About Walt Tragesser
Lived 1887 – 1970 (aged 83). Walt Tragesser was an American baseball player.
Walter Joseph Tragesser (June 14, 1887 – October 2, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of seven seasons (1913, 1915–1920) with the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a .215 batting average, with six home runs and 66 runs batted in.
An alumnus of Purdue University, where he played college baseball for the Boilermakers from 1908–1909, he was born and later died in Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 83.
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Who was Walt Tragesser?
American baseball player (1887–1970)
When was Walt Tragesser born?
Walt Tragesser was born on 14 June 1887 in Lafayette.
When did Walt Tragesser die?
Walt Tragesser died on 14 December 1970 in Lafayette.
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Walt Tragesser was a baseball player.
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Walt Tragesser was American.
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