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Ross Kendrick

1909 – 1975

Canadian baseball player

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Lived 1909 – 1975 (aged 65). Ross Kendrick was a baseball player.

Ross Kendrick (August 25, 1909 – January 19, 1975) was a Canadian-born British baseball pitcher who was active during the golden age of baseball in the United Kingdom. He played for Great Britain in the inaugural 1938 Amateur World Series.

Playing career Kendrick played with the semi-pro Smith Falls club of the Canadian–American League in 1936. He was recruited by John Moores, a British businessman and baseball executive, to come play professionally in Britain; he abandoned his Canadian wife and three children to play in the U.K.

He began his career in the British league with the York Maroons of the Yorkshire League in 1937. The following year, he played with Leeds of the "International League" (a circuit populated largely by foreign import players) and with the Oldham Greyhounds of the Lancashire-Yorkshire League (the successor to Moores's original Yorkshire League). He pitched Oldham into the finals of the Challenge Cup, which would determine the national champions, but lost to Rochdale in a 15-inning pitching duel.

During World War II, Kendrick played in games against American servicemen, including one against Skippy Roberge, a former Major Leaguer.

Kendrick continued playing baseball into his 60s.

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Who was Ross Kendrick?

Canadian baseball player (1909–1975)

When was Ross Kendrick born?

Ross Kendrick was born on 25 August 1909.

When did Ross Kendrick die?

Ross Kendrick died on 19 January 1975.

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Ross Kendrick was a baseball player.

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· Wikidata: Q130304079

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