Daniel Vance Reynolds was a shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

/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...

 in Major League Baseball

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 who played for the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 during the 1945

1945 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs *All-Star Game cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break.-Other champions:...

 season. Listed at 5' 11", 158 lb., Reynolds batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Stony Point, North Carolina

Stony Point, North Carolina

Stony Point is a census-designated place in Alexander and Iredell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,380 at the 2000 census...

.

Reynolds, nicknamed "Squirrel", was a .167 hitter (12-for-72) with six 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...

 and four RBI

Run batted in

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 in 29 games played

Games played

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, including two doubles

Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, one triple

Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, and one stolen base

Stolen base

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. He did not hit a home run

Home run

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. As an infielder

Infielder

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, he collected a .962 fielding percentage

Fielding percentage

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 in 25 games (14 at shortstop).

Reynolds died in Statesville, North Carolina

Statesville, North Carolina

Statesville is a city located in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States and was named an All-America City in 1997 and 2009. The population was 24,633 at the 2010 census...

at age 87.

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