Everett Clarence "Dizzy" Nutter (August 27, 1893July 25, 1958) was a professional baseball player. In an eight-year career, Nutter played in one major league season with the

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in 1919. He was listed as in height and weighed .

Biography

Early life

Nutter was born Everett Clarence Nutter on August 27, 1893, in

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Career

In 1914, Nutter began his professional baseball career playing for the D-level

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of the

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. During the 1914 season, Nutter recorded a .271

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with 108

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and seven

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. He continued his minor-league career in 1915 with Charleston before joining the B-level

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in 1916. Nutter played in New Haven for two years before his contract was purchased by the Boston Braves on August 29, 1919. He made his major league debut for the Boston Braves on September 7, 1919, in a game against the

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, playing played

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and recording two hits in four

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s. After playing eighteen games for the Braves during which he batted .212, Nutter returned to New Haven for the remainder of the 1919 season. For the New Haven Weissmen, he led the team in hits, doubles, and

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during the 1919 and 1920 seasons. Nutter's last season of professional baseball was in 1922 for New Haven Weissmen.

After baseball

Nutter died on July 25, 1958, in

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, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Roseville, Ohio.

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