
batboy |
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Year(s) |
47, 48 |
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Hometown |
Wakeman |
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Notes |
in photos, homestead is Breeze Hill on Ohio 60 North (an underground railroad house listed in the National register of historic buildings). Currently Howe lives in Cincinnati and Florida |
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Last Name |
Hoyt |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Bob? |
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Position(s) |
?? |
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Year(s) |
36 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
in 36 photo |
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Last Name |
Hurst |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Tom |
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Position(s) |
1b |
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Year(s) |
28 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
ticket seller in 31 |
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Last Name |
Hurst |
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First Name |
Milton |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
Milt |
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Position(s) |
rf, ss, cf |
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Year(s) |
28-31, 36 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
spelled Harst in 36 photo |
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Last Name |
Hutton |
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First Name |
Doyle |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
cf,….3b, 1b, lf, rf, 2b |
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Year(s) |
36-38 |
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Hometown |
Amherst |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Hutton |
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First Name |
John |
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Middle Name |
Dudley |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
1b |
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Year(s) |
37, 38 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Ifft |
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First Name |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
p, rf |
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Year(s) |
38 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
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Last Name |
Ingraham |
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First Name |
Marvin |
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Middle Name |
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Nick Name |
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Position(s) |
?? |
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Year(s) |
30 |
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Hometown |
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Notes |
account book records as having been paid for playing |