James Frederick Mosolf (August 21, 1905 – December 28, 1979) was an

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. He played for the

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and

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."Jim Mosolf Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-31. In 118 games over four seasons, Mosolf posted a .295

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(56-for-190) with 39 runs, 2

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and 28 RBI.

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1905 births 1979 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Pittsburgh Pirates players Chicago Cubs players Baseball players from Washington (state) People from Dallas, Oregon Sportspeople from Puyallup, Washington Washington Huskies baseball players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-outfielder-1900s-stub