Carl Theodore Boles (October 31, 1934 – April 8, 2022)Funeral for legendary Howard County athlete Carl Boles May 28
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, and a 19-game trial in the Major Leagues for the San Francisco Giants. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (then known as Arkansas AM&N). Boles was 27 years old and

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.337 with 18

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in the Double-A Texas League when the Giants recalled him in August 1962. His 19 games with the Giants included four starts as the club's left fielder, 12

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assignments and three games as a

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. In the

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against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boles pinch-ran for Ed Bailey in the eighth inning of the second playoff game and scored the Giants' seventh and tying

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in a game they eventually lost, 8–7. San Francisco, however, won the National League championship the next day. In his two months with the Giants, Boles collected nine

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, all singles, and batted .375. He did not appear in the

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, in which the Giants were defeated by the New York Yankees, four games to three. During Boles' six years in Japanese baseball, he showcased his power hitting, with seasons of 26, 28 and 31 home runs. He retired in 1971.

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