Hal Rhyne

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Harold J. Rhyne (March 30, 1899 - January 7, 1971) was an infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at shortstop from 1926 through 1933 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-1927), Boston Red Sox (1929-1932) and Chicago White Sox (1933). He batted and threw right-handed.

In a seven-season career, Rhyne was a .250 hitter (508-for-2031) with two home runs and 192 RBI in 655 games, including 252 runs, 98 doubles, 22 triple, and 13 stolen bases.

Rhyne died at the age of 71 in Orangevale, California.

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• In 1931 posted career numbers in average (.273), runs (75), RBI (51), hits (154) and on-base percentage (.341), and also was considered in the American League MVP vote.
• Is one of only two major leaguers to have been born in Paso Robles, CA. The other is Jason Botts.

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• Retrosheet
• MLB players born in California