Kenneth Albert Weafer (February 6, 1913 – June 4, 2005) was an American

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who played in one game in 1936 with the

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. He batted and threw right-handed. On May 29, 1936, he pitched 3 innings in

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surrendering 6 hits, 4

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3, and struck out none, as the Bees lost to the

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at the

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. During World War II, Weafer served in the

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. Weafer was born in

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, to Margaret E. Sullivan and Jeremiah F. Weafer (1862–1949), a barber, and died in

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. He is the brother of American League umpire Hal Weafer. He is also second cousin once removed to the South African artist

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, and second cousin twice removed to English footballer Graham Knight.

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* 1913 births 2005 deaths Boston Bees players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Birmingham Barons players Toledo Mud Hens players Columbia Senators players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Albany Senators players Duke Blue Devils baseball players Sportspeople from Woburn, Massachusetts People from Guilderland, New York Burials at St. Agnes Cemetery Woburn Memorial High School alumni United States Navy personnel of World War II 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub