George Wilson Perring (August 13, 1884 – August 20, 1960) was a
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...
who played for five seasons. He played for the
Cleveland Naps
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...
from 1908 to 1910 and the
Kansas City Packers
The Kansas City Packers were a Federal League baseball club in Kansas City from 1914 to 1915. They finished sixth in 1914 with a 67–84 record, and fourth in 1915 with an 81–72 record.
The Packers moved to Kansas City in July 1913 from Coving ...
of the
Federal League
The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...
from 1914 to 1915.
Perring was born in
Sharon, Wisconsin
Sharon is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,586 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The village is adjacent to the Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin, Town of Shar ...
and died, and is buried, in
Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 36,657 people.
History
Twelve men in Colebrook, New Hampshire, created the "New England Emigrating Company" in October 1836 and sent ...
. He attended
Beloit College
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and has ...
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1884 births
1960 deaths
Major League Baseball third basemen
Cleveland Naps players
Kansas City Packers players
Baseball players from Wisconsin
People from Sharon, Wisconsin
Beloit Buccaneers baseball players
Omaha Rourkes players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Columbus Senators players
Toledo Iron Men players
Seattle Rainiers players
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