Raleigh Leonidas Aitchison (December 5, 1887 in Tyndall, South Dakota

Tyndall, South Dakota

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 – September 26, 1958 Columbus, Kansas

Columbus, Kansas

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), nicknamed "Redskin" http://www.usfamily.net/web/trombleyd/SD%20Born.htm#Raleigh%20Aitchison was an a pitcher

Pitcher

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  in Major League Baseball

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 from 1911-1915. He continued to pitch in the minor leagues through 1923 with an assortment of teams.

After his retirement from baseball he worked for 18 years for the Columbus, Kansas

Columbus, Kansas

Columbus is the second largest city and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg, Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,312.-History:...

 police department and was a deputy sheriff for Cherokee County, Kansas

Cherokee County, Kansas

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