Harry Pree Billiard was a Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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 who played in with the New York Highlanders

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 of the American League

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, then in with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, continuing with the team in when it moved and became the Newark Pepper. He batted and threw left-handed. Billiard had a 8-8 record, with a 3.95 ERA, in 52 games, in his three year professional career.

Billiard was born in Monroe, Indiana

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and died in Wooster, Ohio

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