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Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle
Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle, nicknamed "Bonehead", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1926. Although he had a lengthy career, he is best remembered for a controversial base-running mistake he made as a rookie while still a teenager.

20 December 1888

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