Robert Emmet McCann (March 4, 1902 – April 15, 1937) was an American professional

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. He was

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who appeared in seventy-one

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for the

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–

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and

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. Listed at and , McCann batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

Born in

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on March 4, 1902, McCann was eighteen years old when he entered the majors in 1920 with the Athletics, thus becoming the youngest player to appear in the

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that year. In parts of three seasons with Philadelphia and Boston, he was a .227 hitter (44-for-194) with eighteen RBI in seventy-one games. In fifty-seven fielding appearances, he committed sixteen errors in two hundred and fifty-one chances for a .936

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. Following his playing career, McCann managed in the American Association for the

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(1931–1932) and

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(1933), as well as for the

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of the

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(1934) and

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of the

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(1935). McCann died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of thirty-five from

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by gunshot. McCann was named for the Irish

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Robert Emmet Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Prote ...

, thus the single "t" in his middle name, by which he was called.

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Baseball Reference
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Biography

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