Rusty Saunders
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Russell Collier "Rusty" Saunders (March 12, 1906 to November 24, 1967), was an American
Major League Baseball
outfielder
who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics
. He batted and threw right-handed. Saunders had a .133 batting average
in five games, two hits in 15 at-bats, in his one year career. He was born and died in Trenton, New Jersey
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Saunders, at 6'2" (1.88 m) and 205 lb (93 kg), also played professional basketball
. He was a member of the American Basketball League's 1925-26 Brooklyn Arcadians
. He also played one game for the 1941-42 Trenton Tigers
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United States
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
. He batted and threw right-handed. Saunders had a .133 batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
in five games, two hits in 15 at-bats, in his one year career. He was born and died in Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...
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Saunders, at 6'2" (1.88 m) and 205 lb (93 kg), also played professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. He was a member of the American Basketball League's 1925-26 Brooklyn Arcadians
Brooklyn Arcadians
The Brooklyn Arcadians were an American basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York that was a member of the American Basketball League.The team was replaced by the New York Celtics 5 games into their final season.-Year-by-year:...
. He also played one game for the 1941-42 Trenton Tigers
Trenton Tigers
The Trenton Tigers were an American basketball team based in Trenton, New Jersey that was a member of the American Basketball League.In the 1946/47 season, the team made it to the championship playoffs where they were to meet the Baltimore Bullets...
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