Austin Ben Tincup was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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 from 1914-1928. In 1918 his career was interrupted while he served in World War I

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A member of the Cherokee

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 nation Tincup was one of the first Native Americans

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 to play Major League Baseball.

After his playing career, he was an umpire in the American Association

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 (1933), a Minor League Baseball

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 manager (1936–1939), a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers

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 (1940), a scout for the Boston Braves

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 (1946–1948), Pittsburgh Pirates

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 (1949–1953) and Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1956–1958) and a coach for the New York Yankees

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(1960–1961).