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    Willard McKee Hershberger (May 28, 1910 – August 3, 1940) was an American baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from...
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  • Willard Hershberger (1910–1940), American baseball player Hershberger Mountain Lookout Hershberg This page lists people with the surname Hershberger....
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    the Washington Nationals have done). The Cincinnati Reds returned Willard Hershberger's number 5 to circulation two years after his death. Cincinnati later...
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  • Missouri Willard Hershberger (1910–1940), American baseball player Willard Ikola (born 1932), American ice hockey player and coach Willard Johnson (politician)...
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  • Lombardi's backup, Willard Hershberger, committed suicide in Boston a day after a defensive lapse cost the Reds a game against the Bees. Hershberger was hitting...
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    electric guitar innovator Keith Ginter, Major League Baseball player Willard Hershberger, Major League Baseball player Walter Johnson, Major League Baseball...
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    21st congressional district, represented by Democrat Jim Costa. Willard Hershberger, baseball player. Susan Peters, Actress "2010 Census Gazetteer Files...
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    Yankees. On August 3, 1940, back-up catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Willard Hershberger, despondent over a series of losses in which he performed poorly...
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    teammate and backup catcher Willard Hershberger became the only major league player to commit suicide during a season. Hershberger, who thought he had been...
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    Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022. Hershberger, Richard. "SABR Baseball Biography Project – Tom Miller", sabr.org, November...
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  • Reds on the board, then after a walk, back-to-back RBI singles by Willard Hershberger and Billy Werber put the Reds up 3–2. They added another run next...
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    unretired by the Cincinnati Reds, who initially retired it to honor Willard Hershberger, an active player who committed suicide in 1940, but placed it back...
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  • their first championship since 1919. In August, back up catcher Willard Hershberger, depressed over what he felt was culpability for losing both games...
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  • McDuffie May 23 – Earl Huckleberry May 26 – Jim McCloskey May 28 – Willard Hershberger May 29 – George McQuinn June 6 – Chet Morgan June 10 – Frank Demaree...
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  • Hernández Daniel Herrera Rosell Herrera Dilson Herrera Leroy Herrmann Willard Hershberger Buck Herzog Johnny Hetki Ed Heusser Andy High Whitey Hilcher Bill...
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  • The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award: Bill McKechnie (CIN) Willard Hershberger had his No. 5 retired by the Cincinnati Reds, though his number would...
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    turbulence upon the suicide of catcher Willard Hershberger. Paul was the last person to speak to Hershberger before the latter's death, as Paul was asked...
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  • Reds decided to pinch hit for Derringer, as Willard Hershberger went up to bat in his place. Hershberger then hit a short fly ball to center field, which...
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  • poor performance against the Boston Bees, Cincinnati Reds catcher Willard Hershberger takes his own life hours before a double header against Boston. Less...
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    before being traded to the New York Yankees in 1938 in exchange for Willard Hershberger. Miller never played for the Yankees at the major league level and...
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    Ival Goodman Harry (Hank) Gowdy Witt Guise Harry (Socko) Hartman Willard Hershberger John Hutchings Eddie Joost Ernie Lombardi Frank McCormick Myron McCormick...
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  • Marty Herrmann John Herrnstein Rick Herrscher Earl Hersh Mike Hershberger Willard Hershberger Frank Hershey Orel Hershiser Neal Hertweck Steve Hertz Buck...
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    retreat. The Mexican town of Arriaga, Chiapas, was incorporated. Born: Willard Hershberger, American MLB catcher who committed suicide during the 1940 season...
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  • shortstop Eddie Miller and $40,000 to New York for catcher Willard Hershberger. Hershberger batted .325 with five home runs in 96 games with the Newark...
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    called due to darkness. In August 1940, the Reds were stunned when Willard Hershberger, backup catcher to future Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi,...
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  • British Somaliland. Born: Martin Sheen, actor, in Dayton, Ohio Died: Willard Hershberger, 30, American baseball player (suicide); Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV...
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    light of the off-field misfortune that beset the Cincinnati team. Willard Hershberger, temporarily the Reds' starting catcher due to injury, had not reported...
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  • Southworth (SLC) Rogers Hornsby The Cincinnati Reds re-entered Willard Hershberger's No. 5 into circulation, only two years after his number was retired...
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  • cascading, originating in range searching data structures of Lueker (1978) and Willard (1978), with the idea of fractional sampling, which originated in Chazelle...
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    (1979); Graham & Yao (1983); Lee (1983). Chan (2012). Basch, Guibas & Hershberger (1999). Toussaint (1983). Westermann (1976). Laurentini (1994). Edelsbrunner...
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