Joseph Abram Agler was a professional baseball

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 player. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball

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 between 1912 and 1915. He played mostly as a first baseman

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, but also played substantially in the outfield

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.

He made his major league debut for the Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 at the end of the 1912 season. He returned to the majors with the Buffalo Buffeds in 1914, when he played in 135 games. He started the next season with Buffalo, but moved to the Baltimore Terrapins

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 partway through the season. After the Federal League

Federal League

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 folded, Agler never returned to the majors.

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