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Fred Merkle

American baseball player and coach

Died when: 67 years 73 days (806 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Fred Merkle

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle (also sometimes documented as Frederick Charles Merkle;December 20, 1888 – March 2, 1956), nicknamed "Bonehead", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1926.

Although he had a lengthy career, he is best remembered for a controversial base-running mistake he made as a rookie while still a teenager.


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