John Lewis Mayo is a former Major League Baseball

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 player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies

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 between 1948 and 1953. He was part of the team that won the National League

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 pennant in 1950 and was regarded as one of the Philadelphia Whiz Kids. He is the oldest surviving player from the team.

In 1947, shortly after graduating from the University of Notre Dame

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, Mayo signed up with the Phillies as a free agent. He made his debut on September 19, 1948, and played his final game on September 27, 1953.

Following his retirement from Major League Baseball, Mayo moved to Youngstown, Ohio

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, where he lives today.