Description
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jack Erwin
Russell (October 24, 1905 – November 3, 1990) was a Major League
Baseball player from 1926 to 1940 for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs,
Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis
Cardinals. Russell was mainly a pitcher and his career marks were 85
wins, 141 losses, and a 4.46 ERA. After his baseball career ended,
Russell settled in Clearwater, FL and was instrumental in raising money
to build a baseball stadium, Jack Russell Memorial Stadium, which became
the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies beginning in 1955
and continuing through 2003, when the team moved to Bright House
Networks Field, also in Clearwater.
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