Herrick Smith "Spoke" Emery (December 10, 1898 – June 2, 1975) was a Major League Baseball

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Outfielder

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Born in Bay City, Michigan

Bay City, Michigan

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, Spoke played one season in Major League Baseball, in with the Philadelphia Phillies

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. He played five games in the major leagues, with two career hits in three at-bats. After the end of his brief career in the majors, he remained active in the minor leagues, as a player-manager. Emery played for and managed the Class D Cotton States League

Cotton States League

The Cotton States League name was used five different times in baseball history. The first Cotton States League ran from 1902 through 1908 as a class D league. After the league shut down, another Cotton States League was reformulated in 1910, with three of the six '08 members returning for the new...

's Meridian Mets

Meridian Mets

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 from 1926 until the middle of 1927. He also played and managed for the Class D Mississippi Valley League

Mississippi Valley League

The Mississippi Valley League was a Class-D minor baseball league from 1922 to 1932, and a Class-B league in 1933.The league began play in 1922 with six teams: the Cedar Rapids Bunnies, the Marshalltown Ansons, the Rock Island Islanders, the Waterloo Hawks, the Ottumwa Cardinals and the Dubuque...

's Cedar Rapids Bunnies in 1927 and 1928, then moved on to the Class D Eastern Carolina League

Eastern Carolina League

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's Goldsboro Goldbugs

Goldsboro Goldbugs

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 in 1929, playing and managing there as well. This marked the end of Emery's playing career, but he remained active as a manager for one more season, spending 1930 as the skipper of the Class C Ontario League's Brantford Red Sox

Brantford Red Sox

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Emery died on June 2, 1975 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral, Florida

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