Delmar Harold Paddock was a Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 third baseman

Third baseman

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. He played part of the 1912 season

1912 in baseball

-Champions:*World Series: Boston Red Sox over New York Giants -Awards and honors:*Chalmers Award**Tris Speaker, Boston Red Sox, OF** Larry Doyle, New York Giants, 2B-MLB statistical leaders:-American League final standings:...

 in the majors with two different teams, the Chicago White Sox

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 and the New York Highlanders

New York Yankees

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Paddock began his professional baseball career as a pitcher

Pitcher

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 with the Vancouver Beavers of the Northwestern League

Northwestern League

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 in . After two years with Vancouver, he was converted to an infielder

Infielder

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 in while playing for the Calgary Bronchos of the Western Canada League

Western Canada League

The Western Canada League was the name of three different baseball circuits in Minor league baseball which operated between and .The first was a Class-D league that played only in 1907 with four teams sponsored by four cities. The second was also classified as D league and ran from 1909 through...

. He was purchased by the White Sox from the Dubuque Hustlers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League after the 1911 season

1911 in baseball

-Champions:*World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants -Awards and honors:*Chalmers Award**Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF**Wildfire Schulte, Chicago Cubs, OF-MLB statistical leaders:-American League final standings:...

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After the 1912 season, Paddock returned to the minor leagues with the Rochester Hustlers, who purchased him from New York. Starting that season, he spent the rest of his career primarily as an outfielder

Outfielder

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, although he did pitch briefly for the Mitchell Kernels of the South Dakota League in . He retired after the 1921 season

1921 in baseball

-Headline Events of the Year:*First radio broadcast of the World Series.*Babe Ruth breaks Roger Connor's All-Time Home Run record of 138.-Champions:*World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees -MLB statistical leaders:...

, which he spent with the Sioux City Packers

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Located in Sioux City, Iowa, the Sioux City Packers played in the Western League from 1905 to 1907, from 1910 to 1913, and from 1920 to 1923. They had previously been known as the Sioux City Soos. They moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1924 and became the Lincoln Links.-Year-by-year record:...

 of the Western League

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