Charles Preston Cruthers (September 8, 1890 - December 27, 1976) was a second baseman

Second baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics

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. Listed at 5' 9", 152 lb., Cruthers batted and threw right handed. He was born in Marshallton, Delaware

Marshallton, Delaware

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Cruthers played briefly for the Athletics in part of two seasons. He was a member of two American League

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 champion teams, includind the 1913 World Champion

1913 World Series

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, though he did not play in the Series. As a backup for regular Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins

Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. , nicknamed "Cocky", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman, manager and executive...

, he posted a .222 batting average

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 in seven games (6-for-27), including one double

Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

 and one triple

Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

 while scoring a run

Run (baseball)

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In six Minor league

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 seasons (1913-1918), Cruthers was a .268 hitter with six home run

Home run

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s in 648 games. He also managed the Kenosha Comets

Kenosha Comets

Based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Kenosha Comets were a women's professional baseball team that played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The team played their home games at Kenosha's Lake Front Stadium, but later moved to Simmons Field.The Kenosha Comets were one...

 of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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 during the season.

Cruthers is part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York

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, opened in , which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual figure.

Cruthers was a long time resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin

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, where he died at the age of 86.

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