Robert Leonard "Dutch" McCall (December 27, 1920 – January 8, 1996) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the

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. During World War II, McCall served in the

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rising to the rank of corporal. He is buried in the

Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located approximately two miles (3 km) south-east of the Arkansas State Capitol Building, being within the city of Little Rock, and Pulaski County, Arkansas. It encompasses , ...

(Section 24).

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1920 births 1996 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Baseball players from Tennessee People from Columbia, Tennessee Sportspeople from the Nashville metropolitan area Nashville Vols players United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army non-commissioned officers Burials at Little Rock National Cemetery {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub