William Graves "Lena" Styles (November 27, 1899 – March 14, 1956) was an American former professional baseball

Baseball

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 catcher

Catcher

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. He played in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 over parts of five seasons (1919–21, 1930–31) with the Philadelphia Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 and Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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. For his career, he compiled a .250 batting average

Batting average

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 in 176 at-bats and drove in 16 runs.

An alumnus of the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

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, he was born in Gurley, Alabama

Gurley, Alabama

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 and later died in Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville, Alabama

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 at the age of 56.

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