James Russell Spotts (April 10, 1909 – June 15, 1964) was a

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Life and career

Spotts played for the

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in . In three games, Spotts had no hits in two at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. Spotts was born in

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania Honey Brook is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of the borough was 1,895 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by ...

, and died in

Medford, New Jersey Medford is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,497, an increase of 1,464 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 23,033, which in turn reflected ...

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1909 births 1964 deaths Cumberland Colts players Major League Baseball catchers Marshall Thundering Herd baseball players People from Honey Brook, Pennsylvania Baseball players from Chester County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Medford, New Jersey Philadelphia Phillies players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-catcher-1900s-stub