David Taylor Hoskins was an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

Baseball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. In these leagues, and associated farm teams, players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system....

 player: a right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 who appeared in 26 games for the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 during the 1953 season

1953 Cleveland Indians season

The Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92-62, 8½ games behind the New York Yankees.- Offseason :* December 11, 1952: Earl Averill, Jr...

 and 14 games during the 1954 campaign

1954 Cleveland Indians season

The Cleveland Indians advanced to the World Series for the first time in six years. It was the team's third American League championship in franchise history...

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Hoskins' professional career began in the Negro Leagues and continued from 1949–1960 in minor

Minor league baseball

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 and Major League baseball. In 139⅓ Major League innings, Hoskins allowed 131 hits

Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....

 and 48 bases on balls. He struck out

Strikeout

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 64. He won 22 games for the Dallas Eagles of the Double-A Texas League

Texas League

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 in 1952; then, six years later, he won 17 more for the renamed Dallas Rangers

Dallas Rangers

The Dallas Rangers were a high-level minor league baseball team located in Dallas, Texas, from 1958-64. The team was known by the Dallas Rangers name in 1958-59 and 1964 and as the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers from 1960-63...

 in the same circuit.

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