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Doc Carroll

Ralph Arthur "Doc" Carroll was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played in 1916 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Carroll had a .091 batting average in ten games, two hits in 22 at-bats, in his one-year career. Carroll graduated from Worcester Academy.

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Doc Carroll
Catcher
Born: (1891-12-28)December 28, 1891
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: June 27, 1983(1983-06-27) (aged 91)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 27, 1916, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 26, 1916, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average.091
Games10
Hits2
Stats at Baseball Reference 
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Ralph Arthur "Doc" Carroll (December 28, 1891 – June 27, 1983) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played in 1916 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Carroll had a .091 batting average in ten games, two hits in 22 at-bats, in his one-year career. Carroll graduated from Worcester Academy.

Carroll played college baseball for Holy Cross and Tufts before coaching at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.1

He was born and died in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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References

  1. "Institute Notes". The Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. XXI (1): 325. 1917. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
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