Harry "Socks" Seibold was a Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

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. He debuted in with the Philadelphia Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in . He played parts of 1916, and for the Athletics, then spent the next nine years out of the major leagues.

Seibold resurfaced in with the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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. For four seasons, he was a regular in the Braves' rotation, and in set his career high in innings pitched with 250, wins with 15 and strikeouts with 70. His last season came with the Braves in .

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