Ennis Telfair "Rebel" Oakes (December 17, 1883 – March 1, 1948) was an American

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player. Oakes was born in

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. After attending Louisiana Industrial Institute, which is now

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, Rebel turned his attention to playing professional baseball, eventually reaching the Majors when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in . The following year, he was traded to the

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along with future Hall of Fame

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Miller Huggins for Fred Beebe. He played for the Cardinals for four seasons as a starting center fielder, then jumped to the

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when it was established in . After two seasons as the

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for the Pittsburgh Rebels, named in Oakes' honor, the league folded and Rebel never returned to Major League Baseball. In 986 games over seven major league seasons, Oakes posted a .279

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(1011-for-3619) with 428 runs, 112 doubles, 42

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s, 15 home runs, 397 RBI, 163 stolen bases and 265 bases on balls. He finished his career with a .961 fielding percentage as an outfielder. After his Major League Baseball career, Oakes moved on to play and manage for the Denver Bears of the Western League in , where his team finished fourth and he led the league in hits with 205. He died at the age of 64 in

, and is interred at Rocky Springs Cemetery in Lisbon.

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