Ameal Brooks (June 3, 1904 - November, 1971) was an American

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catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

in the

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. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams.

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