Robert Lyndon "Ziggy" Hasbrook (''

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'' Hasbrouck; November 21, 1893 – February 9, 1976) was an American

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player. He played parts of two seasons in

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for the 1916 and 1917

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, primarily as a

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. Hasbrook played only 11 games for the White Sox, making his debut at age 22 on September 6, 1916. He made his final professional appearance on September 27, 1917.

Personal life

Hasbrook was the son of Leander Pelton "Lee" Hasbrouck (1845–1930) and Josephine Sarah Klein Hasbrouck (1856–1950). He descends from the Hasbrouck family of

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. His great-great-grandfather, Elias Hasbrouck, served as a Captain during the American Revolutionary War, and as Supervisor of the Town of

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, from 1788 to 1791. Three of his ancestors were patentees, or founders, of New Paltz, New York: Abraham Hasbrouck, Christian Deyo and Antoine Crispell.

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