Clydell Castleman (September 8, 1913 – March 2, 1998) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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who played from 1934 through 1939 for the

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, including the National League Champion team that lost to the

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in six games in the 1936 World Series.

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* 1913 births 1998 deaths Baseball players from Nashville, Tennessee Durham Bulls players Major League Baseball pitchers Montreal Royals players Nashville Vols players New York Giants (NL) players People from Donelson, Tennessee {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub