Herrick Smith "Spoke" Emery (December 10, 1898 – June 2, 1975) was a

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. Born in

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, Spoke played one season in Major League Baseball, in with the

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. He played five games in the major leagues, with two career hits in three at-bats. After the end of his brief career in the majors, he remained active in the minor leagues, as a player-manager. Emery played for and managed the Class D

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's Meridian Mets from 1926 until the middle of 1927. He also played and managed for the Class D

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in 1927 and 1928, then moved on to the Class D

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in 1929, playing and managing there as well. This marked the end of Emery's playing career, but he remained active as a manager for one more season, spending 1930 as the skipper of the Class C

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. Emery died on June 2, 1975 in

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