Arthur Francis Merewether (July 7, 1902 – February 2, 1997), nicknamed "Merry", was an American professional baseball player. He played in

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for the

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. A native of

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, Merewether played

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at Brown University, where he was a second baseman. He was signed out of college by the

and after spending time in Pittsburgh's minor league system, he appeared in one game as a

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for the big league club in 1922."Art Merewether Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 11, 2011. Following his stint with the Pirates, Merewether enrolled in a graduate program at

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. At MIT, he once again played collegiate baseball, was the captain of the club, and received his masters degree in chemistry in 1925. In the summer of 1925, Merewether played second base for the Osterville town team in what is now the

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, helping lead the team to the league title. He died in

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in 1997 at age 94.

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