Virgil Cecil Garriott (August 15, 1916 – February 20, 1990) was an American professional

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player during the middle of the 20th century. An

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during his long career in

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, Garriott made six

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as a

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at the Major League level for the

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in 1946."Cecil Garriott Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-13. Garriott was born in Harristown, Illinois, and graduated in the class of 1934 of Argenta High School,

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. He attended

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. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . His professional playing career lasted for 17 seasons (1936–1944; 1946–1953), interrupted by service in the United States Army during World War II. Garriott's Major League trial came at the end of the season. In six

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, he reached base once when he was

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thrown by

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of the

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on September 18. He scored his only MLB

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that day during the Cubs' 4–3 victory at the

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