Lewis George Post (April 12, 1875 – August 21, 1944), was a
Major League Baseball
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player.
Post was born in 1875 in
Woodland, Michigan
Woodland is a village in Barry County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Woodland Township.
Geography
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.
Post played for the
Detroit Tigers
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in 1902. Post played in three games over a two-day span from September 21 to 22. He had one hit in 12 at-bats for a .083 career batting average. He played in the outfield made one error in five chances.
[ He was the eighth person to appear in right field for the Tigers during the 1902 season. He also played for Flint in the ]Michigan State League
The Michigan State League was a minor league baseball league that operated in various seasons between 1889 and 1941. The league franchises were based exclusively in Michigan, with the league forming on six different occasions. Twenty two different ...
.[
Post later worked as an elevator operator at the county hospital in Chicago. He died at his home in Chicago in 1944.]
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1875 births
1944 deaths
Detroit Tigers players
Baseball players from Michigan
Major League Baseball right fielders
Flint (minor league baseball) players
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