Harold Burton "Rabbit" Warstler (September 13, 1903 - May 31, 1964) was a professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 infielder

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. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball

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 as a shortstop

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 and second baseman

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 for the Boston Red Sox

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 (1930–33), Philadelphia Athletics

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 (1934–36), Boston Bees

Atlanta Braves

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 (1936–40) and Chicago Cubs

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 (1940).

In his career, Warstler played in 1,205 games and had 4,088 at bats, 431 runs scored, 935 hits, 133 doubles, 36 triples, 11 home runs, 332 RBI, 42 stolen bases, 405 walks, .229 batting average, .300 on-base percentage, .287 slugging percentage, 1,173 total bases and 107 sacrifice hits.

He died in his hometown of North Canton, Ohio

North Canton, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 16,369 people, 7,114 households, and 4,382 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,697.1 people per square mile . There were 7,506 housing units at an average density of 1,236.8 per square mile...

 at the age of 60.

External links

• Rabbit Warstler at Find a Grave
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