Clarence Campbell [″Soup″] (March 7, 1915 - February 16, 2000) was a backup outfielder

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played from 1940 through 1941 for the Cleveland Indians

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. Listed at 6' 1", 188 lb., Campbell batted left-handed

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 and threw right-handed. He was born in Sparta, Virginia

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In a two-season career, Campbell was a .246 hitter (96-for-432) with three home run

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s and 37 runs batted in in 139 games, including 10 double

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s, four triples

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, one stolen base

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, and a .315 on-base percentage.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II

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, missing the 1942-1945 seasons, returning to baseball action with the Baltimore Orioles

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 of the International League

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 in 1946. He compiled a .298 average and 23 homers in 579 Minor league

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 games in span of five years. (1937-39, 1946-47).

He later managed

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 for the 1952 Lexington team of the North Carolina State League

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Campbell died in his homeland of Sparta at the age of 84.

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