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Ed Abbaticchio
American baseball and football player (1877–1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward James Abbaticchio (April 15, 1877 – January 6, 1957) was the first Major League Baseball player and first professional football player of Italian ancestry, both chronologically and alphabetically.
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Second baseman / Shortstop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1877-04-15)April 15, 1877 Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: January 6, 1957(1957-01-06) (aged 79) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 4, 1897, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 15, 1910, for the Boston Doves | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .254 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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