Robert Harwood Sturgeon (August 6, 1919 – March 10, 2007) was a

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and

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who played between 1940 and 1948 for the

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(1940–1942, 1946–1947) and

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(1948). Listed at , 175 lb., Sturgeon batted and threw right-handed. He was born in

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. Sturgeon was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted when he joined the

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during World War II (1942–45). His most productive season came for the 1946 Cubs, when he posted a career-high .296

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. In a six-season career, Sturgeon was a .257 hitter (313-for-1220) with one

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and 80 RBI in 420

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, including 106 runs, 48 doubles, 12

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and seven

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s. Sturgeon died in

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, at age 87.

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