Ron Theobald is a former Major League Baseball

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 second baseman

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. Theobald was signed as a free agent

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 by the Chicago Cubs

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 in 1964. Later that year, he was drafted from the Cubs by the Minnesota Twins

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 in the First-Year Player Draft. In 1970, Theobald was purchased by the Washington Senators

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. Later that year, he was traded along with Hank Allen

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 to the Milwaukee Brewers

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 for Wayne Comer

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. Theobald would play two seasons at the Major League level with the Brewers.

Theobald played at the collegiate level at the University of Arizona

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