Robert Gordon Addis (November 6, 1925 – November 15, 2016) was an American

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player. The

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appeared in 208

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over four seasons (1950–53) for three

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teams. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed as tall and .

Career

Addis was born in

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. He graduated from Barberton High School and attended

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. Addis signed with the

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in 1943, and after one season with the Wellsville Yankees, he took 1944 and 1945 off to serve in

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as part of the

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. After returning from the war, he spent five more seasons in the minors for the Yankees and

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. Breaking into the big leagues on September 1, 1950, Addis played his first game for the Boston Braves. He played 16 more games in that season, registering seven hits and seven runs scored. He spent with the Braves, appearing in 85

and contributing 55 hits and 23 runs, including his first MLB

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. Traded to the

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in October 1951, Addis enjoyed a career-best season as a member of the Cubs. In 93 games and 252 at-bats, he picked up 86 hits, 13 doubles, two

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, 38 runs, and his second big-league homer, knocking in 20

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. The next season, he played ten games for Chicago, getting two hits and a run batted in, before being included in a massive, ten-player trade—headlined by slugger Ralph Kiner—to the

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. Addis got into four games for the Bucs, appearing in his final MLB contest June 6, 1953, in Pittsburgh. He then played through 1956 at the Triple-A level. In his 208 games in the majors, he notched 150 hits, with 22 doubles, two triples, and two homers. He drove in 47 runs and batted .281 lifetime. Defensively, he recorded a .986 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions, committing only 4 errors in 1,028.1 innings in the outfield.

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