Harl Warren Maggert was a professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 outfielder

Outfielder

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. He played one season in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 for the Boston Bees

Atlanta Braves

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 in 1938.

Maggert's professional career spanned from 1932 to 1939. His best season was 1937, when he won the Piedmont League

Piedmont League

The Piedmont League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1920 through 1955. The league operated principally in the Piedmont plateau region in the eastern United States.- Former :...

 batting title with a .342 average. That October, he was drafted by the Bees. He played one season in Boston and spent most of it as a pinch hitter.

Maggert's father

Harl Maggert (1910s outfielder)

Harl Vestin Maggert was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics. He was also a star in the Pacific Coast League before being suspended in 1920 for fixing games.-Career:...

 was also an outfielder in the major leagues.

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