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Odbert Herman Hamric (March 1, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American professional
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player from 1949 to 1961. An
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in
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, the native of
Clarksburg, West Virginia Clarksburg is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 16,039 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in West Virginia, tenth-most populous city ...
, appeared in ten Major League games as a
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: two games for the 1955
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and eight for the 1958
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. Hamric batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He died at age 56 in
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