Thorndike Proctor "Thorny" Hawkes (October 15, 1852 – February 2, 1929) was an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 second baseman

Second baseman

Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...

, who played a total of two seasons in the Majors. In his first season, for the Troy Trojans, he played 64 games

Games played

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 as the team's starting second baseman, and batted

Batting average

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 .208 in 250 at bat

At bat

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s. His second was with the Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals (UA)

The 1884 Washington Nationals were a member of the Union Association. They were managed by Mike Scanlon and finished in seventh place with a record of 47-65. Their home games were played at Capitol Grounds...

 of the short-lived Union Association

Union Association

The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season...

. He played in 38 games as the team's starting second baseman, and batted .278 in 151 at bats. He finished his career with 102 games played, a .234 batting average, scored 40 runs

Run (baseball)

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...

, ten doubles

Double (baseball)

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, and did not hit a home run

Home run

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Hawkes died at the age of 76 in his hometown of Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the Danvers River near the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, Danvers is most widely known for its association with the 1692 Salem witch trials, and for its famous asylum, the Danvers State Hospital.-17th century:The land...

, and is interred at Holten Street Cemetery.

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