Joseph Bernard Stanley was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 outfielder. He played all or part of seven season in the majors, between and .

Stanley debuted in the major leagues as a pitcher at the age of 16 for the National League

National League

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's Washington Senators. He pitched just two-thirds of an inning, and did not appear in the majors again for five years. Over the rest of his MLB career, he pitched just twice more.

After his major league career, Stanley continued to play minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 until . He also managed

Manager (baseball)

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 the Springfield Reapers (1913-14) and Lynchburg Shoemakers (1917).

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