Adoniram Judson "Jud" Birchall (September 12, 1855 – December 22, 1887) was an American

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in the American Association for three seasons from to . Birchall died at the age of 32 of a

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ailment, and is interred at Milestown Baptist Church Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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