Harry Elbert "Deerfoot" Bay (January 17, 1878, Pontiac, Illinois

Pontiac, Illinois

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 – March 19, 1952, Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...

) was a professional baseball player who played outfield

Outfield

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 in the Major Leagues

Major League Baseball

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 from 1901 to 1908. Bay played for the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps

Cleveland Indians

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.

He attended Peoria High School

Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)

Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916...

, winning medals in the 1896 and 1897 Illinois High School Association

Illinois High School Association

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 state track and field

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 meets. After retiring from baseball in 1908, he returned to Peoria, became a bandleader at the local Apollo Theater, and toured the vaudeville

Vaudeville

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 circuit with Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Guy Bridges Kibbee was an American stage and film actor.Born in El Paso, Texas, Kibbee began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats and eventually became a successful Broadway actor...

. He later worked for the Peoria fire department and the Illinois Secretary of State.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases

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