Ben Franklin Harris (December 17, 1889 – April 1, 1927) was a

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who played for the

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in and . He died at age 37 in 1927 from tongue cancer. Baseball players who died young from natural causes at The Dead Ball Era
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* 1889 births 1927 deaths Baseball players from Nashville, Tennessee Kansas City Packers players Major League Baseball pitchers Topeka Jayhawks players Lyons Lions players Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players Denver Bears players Wichita Jobbers players People from Donelson, Tennessee Sportspeople from the Nashville metropolitan area Deaths from oral cancer Deaths from cancer in Missouri {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub