Bubbles Hargrave Baseball player

Eugene Franklin "Bubbles" Hargrave (July 15, 1892 – February 23, 1969) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees. He won the National League batting title in 1926 while playing for Cincinnati. He was nicknamed "Bubbles" because he stuttered when saying "B" sounds. Bubbles' younger brother, Pinky Hargrave, was also a major league catcher.

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Bubbles Hargrave
Alias (AKA)Hargrave Eugene Franklin
Birth dateJuly 15, 1892
Birth place
New Haven Indiana
Date of deathFebruary 23, 1969
Place of death
Cincinnati

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 18, 1913
Career endSeptember 06, 1930
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
position
Catcher
teams
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

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