Judson Lawrence Daley (March 14, 1884 – January 26, 1967) was a professional baseball

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and

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. He played two seasons in

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with the

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. Daley was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 172 pounds."Jud Daley Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

Career

Daley was born in

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, in 1884. He started his professional baseball career with the

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's Shreveport Pirates in 1906. Besides one short stint in the

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, Daley played in the Southern Association until 1915. He spent the early part of his career with the Shreveport Pirates,

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, and Montgomery Climbers."Jud Daley Minor League Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011. Daley did not have a

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above .270 in a season until 1910, when he batted .298. He led the league in

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s that year and also finished second in

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to the future major league star,

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. The following season, he raised his average to .306 and finished second in hits again, this time to

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. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers late in the season, and in 19 games, he batted .231. Daley was also with the Dodgers in early 1912. He batted .256 for them before making his last MLB appearance in July. Daley then spent the next few years back in the Southern Association. He moved to the Eastern League in 1916, where he stayed until the end of his career in 1920. During his last two seasons, he also managed his team, the Waterbury Nattatucks/Brasscos. In 1,679 minor league games over 15 years, Daley batted .279 and had 1,710 hits. Later in life, he worked for Goodyear."Jud Daley's Death Certificate"
. thedeadballera.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011. He died in

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, in 1967.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daley, Jud 1884 births 1967 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Brooklyn Dodgers players Shreveport Pirates (baseball) players Mobile Sea Gulls players Montgomery Climbers players Montgomery Billikens players Nashville Vols players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Montgomery Rebels players Chattanooga Lookouts players Little Rock Travelers players Lynn Pipers players Lawrence Barristers players Waterbury Nattatucks players Waterbury Brasscos players Minor league baseball managers Baseball players from Connecticut