Art Hauger
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John Arthur Hauger was a major league baseball
player and scout and minor league manager.
Hauger was an outfielder
for the Cleveland Naps
. He played in fifteen games and only managed one hit (a single) in eighteen at bats for a .056 career batting average
.
He did have a long minor league career and saw some time as a minor league manager including a stint as the skipper of the Virginia League
Kinston Eagles.
Later, Hauger worked for Western Pipe and Steel while working part time as a scout for the Chicago White Sox
until he died from a heart attack in 1944. He served in the Coast Guard Reserve during World War II
.
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...
player and scout and minor league manager.
Hauger was an 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...
for the Cleveland Naps
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
. He played in fifteen games and only managed one hit (a single) in eighteen at bats for a .056 career 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 :...
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He did have a long minor league career and saw some time as a minor league manager including a stint as the skipper of the Virginia League
Virginia League
The Virginia League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in Virginia and North Carolina from 1906 to 1928. It was classified as a "C" league from 1906 to 1919 and as a "B" league from 1920 to 1928....
Kinston Eagles.
Later, Hauger worked for Western Pipe and Steel while working part time as a scout for the Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
until he died from a heart attack in 1944. He served in the Coast Guard Reserve during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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