Henry Kenneth "Duke" Sedgwick (June 1, 1898 – December 4, 1982) was a

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. He played for the

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and Washington Senators in the 1920s. Sedgwick signed with the Phillies in July 1921 after being discovered playing amateur baseball in Washington, DC.

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