Handley Jacob Daniel (April 22, 1911 – April 23, 1996) was an American professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player. He played in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

for the 1937

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brook ...

, primarily as a

first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ...

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Major League Baseball first basemen Baseball players from Alabama People from Roanoke, Alabama Brooklyn Dodgers players Birmingham Barons players Portsmouth Pirates players Albany Senators players Elmira Colonels players Trenton Senators players Elmira Pioneers players Syracuse Chiefs players LaGrange Troupers players Valley Rebels players New Bern Bears players Newnan Brownies players Tarboro A's players Burlington Bees (Carolina League) players Augusta Tigers players 20th-century American sportsmen Leesburg Packers players Vidalia Indians players 1911 births 1996 deaths {{US-baseball-first-baseman-stub