Clayton Shields Perry (December 18, 1881 – January 13, 1954) was an American baseball player who played principally as a second baseman and

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. He played professional baseball for 14 years from 1905 to 1918, including seven games in

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with the

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in 1908.

Early years

Perry was born in 1881 in

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. He attended the

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. He was a member of Wisconsin's Class of 1907 and played baseball for the

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team.

Professional baseball player

Perry appeared in seven games for the

in 1908. He played third base and had two hits in 17 at bats for a .118 batting average. He was acquired by Detroit to fill in during an injury to the team's regular third baseman

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. Perry also played minor league baseball from 1905 to 1918, including stints with the Oskaloosa Quakers (1905), Montgomery Senators (1906–1908),

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(1909),

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(1910–1911),

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(1911-1913), Mobile Gulls (1914–1915), Beaumont Oilers (1916–1917), and

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(1917–1918).

Later years

Perry was married to Hilda Bjoin Perry. He died in 1954 at Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He was buried at Nora Cemetery in that city.

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