Orville Francis "Sam" Woodruff (December 27, 1876 – July 22, 1937) was a

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Mod ...

player. He played all of the 1904 season and part of the 1910 season for the

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, primarily as a

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. He also had an extensive minor league baseball career, playing from 1898 until 1915.

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* Major League Baseball third basemen Cincinnati Reds players Mobile Blackbirds players Newark Colts players Paterson Giants players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Binghamton Crickets (1880s) players Binghamton Bingoes players Indianapolis Indians players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Memphis Chickasaws players Baseball players from Ohio 1876 births 1937 deaths Sportspeople from Clermont County, Ohio {{US-baseball-infielder-stub