Hyland Gunning was a first baseman

First baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 during the season. Gunning batted left-handed

Left-handed

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 and threw right-handed. A native of Maplewood, New Jersey

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, he was signed by Boston out of the Princeton University

Princeton University

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In a four-game career, Gunning was a .111 hitter with two runs batted in. He did no hit a home run

Home run

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. At first base, he collected 25 put-outs without assist

Assist (baseball)

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s or errors

Error (baseball)

In baseball statistics, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance would have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder.The term ...

 for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage

Fielding percentage

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Gunning died in Togus, Maine

Togus, Maine

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at age 86.

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