Arthur Augustus "Ben" Egan (November 20, 1883 – February 18, 1968) was an American professional

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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 ...

for the

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and

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from 1908 to 1915. He was later a coach for the Washington Senators for the first half of the 1924 season, the

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in 1925, and the

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in 1926. Egan was Babe Ruth’s first catcher in professional baseball and went to the majors with Ruth when the two were sold to the Boston Red Sox.

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