William Franklin Endicott (September 4, 1918 – November 26, 2016) was an American baseball

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who played briefly for the

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during the season. A native of Acorn,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

, he batted and threw

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, stood tall and weighed . His

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career spanned 1937 through 1947, with four seasons (1942–1945) missed during

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service in

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. With the 1946 Cardinals, Endicott posted a .200

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(4-for-20) with two runs and three RBI in 20 major league games; his four hits included three doubles, and a .333 on-base percentage without

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s. He did not appear in the

1946 World Series The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League). This was the Red Sox's first appearance in a World Series since their c ...

, won by the Cardinals in seven games over the

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. He died in November 2016 at the age of 98.

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