Hiram Cleo Carlyle (September 7, 1902 – November 12, 1967) was an American

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who played for the

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during the

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season. Listed at , 170 lb., Carlyle batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in

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. Carlyle began his professional career in with the

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of the

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. After playing the next two seasons with the

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, he was acquired by the Red Sox. His older brother,

Roy Carlyle Roy Edward Carlyle (December 10, 1900 – November 22, 1956) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Washington Senators (1925), Boston Red Sox (1925–26) and New York Yankees (1926). Carlyle batted ...

, had played for the Red Sox the previous season. In 95 games with the Red Sox, Carlyle was a .234 hitter (111-for-474) with one

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and 48 RBI, including 53 runs, 20 doubles, eight

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, and seven

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s. He was primarily a

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, playing only 3 games as a

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. In , Carlyle went out west to play for the

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of the

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. He played for the Stars until , when he finished the season with the

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of the

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. He returned to the PCL in with the

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, for whom he played three seasons. He spent with the

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, and split the 1939 season between the

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and

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before retiring at age 37. Carlyle died in

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, at the age of 65.

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