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Major League Baseball Player,
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| A 1914 graduate of Haverford High School, he lived in the Penn Pines section of Lansdowne after his retirement from professional baseball. He was a catcher at Haverford High but played second base and third base for most of his pro career. He played major league baseball for 22 years, playing for the Phil Athletics from 1918-32 and the Chic White Sox from 1933-39. He played almost 2,300 games, compiled a .280 career batting average and drove in 1,108 runs. He batted .288 in 18 career WS games and drove in 11 runs and helped the Athletics win the World Series in 1929 and 1930. In 1933, he was the starting third baseman in the first All-Star Game, which was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago, and scored the first AS Game run. He and Babe Ruth were the only players with more than 1 hit in that game. He was the manager of six major league teams: Chi White Sx (1934-46), Phil Athletics (1951-53), Balt Orioles (1954, their first season), Cin Reds (1958), Det Tigers (1959-60) and Clev Indians. | |
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