Owen Earle Kahn was a Major League Baseball

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 player. He played in one game for the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 in , serving as a pinch runner

Pinch runner

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 and scoring a run in his only major league appearance.

Kahn's professional career began in as a shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 for the Marshalltown Ansons

Marshalltown Ansons

The Marshalltown Ansons were a minor league baseball team that played in the Central Association from 1914 to 1917 and in the Mississippi Valley League from 1922 to 1928. They were located in Marshalltown, Iowa....

 of the Mississippi Valley League

Mississippi Valley League

The Mississippi Valley League was a Class-D minor baseball league from 1922 to 1932, and a Class-B league in 1933.The league began play in 1922 with six teams: the Cedar Rapids Bunnies, the Marshalltown Ansons, the Rock Island Islanders, the Waterloo Hawks, the Ottumwa Cardinals and the Dubuque...

. Prior to the 1930 season, Kahn was purchased by the Braves from the Manchester Blue Sox of the New England League

New England League

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. At that point in his career, Kahn was primarily a third baseman

Third baseman

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, but he never played a fielding position in the majors.

Kahn made his only major league appearance on May 24, when he pinch-ran for George Sisler

George Sisler

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 in a game against the Brooklyn Robins

Los Angeles Dodgers

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. After scoring, he was replaced in the field by Billy Rhiel. On June 9, Kahn's contract was sold to the Pittsfield Hillies

Pittsfield Hillies

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 of the Eastern League. He continued to play in the minors until , ending his career with the Wilmington Pirates.

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