Charles Alston "Pussy" Tebeau (February 22, 1870 – March 25, 1950) was a

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who played briefly for the

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during the

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

season. Tebeau batted and threw right-handed. He was born in

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. Some report that he is the younger brother of

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and

Patsy Tebeau Oliver Wendell "Patsy" Tebeau (December 5, 1864 – May 16, 1918) was an American first baseman, third baseman, and manager in Major League Baseball.

who also played in the major leagues, but that is unlikely. George and Patsy grew up in St. Louis while Charles was born and raised in Massachusetts. Tebeau's major league career only lasted two games in July 1895 because he had already signed with the Portland club in the

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but failed to report. The Cleveland Spiders picked up and used Tebeau without knowledge of this. Portland's manager Frank Leonard saw his name in the newspaper (referred to as C.A. Tebeau) with Cleveland and filed a complaint. Before signing with Portland, Tebeau played for Lowell in the New England Association. In a two-game career, Tebeau was a .500 hitter (3-for-6) with three runs, one RBI, and one

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without

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s. Tebeau died in

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at the age of 80.

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