Harry Loran "Nemo" Leibold (February 17, 1892 - February 4, 1977) was an outfielder

Outfielder

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 in Major League Baseball

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 from 1913-1925. He played for the Cleveland Naps

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, Chicago White Sox

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, Boston Red Sox

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, and Washington Senators

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. He stood at 5'6" and was nicknamed for the comic strip character Little Nemo

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Career

Leibold began his professional career in 1911 with the minor league

Minor league baseball

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 Milwaukee Brewers

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 of the American Association

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. In 1913, he was traded to the Cleveland Naps, and he immediately broke into the starting lineup. He struggled early in 1915 and was released to the White Sox. In Chicago, Leibold was a member of two American League

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 championship teams. He patrolled right field, alongside sluggers Shoeless Joe Jackson

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 and Hap Felsch. Leibold hit well in 1919 and set a career-high in OPS+ with 113. However, he batted an anemic .056 in the 1919 World Series

1919 World Series

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. It was later discovered that he was one of just three regulars on the team not involved in the Black Sox Scandal

Black Sox Scandal

The Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series...

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Leibold was sent down to the minor leagues in 1926. He was a player-manager for the Columbus Red Birds

Columbus Red Birds

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 from 1928–1932 and then managed various other teams until 1948.

External links

• Picture of Leibold (at right) with the rest of the White Sox outfielders during the 1917 World Series
  1917 World Series
  In the 1917 World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants four games to two. The Series was played against the backdrop of World War I, which dominated the American newspapers that year and next....