Edward H. Mayer (August 16, 1865 – May 15, 1946), was an American
third baseman
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in
Major League Baseball
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for the
Philadelphia Phillies
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.
Biography
Mayer was born in
Marshall, Illinois
Marshall is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Illinois, United States, located approximately west of Terre Haute, Indiana. The population was 3,947 at the 2020 census.
History
Marshall was officially organized by William B. Archer ...
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and played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1891. He died in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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in 1946, and is interred in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Chicago.
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1865 births
1946 deaths
Major League Baseball third basemen
Baseball players from Illinois
19th-century baseball players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Eau Claire Lumbermen players
Danville Browns players
Omaha Omahogs players
Omaha Lambs players
Davenport Onion Weeders players
Burlington Babies players
Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players
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