Robert Wayne Detherage (born September 20, 1954) is a former

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player. Detherage played for

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in the

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

season. In twenty career games, he had eight hits in 26 at-bats with seven RBIs. He played the Outfield in all of his games. Detherage was drafted originally by the

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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