Lew Drill
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Lewis L. Drill was a Major League Baseball
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 catcher who played four seasons with the Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
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 (1902–04), New York Yankees
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 (1902) and Detroit Tigers
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 (1904–05). Born in Browerville, Minnesota
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, Drill attended Georgetown University
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 and Hamline University
Hamline University
-Red Wing location :Hamline was named in honor of Leonidas Lent Hamline, a bishop of the Methodist Church whose interest in the frontier led him to donate $25,000 toward the building of an institution of higher learning in what was then the territory of Minnesota. Today, a statue of Bishop Hamline...

. In 293 major league games, Drill had a .258 batting average
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 and .353 on base percentage
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. His .359 on base percentage in 1904 was the 6th highest in the American League
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He also maintained a thriving law practice in St. Paul MN, outliving his brother Frank Drill who also played ball and practiced law in the same office.
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