James Harold Quick (October 4, 1917 – March 9, 1974) nicknamed "Blondie", was a

shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions, baseball or softball fielding position between second base, second and third base, which is considered to be among the Defensive spectrum, most demanding defensive positions. Historically, the ...

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who played for the Washington Senators in the

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season."Hal Quick Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

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Quick x. Quick was the shortstop for the 1949 Nashville Vols in the AA Southern Association. 1917 births 1974 deaths Major League Baseball shortstops Washington Senators (1901–1960) players 20th-century American sportsmen Americus Cardinals players Greenville Spinners players Jersey City Giants players Macon Peaches players Nashville Vols players Springfield Nationals players Williamsport Grays players Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from Rome, Georgia {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub