Odbert Herman Hamric (March 1, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American professional
baseball
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player from 1949 to 1961. An
outfielder
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in
minor league baseball
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, the native of
Clarksburg, West Virginia
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, appeared in ten
Major League games as a
pinch hitter
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: two games for the 1955
Brooklyn Dodgers
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and eight for the 1958
Baltimore Orioles
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.
Hamric batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed .
He died at age 56 in
Springboro, Ohio
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.
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1928 births
1984 deaths
Baltimore Orioles players
Baseball players from West Virginia
Brooklyn Dodgers players
Cambridge Dodgers players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Fort Worth Cats players
Indios de Oriente players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
Miami Marlins (International League) players
Mobile Bears players
Montreal Royals players
Newport News Dodgers players
Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides players
St. Paul Saints (AA) players
Sportspeople from Clarksburg, West Virginia
Valdosta Dodgers players
20th-century American sportsmen
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