John Arthur Hauger (November 18, 1893 – August 2, 1944) was a

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player and scout and minor league manager. Hauger was an

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for the

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. He played in fifteen games and only managed one hit (a single) in eighteen at bats for a .056 career

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. He did have a long minor league career and saw some time as a minor league manager including a stint as the skipper of the

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Kinston Eagles. Later, Hauger worked for Western Pipe and Steel while working part-time as a scout for the

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until he died from a heart attack in 1944. He served in the

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during

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